Why was Magnus Carlsen disqualified from World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2024?
Multiple-time World Champion and defending World Rapid and Blitz Championship title holder has been disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2024 happening in Wall Street, New York on Saturday.
Carlsen was not paired for Rapid Round 9 after violating the FIDE dress code for the event.
The Norwegian was fined $200 for wearing jeans before Chief Arbiter Alex Holowzsak disqualified him for repeated violation.
Carlsen also confirmed that he won’t participate in the Blitz section of the event.
“I am pretty tired of FIDE, so I want no more of this. I don’t want anything to do with them. I am sorry to everyone at home, maybe it’s a stupid principle, but I don’t think it’s any fun,” said Carlsen to the Norwegian broadcasting channel NRK.
Carlsen then gave an interview to Take Take Take where he said, “I said I’ll change tomorrow… but they said you have to change now & it became a matter of principle for me so here we are! Honestly, I’m too old at this point to care too much. If this is what they want to do I” ll probably set off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer.”
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