Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game ...

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 ...

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. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Carlsen ...

“Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn’t want to. I stand by that," Carlsen said Dipayan Bose/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Chess champion Magnus Carlsen pulled off a sartorial ...

Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, won the World Blitz Championship in December 2025 in Doha, Qatar. It was his ninth world blitz title and the twentieth world ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him from ...

Approximately 300 elite chess players from around the world have registered for the upcoming world tournament in New York City. This six-day event will showcase elite chess players from every ...

International Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca settled for runner-up honors in the blitz event of the 23rd Bangkok Chess Club Open held at the Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa Hua Hin in Thailand on ...