in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes, and jeans. FIDE, chess’s main governing body, stipulates a certain level of decorum; an arbiter informed Carlsen that, in order to be eligible to play ...

Reigning World Rapid and Blitz Champion Magnus Carlsen was disqualified from the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championships held in New York City. The Norwegian chess icon was barred from ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus ... participants from wearing jeans at the event. Advertisement Article continues below this ad “The Chief Arbiter informed Mr. Carlsen of ...

Carlsen, who was set to compete in both tournaments in New York ... jeans, which are explicitly prohibited under long-standing regulations for this event,” the statement continued. “The Chief ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...