‘Players can compete …’ – Firstpost

The controversial tour of the Freestyle failures eliminated the term “world championship” of the tournament regulations, the CEO of the International Chess Federation (FADE), Emil Sutovsky said on Tuesday. “Freestyle failures have withdrawn the” world championship “from their tour regulations,” he posted on “X”, while adding: “Consequently, players can participate in the series without any restriction. “” Freestyle failures have not yet responded to the Emil position.

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The controversy of Fide VS Freestyle chess

Fide and Freestyle failures, co -founded by Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, were in Loggerheads on the use of the term “World Championship”. In 2024, Carlsen and Buettner launched the Freestyle Chess Players’ Club (FCPC) and also announced the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, which should be placed on the continents this year.

On Monday, the Fide had published a statement saying that no agreement between Fide and Freestyle Chess had taken place despite reports, and stressed that a world championship “was to be inclusive, with transparent qualification paths that Follow the rules and regulations of FIDE “.

Carlsen even accused the president of Fide Arkady Dvorkovich of having “abused players of power and constraint” and also demanded the resignation of Arkady. “Player coercion, improper use of power and broken promises. The president of Fide Dvorkovich, to convince me to play Rapid & Blitz in New York, you wrote on December 19 to my father: “ You just want to pass a message and Magnus that everything that is happening between Fide and Freestyle in terms of recognition, players not to be affected in any way. They can decide on their own and Fide will not take any negative measure “”, “the world n ° 1 wrote on” X “.

“You added later during the day:” I will move if my word will be undermined by the council. By forcing players to sign an unacceptable renunciation, you have denied your promise. Do you want to resign? “He asked. Fide had initially agreed to include the Freestyle chess tour as part of the 2025 calendar “out of good will”, but changed their position once they got to know the intention of Freestyle Chess to use The term “world championship”.

The controversy increased more after the legendary Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, also vice-president of Fide, withdrew from the free chess tour. Five floors of the tournament should take place, with the first stage in Weissenhaus, Germany, on February 6.