NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International ...

Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to wear jeans Monday at the World Blitz Championship in New York City. "I ...

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of a pair of jeans, a direct violation of the International Chess Federation’s ...

The top-ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on ...

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 World No ...