The reason the world’s top-ranked chess player initially quit ... Officials told Carlsen that the jeans he wore on Friday violated the competition’s dress code, which encouraged entrants ...
NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back ... posted Sunday on social media that he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship when it begins ...
He offered to not wear jeans the next day ... particularly under intense time pressure. The average chess player turns out to be a little like Carlsen. They can be impatient, too.
Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back ... Sunday on social media that he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship when it begins Monday.