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  • A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

    A proposed dress code has been published for comment on the FIDE website:

    http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N...dress_code.pdf

    FIDE DRESS CODE POLICY: HELP CHESS BY WEARING PROPER ATTIRE

    Objective:

    It is important to promote a good and positive image of chess. Attire worn during all phases of the championships and events should be in good taste and appropriate to such a prestigious chess event.

    Regulations

    1 Events regulated by the Dress Code

    1a World Events for Adult Players (over 21 years old)
; World Championship Match;
 Candidates Tournament
;Women's World Championship Match;
 Chess Olympiad; World Team Championship
; Women's World Team Championship; World Cup; FIDE Grand Prix Series;
 Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series
; World Amateur Championships; World Rapid and Blitz Championships;
 Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships

    1b World Events for Junior and Youth Players (under 21 years old);
 World Junior U20 Chess Championships
; World Youth Championships
; World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad; World School Individual Championship

    1c Presidential Board Meetings and FIDE Congresses

    1d Other Official Events. (Regulations only affects FIDE representatives)
;

    SportAccord Convention
; World Individual Chess Championship;
 FISU University Olympiad;
 World Congress of Chess Composition
; World Chess Solving Championship;
 World Chess Championship for Disabled;
 South East Asia (SEA) Games;
 SportAccord Mind Games

    1e Continental events are regulated by each continent

    1f In regard of this Dress Code, other tournaments sanctioned by the FIDE rules and ratings are under the regulations of Nationals Federations.

    1g Exception can be made on the basis of health and religion.

    2 Who are affected by the Code of Dress?

    2a Players participating in the events, captains, Head of Delegations.

    2b Tournament Organizer and Staff. This includes arbiters, and other people working at the event.

    3 Dress Code for players during games in progress.

    3a The following is acceptable for men players, captains, head of delegation.

    Suits, ties, dressy pants, trousers, jeans, long-sleeve or shirt-sleeve dress shirt, dress shirt, alternatively T-shirts or polo, dress shoes, loafers or dressy slip-ons, socks, shoes or sneakers, sport coat, blazer, Bermuda shorts, turtleneck, jacket, vest or sweater. Team uniforms and national costumes clothing.

    3b The following is NOT acceptable for men players, captains, head of delegation.

    Beach-wear slips, profanity and nude or semi-nude pictures printed on shirts, torn pants or jeans. holes, denim shorts, short-shorts, cut-off shorts, gym shorts, unclean clothing, sun glasses, sport caps.

    3c The following is acceptable for women players

    Women's suits, dresses. skirts, blouses, turtleneck, T-shirts or poloʼs, trousers, jeans or slacks, footwear (boots, flats, mid-heel or high- heel shoes, sneakers with sock), jacket, vest or sweater, a scarf, as well as jewelry (earrings, necklace, etc.) coordinated to the outfit may be worn. Team uniforms, national costumes clothing.

    3d The following is NOT acceptable for women players

    Beach-wear slips, profanity and nude or semi-nude pictures printed on shirts, torn pants or jeans. holes, noticeable unclean clothing, sun glasses, sport caps. Revealing attire. Clothes such as denim shorts, short-shorts, cut-off shorts, gym shorts, crop tops, tank tops, and clothes made of see-through materials or clothes that expose areas of the body usually covered in the location where the event is taking place.

    FIDE officials and representatives attending the event.

    4 Dress Code for winning teams and players (Includes players, captains, head of delegations) for awards ceremonies.


    Business casual (European standards), which means long trousers or pants, shirt, jacket, with or without tie (no t-shirts, no polo, no jeans, no sports shoes or sneakers or slippers, no hats or caps (except for religious reasons) and the equivalent style of dress for women players.

    National costumes and team uniforms are allowed.

    5 Dress Code for arbiters, organizers, FIDE official and representatives at FIDE events including Presidential Board meetings, Executive Meetings and Congresses.

    Business casual (European standards), which means long trousers or pants, shirt, jacket, with or without tie (no t-shirts, no polo, no jeans, no sports shoes or sneakers or slippers, no hats or caps (except for religious reasons) and the equivalent style of dress for women.

    6 Handling Dress Code Violations

    The dress code will be enforced at all FIDE events. people in the position to enforce the dress code:

    Chief Arbiter or Tournament Director
Event Organizer
Organizing Committee
Members of the Presidential Board attending the event.

