Why superstar Magnus Carlsen is playing chess for St. Pauli
Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...
Chinese chess cheating scandal: Top grandmasters banned, triggered by life-time ban of ‘China’s Magnus Carlsen’
The public got to know about the cheating scandal in September when the CXA issued its life-time bans on Wang Yuefei and Wang ...
Magnus Carlsen returns to chess tournament after dispute over jeans is resolved
Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body ...
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What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.
Magnus Carlsen’s match-fixing video downplayed by FIDE president in blunt remark: ‘As for sharing the Blitz title…’
Breaking his silence on the match-fixing controversy for the first-time, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich defended Magnus ...
Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Controversy followed.
The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...
World-Renowned Chess Player Magnus Carlsen Returns to Tournament After Being Fined, Denied Participation for Wearing Jeans
I stand by that," Carlsen said Chess champion Magnus Carlsen pulled off a sartorial checkmate after returning to a recent ...
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Defending chess world champion Magnus Carlsen quits after fine for wearing jeans
Defending champion Magnus Carlsen has caused a scandal at the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York over his choice of ...
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Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess’ World Blitz Championship title, causing outcry from top players
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen quits championship tournament over a pair of jeans: 'I'm out, f--- you'
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current ...
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Indian Chess Stalwart Viswanathan Anand brutally slams Magnus Carlsen for criticising D Gukesh's World Chess Championship win
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who also served as D Gukesh’s coach, have both ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen returns to a tournament after a dispute over jeans is resolved as he slams event organizers
NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World ... dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out ...