“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 ...

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday due to a dispute over the dress code. Carlsen refused to change ...

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 ...

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not carry on playing while wearing jeans. The chess great had been defending his titles at the Fide ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World ... game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans.

FIDE and Freestyle Chess had reached a truce before the opening event of the latter’s inaugural Grand Slam Tour got underway ...

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 ...