The principle is simple: it is still required to follow the official dress-code, but elegant minor deviations (that may, in particular, include appropriate jeans matching the jacket) are allowed. In the end, it is New Year time, and I sincerely hope that nobody would try to undermine the festive mood, including by abusing this additional flexibility.
I'll probably head off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer than here. But now that FIDE has backed off of its 'draconian' decision, Carlsen is once again set to appear in the Blitz Chess Championships.
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