Dress-codes can be about more than morality. In a game of intense concentration having distracting clothing could be a distraction. It’s not like every professional sport doesn’t have a dress code.

Yes, a resourceful chess player could gain an upper hand over any opponent who might have a jeans fetish. And we can't have that, can we.

We don’t know if someone complained to an official about Magnus’ pants. We don’t know who gained the most from this.

> 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.

That’s the “objective” according to https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2013/FIDE/Proposal_....

You need to keep up with the times too.

Clean jeans are normal for “smart casual” now. And the dress code shouldn’t be so prescriptive. If you can pass as “smart casual” somewhere else, should be legal.

And we'll see if FIDE will be seen as a preserver of traditional values or out of touch with the new generation of chess players.

The primary impression that most of the contemporary world has of FIDE is probably one of corruption and power games that are completely detached from the game of chess.

There are people who think that it can be reformed and there are people who don't think that FIDE can improve, but certainly no one argues that its past proves its commitment to professionalism.

I'd say you'd be hard-pressed to find a worse performing global sport federation.

That puts a different tone to their justification that the dress code is meant to promote professionalism and be a good representative for chess!

How do you spell FIFA?

Yes, there is a limit in both directions. We probably would agree with disqualification a playet he showed up completely nude.

What a load of crap. If someone is distracted by a persons attire then they probably are going to be distracted by other players playing, people walking around, noise.

This is nothing more than a dumb outdated rule. He wore jeans. Not a fluorescent jump suit.

I love your approach to this. Perhaps his example will inspire this attitude becoming more prevalent in professional settings. I really hope so - it is definitely just as dumb as women have been saying it is for decades now.

In the case of Carlson that is true. Female players who wear low cut shirts stastically do much better against males than other females who dress more modest.

Source for this obviously bullshit claim?

Austin Powers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0OhiPwBff0