Reigning World Rapid and Blitz Champion Magnus Carlsen was disqualified ... 9 of the Rapid section after violating FIDE's strict dress code by wearing jeans. Carlsen was fined $200 for the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes, and jeans. FIDE, chess’s main ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz ... after governing body FIDE barred the Norwegian from participating in a round at the tournament for wearing jeans.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played ... away from the World Rapid Chess Championship after refusing to change out of his jeans, which the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said breached the ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

World number one Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Blitz Chess Championship here following FIDE's ... compete in jeans, a couple of days after disqualifying him from the Rapid event for ...

His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Carlsen ...