Magnus Carlsen could not resist taking a dig at FIDE in his announcement video for esports franchise, Team Liquid, on Friday.

“appropriate jeans matching the jacket”). “The concerns raised by Magnus Carlsen highlight the need for further discussion about how to modernize the current approach, to ensure that our ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

Carlsen competed in the inaugural Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour opener in Weissenhaus, Germany, finishing third after a ...

Magnus Carlsen hasn’t been on best of terms with FIDE lately, having engaged in a war of words with the Lausanne-based ...

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday due to a dispute over the dress code. Carlsen refused to change ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to ... The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sportcoat Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz ... from participating in a round at the tournament for wearing jeans. In a statement, the International Chess Federation (or Fédération ...

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not carry on playing while wearing jeans. The chess great had been defending his titles at the Fide ...