Lots of players have problems with FIDE, who act like they own the game of chess. Magnus is simply the only one who can afford to push back.
How the situation was handled is unbelievable. Unlike FIDE, players are there to work and concentrate. Telling people to change between games is just insulting.
The smugness of Sutovsky (FIDE "CEO") and the chief arbiter in the interviews on the topic is off the charts. Anand was more diplomatic, but also a raging bureaucrat.
I presume that Dvorkovich (FIDE president) and the sponsors had a stern talk with several FIDE people.
It does look to the public like Magnus got his will like a three-year-old, but there are more issues behind the scenes. It is good to see a victory over the cancel bureaucracy and some return to normalcy.
How the situation was handled is unbelievable. Unlike FIDE, players are there to work and concentrate. Telling people to change between games is just insulting.
The smugness of Sutovsky (FIDE "CEO") and the chief arbiter in the interviews on the topic is off the charts. Anand was more diplomatic, but also a raging bureaucrat.
I presume that Dvorkovich (FIDE president) and the sponsors had a stern talk with several FIDE people.
It does look to the public like Magnus got his will like a three-year-old, but there are more issues behind the scenes. It is good to see a victory over the cancel bureaucracy and some return to normalcy.