The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has relaxed its dress code for the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Doha, allowing classic non-distressed jeans for both men and women. The move follows ...

Renowned chess player Magnus Carlsen’s has announced his return to play in the upcoming World Blitz Championship -- a U-turn from a few days prior after he withdrew from another event organised by the ...

As many of you surely know by now, the European Chess Union has established dress-code rules for chess players. (OK, some of you don’t know — you don’t follow chess and you don’t think it’s a sport.

Magnus Carlsen, a top chess player from Norway, recently found himself embroiled in a denim dispute with the International Chess Federation. The disagreement arose during the World Rapid Chess ...

NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is turning his controversial denim into some greens - for charity. The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced this week that he is auctioning off the ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on Sunday a relaxation of its dress code for players after Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top-ranked chess player, was fined for wearing jeans at an ...

India’s Divya Deshmukh sparked laughs with her “No jeans!” rule-change joke, recalling Magnus Carlsen’s 2024 dress code controversy. Carlsen famously refused to change his Corneliani jeans, was fined, ...