Chess | The top chess player was criticized for his too loud shoes

Bag is a sport that requires great concentration and does not tolerate extra voices. The French-Iranian top player noticed that Alireza Firouzja20, in the World Cup candidate tournament.

Firouzja faced a Russian in the tournament Jan Nepomnyaštšinwhen the referee of the match Aris Marghetis interfered with Firouzja's walk during the match. The reason was that the player's shoes made too loud a sound.

“Firouzja walked in a small area. He walked with very heavy steps. It sounded like he had boots on,” Marghetis said, according to the Reuters news agency.

One of the players in the tournament had also complained about the sounds coming from Firouzja's shoes.

Firouzja himself does not accept shoe reviews.

“This was a shameful act by Judge Marghetris. In the middle of the most intense moment of the match, he came to tell me that I can't walk anymore because my shoes are making a loud noise on the wooden floor,” Firouzja wrote on the messaging service in X.

According to Firouzja, he had quite ordinary shoes that he used before. In addition, according to him, female players can wear high heels and no one will notice.

Firouzja also said that her concentration snapped because of the remark.

“I told the organizers that the judge must be punished.”

WC candidate tournament played in Toronto, Canada. There are eight players, and the winner of the tournament will face reigning world champion China in the World Cup match Ding Liren's. Five-time world champion Norway Magnus Carlsen gave up last year's World Cup match.

After ten rounds, Nepomnyaštsi and Intian are at the top Gukesh Dommaraju. Both have six points. Firouzja is seventh with 3.5 points.