Chess-Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle World Championship
The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body ...
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Chess controversy: Magnus Carlsen, top-ranked player in the world, bows out of tournament over jeans dispute
The top-ranked chess ... Carlsen to be held to a different standard. "Several players were already fined and warned, and it would be simply wrong to have even Magnus ... play under a different set ...
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Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen sports jeans in return to championship following dress code controversy
Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing in New York in the World Blitz Championship on Monday after he quit the Rapid World Championship over the weekend because of a dispute ...
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Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Controversy followed.
Magnus Carlsen ... a point might well be Carlsen’s signature gambit. He withdrew from international tournaments in 2008 and 2010 after clashing with the International Chess Federation over ...
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Magnus Carlsen quits chess championship after refusing to change out of jeans
The Norwegian chess grandmaster was fined ... what they want to do I’ll probably set off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer,” he said. Carlsen, 34, became a grandmaster at age ...
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Magnus Carlsen quits chess championship after refusing to change out of jeans
Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, has quit the World Rapid ... If this is what they want to do I'll probably set off to somewhere where the weather is a bit nicer," he said.