International chess organization, Fide, announced on Monday that no agreement had been concluded with freestyle chess operations on the use of the term “world championship”. Fide’s declaration came in the middle of the information according to which the World Federation of Chess and the Freestyle Tour of Magnus Carlsen approached a resolution on their dispute.
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In the midst of the information according to which the World Fidth Federation, FIDE, and the Freestyle chess operations of Magnus Carlsen are about to settle their dispute and to reach an agreement on the next Grand Slam tour of the Freestyle chess, The international failure organization said on Monday that no agreement was concluded concerning the use of the term “world championship”.
In a brief declaration published on X, Fide said that the two parties had not concluded an agreement so far due to the refusal of Freestyle chess operations to recognize “the authority of allocating” a title world champion.
Faithful: “no agreement concerning the freestyle tour”
A detailed statement on the question will be published at 9 p.m. CE (11:30 p.m. STI) on Monday, February 3).
“Fide and Freestyle Chess Tour: no agreement on the recognition of the world championship,” said Fide on X.
“Despite intensive negotiations, the Fide Council declares that there is currently no agreement concerning the Freestyle tour. This is due to the refusal of the other party to recognize the status of fide as the only regulator of the world chess championships and its authority to award a title of world champion. A complete statement on this subject will be published after 7:00 p.m. this today. »»
Fide vs freestyle failures intensifies
Freestyle chess operations are co -owners by chess player in the world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and the German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner. Fide and Freestyle Chess were in Loggerheads with the organizers on plans to label the winner of the Tour of the Grand Slam as “World Champion”.
FIDE had also accused Carlsen and the Freestyle failures of creating divisions in the world of chess and also threatened legal action if the Grand Slam is projected as a world championship. Carlsen, on the other hand, accused Fide of threatening the players not to join the Tour of the Grand Chelem Freestyle.
However, a newspaper recently reported that Beuttner and the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich were in constant contact, approaching a “friendly agreement”. It now seems that these attempts have failed.
