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>>throwu+(OP)
Chess is supposed to be a game for smart people.

Why would smart people care about denim vs. trousers?

Let competitors wear pajamas- it makes no difference.

>>unsupp+iP
Because smart people realize that all associations and organizations have rules and showing strangers that you follow the rules is an easy way to signal across languages and cultures that you are all there for the same reason

>>aprilt+mS
Chess itself is a collection of very arbitrary rules.

They happen to be rules that people decided are fun, or interesting, or something. If the dress code isn't fun they should change it.

And for that matter... this tournament is a blitz game, itself a change of rules. Perhaps it would be well suited to a change in dress code. Formal clothes for classic chess. Show up in your PJs for a game that takes as long as brushing your teeth.