“Does it look appropriate?” – First mail

The persistent feud between Magnus Carlsen and Fide continues to rage and with Emil Sutovsky shows no signs of a thaw, the CEO of the management committee for sport, which recently undertakes a fresh excavation to the Norwegian grand master and on the Freestyle -Grand -Slam tour.

Sutovsky went to the social -networking platform XX to radiate his complaints regarding the clothes of the top players during the price ceremony of the Grenke -Schach -Freestyle -Open in Karlsruhe.

World No. 1 Carlsen was one of the participants at the event, the Freestyle -Chess tour points and a place in the upcoming Grand Slam event in Las Vegas in July. And finally he won the event with a perfect score of 9/9.

Sutovsky ask clothes at grenke chess freestyle open prize ceremony

However, the players who were with freestyle co-founders Jan Henric Buettner with freestyle co-founders carried casual clothing-what in a strong contrast to the formal clothes who were wearing candidates at FIDE events such as the World Cup.

“Now a serious question – since we repeat the dress code for FIDE events this year,” wrote Sutovsky on Friday on X. “As a spectator, do you have the feeling that it really doesn't matter?”

“I think Grenke was a great event with hundreds of amateurs – but I speak especially about the top players. The photo dates from the award ceremony. Does it look appropriate? And if you were the host/organizer, would you have greeted a similar clothing?

“Apart from the spectators, we will obviously inquire about the opinion of the hosting country, sponsors and channels. And then we try to see what the players think about it.

Now a serious question – since we can check the dress code for FIDE events again this year.

Do you feel as a viewer that it really doesn't matter?

I think Grenke was a great event with hundreds of amateurs – but I'm talking especially about the top players. The photo is … pic.twitter.com/2JB6FB3ZQA

– Emilchess (@emilsutovsky) April 25, 2025

Sutovsky's comments recalled memories of the notorious “Jeansgate” scandal, which took place in the world -rapid and lightning championships in New York City in December. The five -time classic world champion Carlsen had controversial after he had arrived a few jeans and had violated the dress code of the tournament.

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Carlsen refused to change his denims, even though he was repeatedly reported by the chief referee, which led to the fact that he got out the quick championship in the middle of the event. However, the 34-year-old would return to the lightning championship, where he would get involved in another controversy by shared the title with the Russian GM Ian Nepomniaptchi.