India, Feb. 9 -- The ongoing FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy has created much furore lately. The first week of February saw FIDE release an official statement where it denied official recognition to a Freestyle World Championship. In response, Freestyle Chess released an official public letter where it accused FIDE of putting pressure on players and also demanded for the resignation of president Arkady Dvorkovich. The open letter also released some alleged messages of Dvorkovich and accused him of misleading Freestyle Chess co-owner Jan Henric Buettner. The letter also accused FIDE of pressuring players to sign a waiver which stated that they won't participate in a non-official world c'ship.

Meanwhile, FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky also rea...