FIDE's dispute with Freestyle Chess centers around using the term "World Championship." Freestyle Chess, co-founded by Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner, introduced an innovative format with a Grand ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers.

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing to change out of jeans to conform to a strict dress code.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships is taking the fusion of chess and finance to the next level with the introduction of Wall Street Gambit, a one-of-a-kind ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This holiday season, New York City’s financial district will transform into a battleground for the world's greatest chess minds in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz ...

The World Rapid Chess Championships descended into farce after officials fined the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, for wearing jeans. He responded by quitting the event altogether.

International Chess Federation (FIDE) world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway poses ahead of his Speed Chess Championship semi-final against Hans Niemann of the U.S., in Paris, France, September ...

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 ...

Rules were rules. When FIDE wouldn’t budge, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament. It was “a matter of principle,” he said afterward, in an interview on the chess platform Take Take Take.

FIDE Chess Ratings: The May 2025 FIDE chess rankings reveal significant shifts in both men's and women's top 10 lists. Magnus Carlsen maintains his lead in the men's category with a rating of 2837 ...

This year, he became the third-youngest to reach a FIDE rating of 2,700 after claiming two gold medals at the Chess Olympiad — a biennial international tournament that was held in Budapest ...