‘He chose to become …’ – Firstpost

The legendary Viswanathan Anand recently withdrew from the next Grand Chelem tour of the Freestyle chess in the middle of a dispute between the International Chess Federation (Fide) and the organizers of the Freestyle chess tournament. Anand was initially to participate in the inaugural leg of the Grand Slam tournament of freestyle chess in Germany which begins from February 6.

Fide and Freestyle failures, co-founded by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, have been in Loggerheads for more than two months on the use of the term “World Championship”. The Fide had initially agreed to include the chess tour of the Grand Slam Freestyle as part of its 2025 calendar, but the problems between the two parties appeared after Fide learned of the failure of Freestyle to present their Tournament as a world championship.

“ It was my idea to invite him ”: Buettner on Anande joining the Grand Chelem tour

Buettner admitted that it was his idea to invite Anand, five -time world champion, to the freestyle chess tournament and the Indian managing director happily accepted the offer. “It was my idea to invite him in the first place because I thought it was an excellent opportunity,” said Buettner India time.

“I gave him a joker for Germany, and he accepted very happily. I also met him personally in London for lunch and we had very good communication. We know each other very well. She is a very, very kind person, “he added.

However, things got complicated after Anand became the vice-president of Fide.

“But then, for any reason, he chose to become a fided vice-president. I don’t know if this is the wisest decision-having an official role in Fide, “he said.” But Anand has succeeded, so now he is also for Fide’s position, “added the German entrepreneur.

‘What happened in New York…’: Buettner in disagreement between Anand and Carlsen

Buettner also noted the disagreement between Anand and Carlsen. Carlsen had taken a search to Anand in the middle of the controversy of the old jeans, declaring that Anand was not able to stay as fide-president, adding that the “long conversations” with the Indian did not have a head.

“What happened in New York is that he saw that it was not so lucky when he was in charge because Arkady was not there,” said Buettner. “We had this problem of Jean, which led Magnus not to say very beautiful things about him,” he added.

Buettner admitted that the organizers had approached Anand in order to solve the problems.

“We communicated with him and asked:” What if Magnus apologizes for his comments? ” But in the end, he said he felt more comfortable not participating, “he said.

Five floors of the Grand Chelem Freestyle Chess tour will be played worldwide in 2025, the first week next week in Germany. It will be followed by tournaments in Paris (April 8-15), New York (July 17-24), New Deli (September 17-24) and CAP (December 5-12).

However, the India time Note that the Indian leg leg could be moved by New Delhi in another place due to a lack of interest among investors in the national capital. The tournament organizers also hope to qualify the final of the season in CAP as a “world championship”, but the fide has still not accepted.

The newspaper adds that the two parties are in talks concerning the use of the quarter of the world championship, in the hope of making a decision before December.