NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the ...

Image Source : X/MAGNUS CARLSEN Magnus Carlsen. Five-time world champion and Indian legend Viswanathan Anand spoke on Magnus Carlsen's disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen has been disqualified from the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York due to a dress code violation. The world's No. 1 ranked player refused to change out of his jeans after a ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, says he has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York after refusing to change out of his jeans as requested by officials.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess ... “The only thing we insisted on – no Series or Tour can be called World Championship unless FIDE approves it. FIDE is the governing ...