Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans controversy at FIDE World Rapid and Blitz: The chess feud that foreshadowed world No 1’s pull-out
The seeds of Magnus Carlsen’s disqualification / pull-out from the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship were sown much before the world no 1 landed in New York. We explain:
Magnus Carlsen has been accused by the FIDE chief of lying that players willing to participate at the Freestyle Chess Tour ...
Anand has justified FIDE penalising Magnus Carlsen for wearing jeans to the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York.
Magnus Carlsen had been un-paired from Round 9 of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships after turning up in a pair of ...
Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion, faced disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for ...
The first day of the World Championship in the shorter versions of chess saw five rounds of rapid chess and teenagers shine ...
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