FIDE has disqualified Magnus Carlsen, the leader of the world ranking, the 16th world champion, and expelled him from the World Blitz Chess Championship in New York. The official website of FIDE writes that the Norwegian did not keep the style of clothing defined by the rules of the World Championship and in the 9th round. to show up in jeans. 34-year-old Carlsen was fined 200 dollars, but refused the offer to change his clothes. He refused to participate in the next round, after which he was removed from the World Championship.
Russian Yan Yepomnyashchi was also fined 200 dollars, but continued the tournament after changing his sports shoes.
After 9 rounds, 18-year-old Russian Volodar Murzin is the leader with 7 points. The young chess player with the same number of points is followed by Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), Arjun Ergiyasi (India) and Alexander Grishchuk (Russia).
