The chess world is never short on scandals, and the latest one is incredibly on brand. Top-ranked former world champion Magnus Carlsen recently showed up to a tournament in jeans, refused to ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 after refusing to ditch his denim as "a matter of principle" Misha Friedman/Getty World ...

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Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round ...

NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a ...

(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File) Norwegian Magnus Carlsen of SG Alpine Warriors plays against Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Chingari Gulf Titans during Global Chess League, July 1, 2023, ...

The world's top chess player quit a major tournament in New York City after officials told him he couldn't wear jeans to compete. The 2024 events began on Thursday. Carlsen arrived at Friday's ...

Magnus Carlsen settled a bizarre feud with chess’s international governing body by returning to a major tournament in New York City days after a dispute with officials led him to withdraw abruptly.

Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him from a round for ...

But the manner in which he won the title raised several eyebrows across the chess world, with the five-time world champion sharing the title with Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi after a viral ...

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now relaxed its dress code ...