Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'
Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'
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Dutch player Anna-Maja Kazarian was forced to change them, despite ambiguous dress code
On the spectrum of cheddar offenses, this is nothing
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there's some confusion over FIDE's dress code.
Vague rules definitely serve a purpose.
Vague rules are meant to be enforced arbitrarily. The whole point is to give the enforcers an excuse to penalize someone.
vague rules exist to give jurisiction the abuility to make calls, however if the judges cannot even define what each type of shoe is, then the rule is useless.
Certainly, although this is assuming the judge will act fairly. It could be that the judge just didn't like her, for whatever reason.
Obviously her taste in footwear
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