NEW DELHI: After Magnus Carlsen confirmed his return to the World Blitz Chess Championship following FIDE‘s determination to permit gamers to compete in denims, the World No. 1 hit again on the physique’s deputy president Viswanathan Anand.
Carlsen discovered himself on the middle of controversy after refusing to stick to the foundations and was fined $200 for carrying denims, that are “explicitly prohibited” below the match rules.
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“Properly, to start with, let’s return to a few days in the past. I did have some alternative phrases for FIDE in my interview with you. And I might say that it was a bit imprecise. I positively imply it in relation to sure folks in FIDE. No query about it,” Carlsen informed ‘Take Take Take.’
“I feel the scenario was badly mishandled on their aspect. And I used to be about to mainly guide my aircraft tickets and get out of right here. My father mentioned that we must always possibly wait till the morning to decide to talk to the FIDE president, Arkady Dvorkovich, whom we’ve got a very good relationship with,” he added.
Carlsen said that his discussions with Anand have been unproductive, including that the Indian was not suited to his place.
“We had lengthy conversations with Anand yesterday and others, which usually did not lead wherever. It was usually the identical solutions, that arbiters are mainly robots who can’t suppose on their very own, who haven’t any solution to even deviate barely from… I do not even know if I broke any guidelines. I nonetheless have not gotten a transparent reply on that,” mentioned Carlsen.
“They have been saying that denims have been usually not allowed. If it is usually not allowed, that should imply that there have to be exceptions. And if I, with an honest try at an outfit aside from that, did not meet that exception, I do not see what would, frankly,” he added.
“So I am not even positive I broke any guidelines. However in any case, they determined to take that chance to pursue a really slender interpretation of a rule. Apparently, there was no room for discussions or something,” Carlsen additional mentioned.
“Anand mentioned very clearly that he did not know that he had any alternative to do something previous, you realize, go together with the arbiters’ truthfully draconian determination of not pairing me. And that signifies that he was, for all his good qualities, he was not prepared for this job. That is what I really feel,” he added.
Anand mentioned FIDE did not wish to disqualify Carlsen from the World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championship, however the Norwegian left them with no alternative after refusing to comply with the foundations.
“He merely refused to comply with the foundations, left us with little alternative. Immediately this determination appeared emotional. Magnus was not prepared to compromise,” Anand informed Chessbase India.
