Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen has ... Back then, Carlsen was disqualified mid-tournament for refusing to swap his jeans for formal wear, eventually withdrawing in protest.

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky reminded chess fans that he hasn’t forgotten about the jeans controversy, and took another dig at Magnus Carlsen.

Magnus Carlsen strolls across the parking lot of ... The global association insists that it alone has the authority to crown world champions. FIDE is even said to have threatened players, telling ...

Magnus Carlsen was proved right as D Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess struggles continued. The India No. 1 had a miserable showing in Paris, settling for joint-11th position with fellow Indian Vidit ...

The 20-year-old German knew it was over. Sitting across from him, Magnus Carlsen surveyed the board, content with his spoils. Keymer resigned, the spectators’ arena erupted in applause ...

And it is doing so with an unexpected and powerful ally: Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian grandmaster who dominated classical chess for more than a decade and who now advocates reinventing the ...

Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess ... headlines after he was disqualified from a tournament for wearing jeans (he subsequently auctioned them off for charity).

feels that the Indian is in a "different situation" compared to him as Norwegian Magnus Carlsen is considered, "by all metrics", a better player than the Chennai teenager. Gukesh was 17 when he ...

Grandmaster Awonder Liang switched from the Grenke Classic's Open event to its Freestyle chess segment, joining Magnus Carlsen. This move highlights the growing interest in Freestyle chess ...

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen wowed the crowd at the NEXT Summit when he defeated Malta’s chess champion Colin Pace despite playing blindfolded in an exhibition match at the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world number one, soared to a new landmark in chess history yesterday when the 34-year-old won all his nine games in the Grenke Freestyle Open at Karlsruhe, Germany.

Nidoqueen wearing a crown in Pokemon GO debuts with the Crown Clash event on May 10, 2025. It will be available for eight days — 10 am local time on Saturday, May 10, to 8 pm local time on ...