    A player not in proper dress code will not be allowed to play, until she or he comply with the FIDE Dress Code. Tournament staff and FIDE officials/ representatives not in proper dress code will be asked to remove him or herself from the event or meeting until complying with the FIDE Dress Code.

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    Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

    How sexist! Women can wear heels, but men can't? This is 2013 people, cross dressing should be acceptable by now!!!
    No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.

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    • #3
      Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

      Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
      3b The following is NOT acceptable
      ...
      sport caps.
      Are they going after Hikaru? :D

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      • #4
        Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

        Originally posted by Jordan S. Berson View Post
        How sexist! Women can wear heels, but men can't? This is 2013 people, cross dressing should be acceptable by now!!!
        It doesn't strike me as sexist; it does not specify that men can't wear women's underwear or vise versa. In fact it is completely silent on the issue of underwear including whether it has to be clean or not. That's a lot of leaway right there. You are free to dress for comfort, say a nice thong, or for that all important silky, frilly feeling. And the ladies can do what they like too. :o Bras are not mentioned either

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        • #5
          Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

          Maia Chiburdanidze was often photographed wearing a hat at the chessboard. I thought it a shame that she would have to give them up due to this new dress code. But, rereading it, it appears that only sports caps are to be banned.

          I suspect that, if she came out of retirement, she could wear whatever she wanted on her head, in Georgia, at least.

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          • #6
            Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

            Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
            Are they going after Hikaru? :D
            It says team uniforms are O.K., so he can keep his Vancouver Canucks jersey.

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            • #7
              Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

              They had this at the European championship. It was quite intereting to see the ECU representative looking at Ian Nepomniachti as he was wearing some shorts and t-shirt at the closing ceremony!

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              • #8
                Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                It is not clear to me whether the jacket is required or optional. I could see this being a problem in some venues at certain times of the year. I am sure we are all familiar with occasional problems where the heating or air conditioning was not all it should be and wearing a jacket is not an option. For the most part I don't see this as being a huge problem as they just seem to want to avoid the obscene t-shirt or homeless fashion sense of certain chess players. I suspect that they also wish to be able to proscribe immodest dress for female chess players but I haven't seen any examples of such in my tournament experience.

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                • #9
                  Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                  The 'Millionaire Chess Open' is imposing a "dress code" but rather laxly it would appear from some of the pix at ChessBase (:

                  http://en.chessbase.com/post/impress...ire-chess-open

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                  • #10
                    Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                    Do these guys at FIDE really think that making the players look like they're on their way to a job on Wall Street is going to make the game popular? Which image is likely to better connect with kids?

                    The Wolf of Wall Street


                    http://cdn.wegotthiscovered.com/wp-c...treet-02_0.jpg

                    or RZA

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                    I'll bet they spend there time watching "Leave it to Beaver" reruns. Being clean is important but wearing an NBA cap or a doo rag is just another style and is fine. The chess community risks alienating many individuals.
                    Last edited by Steve Karpik; Sunday, 12th October, 2014, 03:55 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                      Actually I was pleasantly surprised that they didn't make the dress code stricter and make the guys wear jackets and ties, or women having to wear skirts. Maybe they can allow do rags on religious grounds :)

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                      • #12
                        Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                        Actually, looking at the dress code and the image, I think RZA is acceptably attired.

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                        • #13
                          Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                          This is all very nice... for sponsored elite events.

                          At our mortal level, who's going to be enforcing these rules? (I don't mean... the arbiter can, yadda yadda, I mean... in reality?) --- Them dozen strong open tournaments that happen in Greece every Summer, many of them a 5-minute walk to the beach, they would be forfeiting players left right and centre. Riiight... plus... chess players :-) Anyone remember Charles-Graves-Tie-Day? Great idea and all. 10% of players wore a suit, and you would also see a couple dozen with a tie and flip-flops.

                          I shall be wearing my "Hart House Chess Club - Where the kibitzer is king" t-shirt, and call it a uniform :)

                          Alex F.

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                          • #14
                            Re: A Proposed FIDE Dress Code

                            Originally posted by Alex Ferreira View Post

                            I shall be wearing my "Hart House Chess Club - Where the kibitzer is king" t-shirt, and call it a uniform :)
                            Hope to see all Hart House team members in its t-shirts :)

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