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Freestyle Chess Players Club plan to form independent association for players | Chess News

Freestyle Chess Players Club plan to form independent association for players | Chess News

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The members of Freestyle Chess Players Club on Sunday have planned to form their own independent association with a qualified legal team to represent their interests, the organisers said in a statement. This move comes in direct response to recent clashes with FIDE, the international chess governing body. “Last month, FIDE demanded that players sign a legally questionable document, setting an inconvenient deadline right after the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, where many were competing,” read the press release. Story continues below this ad “The document required them to (i) acknowledge an alleged obligation not to compete in non-FIDE events crowning a World Champion or similar title and (ii) accept a ban from future FIDE World Championship cycles if they violated this rule. The players, some still teenagers, were notified by FIDE’s Legal Director and were given no chance for legal counsel to review the demand.” Jan Henric Buettner, the organiser of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam has slammed FIDE and called it harassment. “These repeated harassments are outrageous,” he Buettner. “We …

Hans Niemann slams Magnus Carlsen, calls him ‘arrogant, entitled, unaware and cowardly’

Hans Niemann slams Magnus Carlsen, calls him ‘arrogant, entitled, unaware and cowardly’

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American GM Hans Niemann reignited an old feud with Magnus Carlsen after launching a verbal attack on the world no 1 on X. Responding to a post from Carlsen on X, Niemann attacked the Norwegian. “Arrogant, entitled, unaware, and most importantly: cowardly. Your childish ego continues to distort reality at the expense of chess. You’ve defeated yourself off the board, only a matter of time until you face the same fate on the board,” Niemann wrote. Story continues below this ad He was responding to Carlsen’s own attack on FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich, where he accused FIDE of “coercion of players, misuse of power and broken promises.” After talks between FIDE and Freestyle Chess had collapsed, Carlsen had posted on X a direct attack asking the FIDE president if he would resign. READ MORE: Arkady Dvorkovich exclusive interview with The Indian Express where FIDE president reveals one clause that became sticking point between both parties, what FIDE could have done better, whether players still need to sign waivers and more “FIDE President Dvorkovich, to convince …

‘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 …

As FIDE vs Freestyle Chess war intensifies, Magnus Carlsen, trainer share private text messages from FIDE president, CEO

As FIDE vs Freestyle Chess war intensifies, Magnus Carlsen, trainer share private text messages from FIDE president, CEO

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The FIDE versus Freestyle Chess war intensified late on Monday after peace talks collapsed between the two parties. In the immediate aftermath of the feud reigniting, there were open letters from both sides with fresh allegations. Members from the Freestyle Chess camp also aired private messages from FIDE officials like president Arkady Dvorkovich and CEO Emil Sutovsky. World No 1 Magnus Carlsen posted a couple of texts that Dvorkovich had sent to his father Henrik Carlsen on his X handle before asking the Russian to resign. Story continues below this ad Carlsen posted on X: “Coercion of players, misuse of power and broken promises. FIDE President Dvorkovich, to convince me to play the Rapid & Blitz in New York, you wrote Dec 19th to my father: ‘Just want to pass a message to you and Magnus that whatever happens between FIDE and Freestyle in terms of recognition, players will NOT be affected in any way. They can decide on their own and FIDE will not take any negative action.’ The Norwegian added: “You added later …

Freestyle Chess Players Club plan to form independent association for players | Chess News

As peace talks fail, Freestyle Chess and FIDE blame each other

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Peace talks between FIDE and Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour collapsed on Monday, with the latter calling on the world body’s president Arkady Dvorkovich to “resign immediately” and threatening to take legal action. “You will have to resign immediately from your position as President, because you have now proven for the third time within two months that you cannot even speak for FIDE,” Jan Henric Buettner, the man behind the Freestyle Chess Tour, wrote in the letter shared with The Indian Express. Talks seem to have broken down due to a lack of mutual trust, with both parties claiming the other was to blame for the continuing impasse. Freestyle Chess has also threatened to take FIDE to court in this matter. Story continues below this ad Buettner claimed that while negotiations were still on, FIDE had chosen to post a press statement on their social media handles that there had been no agreement between the two parties due to the “other party’s refusal to acknowledge FIDE’s status as the sole regulator of World Chess Championships …

FIDE vs Freestyle Chess dispute continues as ‘intensive negotiations’ lead nowhere

FIDE vs Freestyle Chess dispute continues as ‘intensive negotiations’ lead nowhere

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The global governing body of chess, FIDE, has announced that talks with the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour have not yielded much as the impasse continues in chess. “Despite intensive negotiations, the FIDE Council states that there is currently no agreement regarding the Freestyle Tour. This is due to the other party’s refusal to acknowledge FIDE’s status as the sole regulator of World Chess Championships and its authority to award a World Championship title,” FIDE posted on their X handle on Monday afternoon. It went on to add that it would be releasing a “full statement” on the matter later on Monday. Story continues below this ad FIDE and organizers of the upcoming Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour have been at loggerheads for over two months now. This feud has seen both sides write open letters and level serious allegations against each other. The biggest issue between the two parties had been over the use of the phrase ‘world championship’. As the global governing body of chess, FIDE has stated unequivocally that only …

Freestyle Chess Players Club plan to form independent association for players | Chess News

FIDE and freestyle chess organisers close to amicable agreement after 2-month-long dispute

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The prospect of ‘war’ looming over the world of chess seems to be easing up after the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour and FIDE are close to an amicable agreement, The Indian Express can reveal. After two months of uncertainty in the sport punctuated by open letters and allegations against each other, a ceasefire appears likely. In fact, over the past three days there have been three one-on-one phone calls between German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the brains and financial muscle behind the ambitious freestyle tour, and FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich to smoothen out matters. “I already had two phone calls with Arkady yesterday and the day before, and we’re going to have another one today. I can tell you that we are pretty close to reaching an amicable agreement that will lead to a good situation where we kind of bury the hatchet and say, ‘okay, let’s move on with an agreement that works for both sides,’” Buettner told The Indian Express on Friday. Story continues below this ad The phone calls …

FIDE CEO slams Magnus Carlsen, Freestyle Chess: ‘If you want a war

FIDE CEO slams Magnus Carlsen, Freestyle Chess: ‘If you want a war

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FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has slammed the organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour and world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in an explosive Twitter thread. The latest post from Sutovsky came after Freestyle Chess head Jan Henric Buettner recently gave interviews to Norwegian media calling FIDE “stupid” and saying they were “ready for war”. The organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour and the global governing body for chess, have been at loggerheads for months now, with FIDE taking objection to the winner of the Grand Slam Tour being called a “world champion”. Story continues after this ad Simultaneously, Carlsen also gave an interview with Gambling Insider where he said that he was not “aiming to be bigger than chess” But then, while apparently talking about FIDE, he said: “Specific organisations… are not bigger than I am.” Meanwhile, Hikaru Nakamura had also slammed Sutovsky’s claims about how much money FIDE was making for players as “horses**t.” Sutovsky addressed the comments in his Twitter post. “‘I am bigger than FIDE’ concept didn’t work even …