Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...

The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans.

Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion - but his career has not been without controversy. Carlsen, 34, is the world No.1 and has won the Blitz World Championship eight times.

Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday after governing body FIDE barred the Norwegian from participating in a round at the tournament ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen ...

The 2024 events began on Thursday. Carlsen arrived at Friday's events in jeans, which officials said is "explicitly prohibited" under the federation's regulations for the event. Carlsen said he ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round ...

Hello Beautiful and Brit + Co. Dipayan Bose/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Chess champion Magnus Carlsen pulled off a sartorial checkmate after returning to a recent tournament despite wearing ...

World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen will no longer compete in the World Rapid or Blitz Chess Championships after violating the International Chess Federation’s dress code policy. Carlsen ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).