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Five-time World Chess champion quits event after refusing to change out of jeans FIDE said jeans violate their dress code. Magnus Carlsen said he refused to change as a "matter of principle for me." ...

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen announced his return to play in this year’s final World Blitz Championship after the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship being held in New York after refusing to change out of jeans to abide by a dress code.

On Friday, Carlsen walked away from the World Rapid Chess Championship after refusing to change out of his jeans, which the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said breached the tournament’s ...

LONDON (WKRC/CBS Newspath) - Magnus Carlsen, the renowned chess grandmaster, withdrew from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships on Friday after the International Chess Federation (FIDE ...

The 34-year-old, who has won five world rapid and seven world blitz titles in the last 10 years, was fined $200 for wearing jeans during the rapid tournament on Friday and was asked to change by ...