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‘Cannot deal with a partner who has such business culture’

‘Cannot deal with a partner who has such business culture’

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FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has accused organisers of Freestyle Chess of leaking personal texts sent by him during the terse negotiations over the past few months. Dvorkovich told The Indian Express in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that messages that he had sent Jan Henric Buettner, the man behind the freestyle chess tour, were being shared with players ‘within seconds’ during the negotiations. FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich speaks at an event during the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore last year.(PHOTO: FIDE/Maria Emilianova) After talks between FIDE and organisers of Freestyle Chess collapsed on Monday, Buettner posted a long open letter addressed to the FIDE president where he also made public personal messages sent to him by Dvorkovich. Soon, this was followed by Magnus Carlsen sharing on X messages sent by Dvorkovich to his father to convince the world no 1 to play in the FIDE World Blitz Championship in December. Soon, Carlsen’s trainer Peter Heine Nielsen also shared private messages sent to him by FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky in 2018. Story continues below this …

FIDE president reveals one clause that became sticking point and more

FIDE president reveals one clause that became sticking point and more

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A day after talks broke down between FIDE and organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, Arkady Dvorkovich, the president of the global chess body, has revealed the clause that became a sticking point in negotiations between the two parties. Just days before the bitter fallout, FIDE and organisers of the Freestyle Tour had been confident that an agreement would be reached. There was even a press release drafted and kept ready to announce that both parties had found middle ground. But on Monday, FIDE announced that there was no agreement. This led to open letters from Freestyle Chess’ main organiser Jan Henric Buettner and a post on social media from Magnus Carlsen where he demanded that Dvorkovich step down. Now, Arkady Dvorkovich had revealed to The Indian Express what had gone wrong, why FIDE Council had no faith in Freestyle Chess organisers, what FIDE could have done better, why FIDE are not perfect and more. Excerpts from an interview: What went wrong? Story continues below this ad Arkady Dvorkovich: We had very intensive …

FIDE President on Magnus Carlsen jeans controversy: ‘I sincerely regret that this situation escalated’ | Chess News

FIDE President on Magnus Carlsen jeans controversy: ‘I sincerely regret that this situation escalated’ | Chess News

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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has given clarification regarding the dress code controversy surrounded by Magnus Carlsen. The Fide president regretted that the way situation escalated and called the withdrawal of Magnus Carlsen “extremely unfortunate.” However, Magnus Carlsen on Sunday has confirmed that he will be playing in the World Blitz Championship a couple of days after he pulled out because he was fined by FIDE for violating the dress code rules by wearing jeans on day 2 of the event. “It is unfortunate that the implementation of dress-code rules, while being legally sound and consistent, has left some feeling this is disproportionate and caused the situation everyone would have preferred to avoid, including some of the words being said at the peak of emotions that one would most probably regret afterwards,” said Dvorkovich in a statement released by FIDE. Magnus Carlsen gives his acceptance speech at the FIDE 100 Gala with Arkady Dvorkovich, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and current president of FIDE, standing in the background. (FIDE/Michal Walusza) “The withdrawal of Magnus Carlsen, …