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Jeans allowed at Blitz Championship! (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by negativenull@lemmy.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 17 points 7 months ago

Boomers felt insulted

[–] Electric_Druid@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

This isn't beating the chess elitism allegations

[–] wzdd@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Baby steps

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 10 points 7 months ago

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.