The New Yorker4d
What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
FIDE, chess’s main governing body, stipulates a certain level of decorum; an arbiter informed Carlsen that, in order to be eligible to play in the tournament, he’d have to return to his hotel ...
The Indian Express6d
Magnus Carlsen on allegations: ‘Not trying to influence FIDE… was a bad joke given gravity of situation’
Magnus Carlsen issued a passionate defence of himself early on Thursday morning after the chess world slammed him and said he was trying to arm-twist FIDE into accepting his will. Before FIDE agreed ...
The Indian Express4d
Random piece positions, 960 possible starts: What is freestyle chess, which led to Magnus Carlsen clashing with FIDE?
The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024, with top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura taking on FIDE, the global governing body of chess. Carlsen and Nakamura accused FIDE ...