World chess champion Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 because he refused to ...

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Magnus Carlsen left his lunch meeting and headed to the second day of the World Rapid Chess Championship. He said he changed ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed his shock at the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) strict enforcement of the dress code, leading to Magnus Carlsen’s controversial ...

PARIS—Chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a world championship event in New York after being fined and threatened with ...

Viswanathan Anand shared his thoughts after Magnus Carlsen was fined USD 200 for wearing jeans, which are "explicitly ...

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Magnus Carlsen, five-time world chess champion, withdrew from the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championship after a dispute ...

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Chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a world championship event in New York after being fined and threatened with exclusion for breaching the dress code by wearing jeans. Carlsen was asked to ...

Five-time world champion and current top-ranked Magnus Carlsen was disqualified by FIDE from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess ...