Alireza's father Hamidreza was reportedly escorted out of the playing arena at the Great Hall during Round 10, as per reports from Toronto, where the 2024 Candidates is being held.
@congruentsaid Alireza's father Hamidreza was reportedly escorted out of the playing arena at the Great Hall during Round 10, as per reports from Toronto, where the 2024 Candidates is being held.
Alireza claimed he was warned by the chief arbiter at the Candidates 2024 chess tournament for his shoes making too much noise during games, FIDE’s Technical delegate for the Candidates chess tournament has alleged that Alireza’s father threatened to call the police if he was not allowed to watch games of his son from the balcony of the playing hall whenever he wanted to.
Noisy shoes and balcony dads. I guess it wouldn't be the candidates matches without a few mini-drama's. 🙄
Alireza now sits at 7th in a field of 8, so maybe this will be just a footnote when the bottom half is eliminated.
Alireza Firouzja’s father allegedly threatened to call police
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