On a recent Friday afternoon, 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.

“appropriate jeans matching the jacket”). “The concerns raised by Magnus Carlsen highlight the need for further discussion about how to modernize the current approach, to ensure that our ...

Magnus Carlsen arrives one minute late for the first ... was fined $200 for wearing jeans during the rapid tournament on Friday and was asked to change by the Chief Arbiter. He declined ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz ... from participating in a round at the tournament for wearing jeans. In a statement, the International Chess Federation (or Fédération ...

Magnus Carlsen is a five-times chess champion and ... when he was told he could not continue playing while wearing jeans. The International Chess Federation (Fide) later said that it would relax ...

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

Fans also haven’t still forgotten Magnus Carlsen’s controversies at 2024’s year-ending Rapid and Blitz Championship. The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to ... The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sportcoat Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate ...

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