The defending champion said he quit as a "matter of principle" after being told to change his jeans.
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Knows the rules shows up in jeans and is asked to change. He decides to leave…lol really shows his character! Also got upset and quit when the American beat him…
Maintaining fashion standards (nb: hygiene is a separate issue) in an intellectual contest is so fucking stupid. Who decided jeans were less formal than khakis anyway?
I could absolutely see a dresscode being enforced heavily if it was seen by the opponent during the match, then a choice of color or style could be done to mess with the opponent, but they sit at a table, the opponent can't see his pants, as long as the pants would be acceptable for an IT guy in an office, they should be acceptable here
if it was seen by the opponent during the match, then a choice of color or style could be done to mess with the opponent
Somehow I doubt a loud tie is banned. This is just arbitrary shit made up by petty tyrants.
Did he shit himself or something? What was wrong with the jeans he was wearing?
Every time I see a headline about a chess tournament, it's for something like this
What a blunder from the champ.
Edit: This is the most simultaneously upvoted and downvoted comment I have had on Lemmy. It appears that so far that more than half of voters either missed the “blunder” chess joke or they got the joke and audibly groaned. Understandable either way.
Chess players are just glorified board game players trying to create a respectful gentleman society
Too much drama with this guy...
I'm not into chess, I'm into pool, and when people like this guy make noise around pool instead of shooting pool matches fair and square, I stop watching.
Same reason I stopped watching John McEnroe tennis matches back in the days: I'm interested in the sport, not the drama.
Listen, poindexter, nobody gives a shit about your snobby thoughts on chess.
Lol what? Its the other way around. He just showed up normal and they made a big deal about nothing
It is NOT the other way around.
He chose to enter a tournament whose organizers impose a dress code, without complying with the dress code.
The dress code is silly perhaps and has nothing to do with chess. But if he didn't like it, all he had to do is not participate.
I know fellow pool players who regularly forgo some venues on the circuit because they're forced to dress in a certain way that's to restrictive to movements around the table in their eyes and that's fine. Their tournament, their rules.
all he had to do is not participate
....that's exactly what he did, though?
