The defending champion said he quit as a “matter of principle” after being told to change his jeans.
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Carlsen has been a giant child the last few years.
The sooner Caruana gains 30 rating points and replaces him as #1, the better.
I don’t care if fide are in the right or wrong, this is the newest in a line of unprofessional behaviour by the former world champ.
We’re basically living in both the Fischer and Kasparov timelines at the same time
Who is being childish and unprofessional? Fining and kicking someone out over pants (and shoes) is the height of pettiness to me. He sounds like someone who just didn’t care about it, and that’s fine. If you don’t like the rules, leave. And he did.
He cared the 100 other tournaments, and he would have cared if his first 2-3 days weren’t terrible and not be out of winning the tournament.
I’m willing to bet he arrived late like usual so he had no chance to change.