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FIDE Slams Freestyle Chess, Threatens Legal Action

by akbarnama on 1/22/25, 1:39 AM with 1 comments

  • by ConspiracyFact on 1/22/25, 2:02 AM

    FIDE has no leg to stand on here. They don't own chess and they don't have a trademark on the phrase "World Championship" as it applies to chess. They can and will sanction players, and that will be enough to shut this down--but the idea that they could take "legal action" is laughable.