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Alireza Firouzja complains about arbiter (Aris) at Candidates
He told me to not walk and bring new shoes for tomorrow but i have the formal shoe that is apporved and am wearing it for more than 1 year.
So some hypersensitive player or arbiter in this particular tournament tries to overrule Alireza's FIDE's approved formal shoes??? He has been wearing them for over 1 year, ha!
What's next some other hypersensitive player or arbiter complains about farts ... farting ... and more farts???
On Reddit, it was confirmed that another player complained about his shoes and the noise they made on the floor, so Aris stepped in to stop it from happening.
Here is a link to an interview with Aris about the incident:
(apologies in advance for thrusting a link on Twitter - I was hoping the video might be on Youtube or some other more sensible platform).
Listening to Aris' account of the incident it seems to me he was more than reasonable and as he pointed out, the arbiter team has an obligation
to protect the interests of ALL players.
Worth a listen in my opinion...
On Reddit, it was confirmed that another player complained about his shoes and the noise they made on the floor, so Aris stepped in to stop it from happening.
I have not been at the venue either... other posters here (Neil) seems to think it isn't carpet but more like some sort of painted flooring.
I understand the venue was renovated to some degree before the event (no idea how much or what was done...)
I listened to some of the video and could not hear footsteps but that is not a particularly good test.
Clearly we need more information about whether any players complained etc. I don't know if the arbiters have to submit reports to FIDE
about any warnings, sanctions etc that were assigned during the tournament...
@ToivoChess
3 hours ago
Arbiters with small d energy should leave their insecurities outside playing hall. This chess arbiter is acting like a base ball umpire, injecting themselves into the result of the game..
I don't know Aris well at all (I believe I met him once briefly at a Canadian Open several years ago...)
*BUT* I certainly believe he is someone of very high principles and absolutely acute sense of fairness.
I'd really like some additional information since all we have at this time is whatever Firouzja posted on Twitter.
I'm sure emotions run high in this tournament (an understatement from a patzer) but I would point out that FIDE
has put forward a number of dubious "improvements" to its rules in recent months and years and the dress code
(if it can be called that) is one such absurdity.
I'm in favour of giving arbiters the green light to make judgement calls if some behaviour pushes the envelope of fair play
rather than having a zillion rules for any inconceivable situation (see NHL rules - brought to you by lawyers...)
Alireza Firouzja complains about arbiter (Aris) at Candidates
Alireza Firouzja wrote the following on Twitter (X) today:
shameful action by the chief arbiter Marghetis towards me during the game.
Middle of the game in the most intense moment when i was walking during ian move, chief aribiter ,
came to me and told me to not walk anymore because my shoe is making noise on the wooden floor, 1/2
He told me to not walk and bring new shoes for tomorrow but i have the formal shoe that is apporved and am wearing it for more than 1 year.
this was a big distraction for me during the game and i completly lost my focus.
I told one of the organiser this arbiter needs to be punished. 2/3
Honestly all these unprofessional things are happening to me in almost every tournament and really its taking me to point of exucstion.
(any typos in the above are in the original tweet. If you search Twitter for @AlirezaFirouzja you can see it as it was posted...
Anyone have any insight into this "incident"? It does seem a bit odd to confront a player in the middle of the game
but I suppose the argument can be made that the noise was being made at that moment so delaying the conversation would render the situation moot...
I wonder if Firouzja's opponent complained or another player (Firouzja's opponent was Ian Nepo... in Round 14 today)
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