Magnus Carlsen said that he would no longer participate in Fide tournaments, World No. 1 declaring that he had been attached to the Grand Chelem tournament of Freestyle chess.
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The world chess player No. 1, Magnus Carlsen, said that he would not participate in fide events and will not have participated in his objective currently on the current tour of the Chess. Carlsen, who co -founded Freestyle failures with the German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, has been in Loggerheads with the International Chess Federation (Fide) on the use of the term “World Championship” since the Chess players club Freestyle (FCPC) was launched in March 2024.
At the same time, Carlsen has also announced the freestyle chess Grand Slam Tour, a five -legged competition around the world that takes place this year. While the Freestyle chess organizers initially intended to use the term “world championship” for their tournament, the fide has strongly opposed this, declaring that only the world director of sport had the power to do so. Only a few days ago, freestyle failures abandoned the term “world championship” of tour regulations.
“ For the moment, completely out of the question ”: Carlsen competes in faithful events
“Fide actually” back “. What I can say now is that the relationship that my team and I have with Fide is quite destroyed. At least with the current administration, ”said Carlsen to TV2, a Norwegian television network. The Norwegian said that at the moment, it seems that he does not participate in the Fide World Rapid and Blitz championships which will take place in Doha in December this year. “As it is now, it’s completely out of the question,” added Carlsen.
If he does not compete at the Fide World Rapid and Blitz championships in December, it will be for the first time since 2013 that the tournament will take place without Carlsen.
The 34 -year -old man reiterated that his goal remains on the Grand Slam tour of freestyle chess and added that the problem could have been solved earlier. Carlsen had accused the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich of “improper use of power”, “broken promises” and “players’ coercions”, and even called for her resignation. He also said that Arkady had promised Carlsen’s father that the players would not be affected independently of what is happening between Fide and Freestyle failures, but that this promise was finally broken.
“Generally unhappy what happened. Happy to focus now on the tournament (Freestyle Chess Grand Slam). Things could have been resolved at a previous time. Currently, it is very difficult to have a relationship with one of the leaders of Fide. Speaking for me and my father, “said the former world champion at Chessbase India.
