Jeans, ties and Magnus Carlsen 

My suggestion to FIDÉ is simple. Instead of prohibiting certain categories of clothing, they should stipulate what must be worn for all events or games of exalted status, such as world

championships, candidates tournaments or the upper boards of mass events (such as the most recent manifestation in New York). Namely, a return to the elegant official evening wear of St

Petersburg 1914. In 1987, I organised for Channel 4 tv a six game match between Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short. As White, a white dinner jacket was de rigueur, while as Black, a black dinner

jacket was mandatory. Such a move would certainly frustrate Carlsen’s ingenious attempt to increase his already vast coffers by signing with GStar to sport their jeans at elite chess

events.

This move has the effect of entombing Black’s potentially powerful g7-bishop for the remainder of the game. For this reason, 6… Nge7 was a preferable move. 

A new move, but a bad one. This serious error offers White a clear tactical path to victory. Black has few problems after the superior, 16… a5, which was the move played in the stem game we

have been following: Henzen-Bonno, Netherlands Team Championship, 2008.

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