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Disagree. FIDE's dress code has double standards, there was a dude in chinos made to look like jeans and they were allowed. To me it seems like a very antiquated rule that needs to be reworked/abolished to keep up with the times.

>>sammy2+(OP)
This rule is new, by the way. There used to be no dress code at all, and it's become increasingly strict in the last few years.

>>sammy2+(OP)
It's not that I think the dress code is great, I just think it is what it is, and the one's who can say 'it's a matter of principle' (and get my sympathy anyway) are the ones that uphold that written code of the event, and don't waive it for a famous participant; not the famous participant who.. just wants to violate it basically.

>>sapiog+L1
Was there a reason for implementing it?

>>sapiog+L1
>This rule is new, by the way.

You can't call a rule new, which is nagging them for nearly a decade now:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/dress-code-incident-at-world...

>>beyond+Fi
en passant is still considered a new rule, and it was there in the 16th century

>>beyond+Fi
Even at that time, it does not appear that the dress code explicitly forbade what the contestant was wearing?