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In top international chess competitions top players also represent their country, as the flag is right there, under their name. How they behave reflects on the country as well. This World Cup not being a tournament in a sunny resort, I expect players to show respect to their hosts, FIDE, their opponents, and their country.
Sorry, but I can not approve Anton's behavior. The way he dressed not only violated the dress code, but also showed some disregard to all of the above. If all the others can dress appropriately, why he can not? There are dress codes in other sports, most notably in tennis. Nobody breaks them without risking heavy fines and exclusion from tournaments.
If Zurab also broke the code of conduct he should be fined. His language and attitude are unacceptable.
Originally posted by Laurentiu GrigorescuView Post
In top international chess competitions top players also represent their country, as the flag is right there, under their name. How they behave reflects on the country as well. This World Cup not being a tournament in a sunny resort, I expect players to show respect to their hosts, FIDE, their opponents, and their country.
Sorry, but I can not approve Anton's behavior. The way he dressed not only violated the dress code, but also showed some disregard to all of the above. If all the others can dress appropriately, why he can not? There are dress codes in other sports, most notably in tennis. Nobody breaks them without risking heavy fines and exclusion from tournaments.
If Zurab also broke the code of conduct he should be fined. His language and attitude are unacceptable.
As Anton said he has dressed like this in the past as well as in previous rounds and it was never brought up as an issue. if you look at pictures of the match with Anand, Anand was dressed in a very casual "resort like" tshirt. So Anton's dress style was not different then many of the other participants in the hall. Sorry but you are talking nonsense.
Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Saturday, 9th September, 2017, 02:05 PM.
One story that's going around is that Anton didn't abide by the dress code.
I am not a fashionista by any stretch but the dress code specifically allows bermuda shorts. By my understanding of fashion, that is what he was wearing.
Originally posted by Laurentiu GrigorescuView Post
In top international chess competitions top players also represent their country, as the flag is right there, under their name. How they behave reflects on the country as well. This World Cup not being a tournament in a sunny resort, I expect players to show respect to their hosts, FIDE, their opponents, and their country.
Sorry, but I can not approve Anton's behavior. The way he dressed not only violated the dress code, but also showed some disregard to all of the above. If all the others can dress appropriately, why he can not? There are dress codes in other sports, most notably in tennis. Nobody breaks them without risking heavy fines and exclusion from tournaments.
If Zurab also broke the code of conduct he should be fined. His language and attitude are unacceptable.
The dress code specifically allows bermuda shorts so that is not the issue. What is shocking is the display of bigotry and prejudice which appears to be tolerated by FIDE. Clearly this was intended to upset Anton's composure before an important game.
If it's true that Anton has already left for home then it's too late to have him re-instated, but, I agree that Hal should request that FIDE review the arbiter's decision for correctness and appropriateness of timing. I'd be surprised if anything significant happens. Look at the recent Sambuev - Noritsyn mess. The only member of the NAC who faulted Sambuev for a violation of the FIDE law (11.5??) regarding disturbing your opponent was the non-IA, Ilya Bluvshtein. The other NAC members, all IAs, never even bothered to explain why 11.5 should not apply. Maybe arbiters in general need to remember that they exist to serve the interests of good and fair chess; they're not gods.
Hi Peter,
The FIDE Rep also personally voted against me on the appeal to the executive.. Unfortunately, Kovalyov has no case here. FIDE is disgusting, Azmaiparashvili is disgusting (that's the guy making a takeback and getting away with it...buying rating points..etc, etc), the arbiter that decides to bother a player right before the game is disgusting too. They have many arbiter's there, and they had no problem with Kovalyov's dress code until now.
I am all in favour of improving the dress code among top players. But I do not believe that is the real issue. The chief arbiter "arbitrarily" invoked the code to exclude Anton's shorts and dismissed out of hand the fact that he had worn them in previous rounds with explicit or at least tacit approval of the arbiters. He did so 15 minutes before a critical game in the third round of the World Cup. That is unacceptable.
Worse is the behaviour of the organizer and chair of the appeals committee, Azmaiparashvili, who, according to Anton, behaved in an outrageous manner, replete with racial epithets. The CFC through its rep should make a very formal protest and push it hard. Over to you, Vlad and Hal.
I know very well what I am talking. The fact he dressed like that in previous rounds is not an excuse. It reflects bad on the lenient attitude of the arbiters, who should have called it earlier. Let's not confuse "casual" with "I do not care". Form Carlsen to Kramnik to Hou, Aronian, and Gelfand, they all dressed according to circumstances.
We as chess community want better rewards from sponsors, but when it comes to attitude, too quickly defend the "I do not care".
After reading the chessbase article -I am even moreso on Kovalyov's side. ..and regardless if he wants to appeal/protest - CFC has a good reason to burn some more 'political capital with FIDE' and demand Azmaiparashvili's resignation as ECU President/whatever other posts this crook occupies.
Originally posted by Laurentiu GrigorescuView Post
I know very well what I am talking. The fact he dressed like that in previous rounds is not an excuse. It reflects bad on the lenient attitude of the arbiters, who should have called it earlier. Let's not confuse "casual" with "I do not care". Form Carlsen to Kramnik to Hou, Aronian, and Gelfand, they all dressed according to circumstances.
We as chess community want better rewards from sponsors, but when it comes to attitude, too quickly defend the "I do not care".
No, as I said other players such as Anand were just as casual in their attire.
[QUOTE=Sid Belzberg;117382]"Go Anton"???? What the f*ck are you talking about?...he left the venue and is on his way home! You should be proud of your idiotic support of this group of thugs during the 2014 FIDE elections.
Seriously??
I supported no such group, and 2. "Go Anton!" is modern-day
colloquialism of support, you will find all over social media!
I am all in favour of improving the dress code among top players. But I do not believe that is the real issue. The chief arbiter "arbitrarily" invoked the code to exclude Anton's shorts and dismissed out of hand the fact that he had worn them in previous rounds with explicit or at least tacit approval of the arbiters. He did so 15 minutes before a critical game in the third round of the World Cup. That is unacceptable.
Worse is the behaviour of the organizer and chair of the appeals committee, Azmaiparashvili, who, according to Anton, behaved in an outrageous manner, replete with racial epithets. The CFC through its rep should make a very formal protest and push it hard. Over to you, Vlad and Hal.
We have made a protest. Since the Olympiad is in the same country with the same organizers we need to have some discussions about a very public boycott if the protest does not yield a positive result.
"Go Anton"???? What the f*ck are you talking about?...he left the venue and is on his way home! You should be proud of your idiotic support of this group of thugs during the 2014 FIDE elections.
Seriously??
I supported no such group, and 2. "Go Anton!" is modern-day
colloquialism of support, you will find all over social media!
You need to get out more.....
Oh, I geddit......you think I'm part 'n parcel of the CFC, lol.
Nothing could be further from the truth!
In a post-game interview Wesley So said that the opponent in his previous match, Matthias Bluebaum, is a young and improving player and that match proved to be really, really tough because, first of all, he was extremely well-prepared – in the opening for instance, very deeply in the French Defence and the Queen’s Gambit in particular. It was very hard for Wesley to crack through these openings, and, in fact, he didn’t, with both colours. When they reached the ten-minute games Matthias still got good positions out of the opening but didn’t have enough time once the position was a bit murky and in the end, it was a great idea to play the Exchange French because I could interfere with his prep.
“It was shocking to see Magnus lose today since he had the white pieces and at the first he could have drawn but then he decided to play for a win and started to use up time and then Bu found some really good moves and then, suddenly, White was losing. A very shocking game.”
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Sunday, 10th September, 2017, 09:38 AM.
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