World Chess Champion Quits Competition After Refusing to Change Out of Jeans, Tells International Chess Federation 'F--- You'
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 because he refused to change out of his jeans in accordance with the International Chess Federation's event dress code.
Carlsen walked away from the World Rapid Chess Championship after refusing to change out of his jeans, which the ...
Magnus Carlsen, the global No 1, will compete in today’s World Blitz Championship on Wall Street after all. The Norwegian, 34, was fined and defaulted during the Rapid on Friday for refusing to change ...
Koneru Humpy won the women's world rapid title for the second time; Arjun Erigaisi fell a point short in the open section ...
The World Rapid Chess Championships descended into farce after officials fined the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, for ...
The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2024 are set to take place from December 26 to December 31 in Wall Street, ...
The first day of the World Championship in the shorter versions of chess saw five rounds of rapid chess and teenagers shine ...
The 37-year-old defeated Indonesia’s Irene Sukandar with the black pieces in the final round of the tournament, finishing ...
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