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.
India's Koneru Humpy scored a decisive win over Irene Sukandar in the final round on Sunday to clinch the World Rapid Chess ...
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India's Koneru Humpy continued a glorious year for Indian chess, as she won the women's world rapid title, with a win in the ...
The World Rapid Chess Championships descended into farce after officials fined the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, for ...
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 ...
India's Koneru Humpy won her second World Rapid Chess Championship title, beating Indonesia's Irene Sukandar. Humpy ...
The first day of the World Championship in the shorter versions of chess saw five rounds of rapid chess and teenagers shine ...
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