The FIDE versus Freestyle Chess warfare intensified late on Monday after peace talks collapsed between the 2 events.
Within the rapid aftermath of the feud reigniting, there have been open letters from either side with contemporary allegations. Members from the Freestyle Chess camp additionally aired personal messages from FIDE officers like president Arkady Dvorkovich and CEO Emil Sutovsky.
World No 1 Magnus Carlsen posted a few texts that Dvorkovich had despatched to his father Henrik Carlsen on his X deal with earlier than asking the Russian to resign.
Carlsen posted on X: “Coercion of gamers, misuse of energy and damaged guarantees. FIDE President Dvorkovich, to persuade me to play the Fast & Blitz in New York, you wrote Dec nineteenth to my father: ‘Simply wish to go a message to you and Magnus that no matter occurs between FIDE and Freestyle when it comes to recognition, gamers will NOT be affected in any manner. They will determine on their very own and FIDE is not going to take any unfavourable motion.’
The Norwegian added: “You added later that day: ‘I’ll step down if my phrase can be undermined by the Council.’ By forcing gamers to signal an unacceptable waiver you will have reneged in your promise. Will you resign?”
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Carlsen was not the one one sharing personal texts of FIDE officers. His coach Peter Heine Nielsen shared a snippet of a dialog that he had had with FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky in 2018 the place he referred to as the Russia-based FIDE president Dvorkovich as “Kremlin-tied”.
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“Because it appears to have escalated to the stage the place one shares personal messages, I simply wish to use the window to get this one out from Emil Sutovsky,” Nielsen wrote earlier than sharing a screenshot of texts from the FIDE CEO.
Sutovsky reacted sharply to this, posting on X: “The day PHN (Nielsen) reveals his actual face. Not solely he posts a non-public dialog, however he additionally doesn’t point out it happened in 2018. They have to be actually offended to not get their arms on the World Championship factor.”
The person behind Freestyle Chess, Jan Henric Buettner, additionally printed an explosive open letter on social media hours after sharing it with The Indian Categorical. Within the open letter, he shared some texts from Dvorkovich.
A few of these texts — which have been highlighted as an example that each events have been actually near a deal — are as follows:
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“I believe you probably did a terrific job in search of an answer. We’re a lot nearer to it however primarily based on the opinions of my colleagues we’re not there”
“Actually admire your message, I’ll go all in to discover a resolution rapidly”
“I can be within the air for a while in case you see that I’m not responding”
Dvorkovich has not reacted to his messages being shared publicly.