Jeans allowed at Blitz Championship!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8npkrey66o

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6 Comments

akkajdh999@programming.dev · 29 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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negativenull@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

It's always risky playing a Gambit against Magnus

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Allowed? What is offensive about jeans? People wear them to funerals now.

sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 17 pts · 1y
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Electric_Druid@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

This isn't beating the chess elitism allegations

wzdd@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Can't believe they're allowing jeans but still banning butt plugs.

negativenull@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Baby steps

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 10 pts · 1y

Fide president Arkadi Dvorkovitch said: "The principle is simple: it is still required to follow the official dress-code, but elegant minor deviations (that may, in particular, include appropriate jeans matching the jacket) are allowed."

The Canadian tuxedo has been officially endorsed as proper attire.