The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Tuesday that the sports organ of sport with a free tour was over. Fide confirmed that the term “world championship” would be withdrawn from the regulations of Freestyle Tour.
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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) officially ended its quarrel with the Freestyle chess tour. Development comes after the CEO of Fide, Emil Sutovsky, confirmed that the term “world championship” would be withdrawn from the regulations of the tour. “Today, on February 04, the organizers of the” Freestyle Chess Tour “fully deleted from its regulations the reference to the title” World Championship “.
“After this change in the regulations, players wishing to participate in the” Freestyle chess “of 2025” are no longer required to sign the renunciation note, “said Fide in a statement.
❗ Today, on February 04, the organizers of the “Freestyle chess tower” fully deleted from its regulations the reference to the title “World Championship”. After this change in the regulations, players wishing to participate in the “Freestyle chess” of 2025 are no longer … pic.twitter.com/0dge5br2px
– International Federation of Chess (@Fide_chess) February 4, 2025
The world number 1 Magnus Carlsen and the German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner co -founded the Freestyle Chess Players’ Club (FCPC) in March 2024 and also announced the launch of the tour of the Grand Slam Freestyle Chess.
The quarrel between Fide and Freestyle Tour came from the insistence of Fide according to which the latter cannot use the “world championship” for its event.
“Freestyle failures removed the” world championship “from their tour regulations,” wrote Emil on “X” on Tuesday. “Therefore, players can participate in the series without any restrictions,” he added.
Freestyle failures have withdrawn the “world championship” from their tour regulations.
Therefore, players can participate in the series without any restrictions.
– Emilchess (@emilsutovsky) February 4, 2025
Freestyle chess organizers had previously said that they had agreed to pay $ 100,000 in Fide as a “goodwill gesture and to avoid harassment”, but faith, in turn, asked $ 500,000 . Fide had also asked players participating in the Freestyle Tour to sign an exemption to stay eligible to participate in the world championships. Freestyle failures, in response, criticized the fide but finally agreed not to use the term “world championship” in her final of the season. This allowed players to participate in the visit without signing the renunciation note.
Carlsen, however, had demanded the resignation of the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich and accused her of “coercion of players, abusive use of power and broken promises”.
The coercion of players, improper use of power and broken promises.
The president of Fide Dvorkovich, to convince me to play Rapid & Blitz in New York, you wrote my father on December 19:
“I just want to get a message and Magnus that everything that is happening between Fide and Freestyle in terms …
– Magnus Carlsen (@magnuscarlsen) February 3, 2025
And in the middle of the conflict between the two parties, the legendary Indian grandmaker Viswanathan Anand, who is also the vice-president of the Fide, leaves the Grand Slam tour.
Five floors of the Freestyle chess tour will be held through the continents in 2025. Weissenhaus in Germany should host the first leg from Thursday (February 7).
