How Magnus Carlsen’s jeans sparked a chess controversy
The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans. The 34-year-old pulled out from the World Rapid Championship on Friday after breaching the dress code and opting not to change his attire.
Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen Returns To A Tournament After A Dispute Over Jeans Is Resolved
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans.
Top-ranked Carlsen, 34, officially headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday, Dec. 30, following a loosening of ...
World number one Magnus Carlsen criticised senior FIDE officials, including its deputy president Viswanathan Anand, for ...
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