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200: Nothing gets between Magnus Carlsen and his jeans. The world’s No. 1 chess player showed up for the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday in denim — a no-no — and refused ...
Dexerto4d
Chess legend Magnus Carlsen joins Team Liquid ahead of EWC
Magnus isn’t the only Chess star to get picked up at the start of 2025, either. Gen.G has picked up Indian Chess Grandmaster ...
The Washington Post4d
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play ...
Hindustan Times25d
Fans were left shocked as Magnus Carlsen resigned after 50 moves, and his rating dropped by -16.
Considered by many to be the greatest-ever chess grandmaster in history, Magnus Carlsen has a peak rating of 2882, which is the highest in history. He has been World No. 1 in the FIDE rankings ...
Forbes5mon
World Champion Magnus Carlsen Believes Esports’ Style Would Help Chess
Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes the esports style presentation would help the pro chess scene.
Reuters29d
Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The ongoing dispute between the international chess federation (FIDE) and Magnus Carlsen escalated when the governing body hit out at the Freestyle Chess Players Club ...
Mint9d
Magnus Carlsen highlights D Gukesh’s flaws after Freestyle Chess 2025 win: ‘Took too many chances…’
After his win in Singapore, chess great Magnus Carlsen had said that classical chess was perhaps the "worst way" to measure a player, adding that rapid chess was perhaps a more "pure" form of chess.
Reuters15d
Chess-Freestyle tour boss, Carlsen call for FIDE president's resignation
PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour boss Jan Henric Buettner and all-time great Magnus Carlsen have called on International Chess Federation (FIDE) president Arkady Dvorkovich ...
KRDO1mon
Magnus Carlsen to rejoin World Blitz Chess Championship after resolving jeans controversy
(CNN) — World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen says he will play at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday ...
Hindustan Times22d
Magnus Carlsen accepts D Gukesh’s World Chess C’ship challenge in cryptic statement, remarks ‘Maybe one last time…’
D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen during a match. The championship reached the decisive fourteenth game, and it was going according to Liren’s plan, who was trying to enforce a tie-breaker.
Indiatimes5d
Sensational Vincent Keymer defeats Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana books second spot in the Grand Slam final
Vincent Keymer defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen to reach the Weissenhaus Freestyle Grand Slam final, where he will face Fabiano Caruana. Caruana won his semifinal against Javokhir Sindarov ...