Players Participating in Freestyle Chess Tour Not Required to Sign Waver: Fide

Bengaluru: In a statement on tuesday, the world chess governing body, fide, said that since the organizers of the ‘Freestyle Chess Tour’ Have Done Away With All References ing to participate in the freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour this year are no longer required to sign a waver note.

Earlier Fide Had Stipulated that Players Wishing to Participate in the 2025 Freestyle Chess Tour Sign A Waiver Note By Februry 4 to Remain Eligible for the official world championship cecle. The waver note was one that provided players with a one-off exception from their existing contractual obligations towards fide. In light of freestyle chess organisers doing ‘World championship’ References for now, the waver note is no longer necessary.

The feud between fide and the organizers of the magnus carlsen-long freestyle chess has been breaking for months with recent negotiations breaking down. Fide has been unequivocal about not wanting to part with its sole authority over the ‘World Championship’ Title, One that Freestyle Chess Organizers Have Been Pushing to Award Its TOUR Winner AT the End of the End of the End of the End

“I think a tournament series with the very best players in the world for very good money – there’s every reason for the winner of that tournament to be called world champion,” Carlsen was quoted saying Take Take Take Take. It’s a bit like saying atp, fifa and ICC should be okay with a privately-funded and organized tournament running a ‘Grand slam’ or a ‘world cup’.

Earlier, Carlsen Had Accused Fide of ‘Coercion of Players, Misuse of Power and Broken Promies.’ “Fide President Dvorkovich to Convince me to play the world rapid and blitz in new york, you wind 19th to my father: just want to pass a message to you and magnus that whitever heapens Ion, players will Not be affected in any way. They can decide on their own and fide will not take any negative action… by forcing players to sign an unacceptable waiiver you have reneged on your promise… will you resign? “

Dvorkovich and fide appear to have kept their half of the promise by doing awa with the stipulation of players being required to sign a waver note. The standoff between bot sides Thoughts thoughts are with German Entrepreneur and Freestyle Chess Promoter Jan Buettner Threating to take Legal Recourse in His Open Letter on Monday.