Competitors Chess 2024: The contention encompassing Iran-conceived French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja is giving no indications of subsiding.
A day after Alireza guaranteed he was cautioned by the central mediator at the Competitors 2024 chess competition for his shoes making a lot of commotion during games, FIDE’s Specialized representative for the Up-and-comers chess competition has claimed that Alireza’s dad took steps to call the police on the off chance that he was not permitted to watch rounds of his child from the overhang of the playing lobby at whatever point he needed to.
Reports from Toronto, where the 2024 Up-and-comers is being held, recommended that Alireza’s dad Hamidreza was accompanied out of the playing field at the Incomparable Corridor during Cycle 10. Alireza lost to Fabiano Caruana in Cycle 10, which left him seventh in the eight-player standings.
Grandmaster Pavel Tregubov, FIDE’s Specialized representative, clarified for Chess24’s correspondent at the scene what had ended up causing the most recent debate.
Tregubov said that a few players’ companies had communicated worries at the specialized gathering before the occasion started that the playing field had a review display for fans from where anybody could hand-off data to somebody outside continuously, much faster than watching on streaming which is running on a deferral to forestall cheating.
“For this reason we precluded admittance to the scene for players’ company for initial seven rounds. Yet, in second round, Alireza’s dad Hamidreza griped about this. he was the main one to gripe. I guaranteed him to reexamine. We chose to permit colleagues admittance to the playing corridor in the initial 15 minutes since everything worked out in a good way in the initial not many rounds. We additionally got positive input from the fairplay group. This changed rule worked out positively in cycle 8 so we stretched out in adjusts 9 and 10. However, Hamidreza didn’t involve this chance for cycle 8,” Tregubov told Chess24.
“Yet, after the start of the tenth round, my group let me know that Hamidreza had reached one of our staff individuals and took steps to call the police on the off chance that he’s not permitted to enter the overhang at whatever point he needs. Clearly, we were unable to fulfill this solicitation,” he said. “At the point when I crossed Hamidreza, he was being a piece forceful.”
When inquired as to whether Alireza’s dad would be permitted in the playing lobby for the excess four games, Tregubov said: “We’ll be adaptable. Assuming he acts appropriately. Today he reported he’s leaving.”
