Interference from his sport’s governing body over a trivial matter resulted in the world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen ... over a dispute over clothing. Carlsen had shown up ...

(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) (Kamran Jebreili, AP) NEW YORK – Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen ... chance to own Carlsen's pair of size 32 regular fit Corneliani jeans.

Viswanathan Anand, Deputy President of FIDE, has addressed the controversy surrounding Magnus ... resolve the issue amicably. "The arbiter said that as long as Magnus changed his jeans before ...

Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new set of rules and is engaged in an ongoing battle with the World Chess ...

"Today, Mr. Magnus Carlsen breached the dress code by wearing jeans, which are explicitly prohibited under long-standing regulations for this event," the World Chess Federation said in a statement ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the ... s World Rapid Chess Championship, Carlsen fell out with FIDE after being punished for a dress-code violation involving jeans, the latest flashpoint in a rocky relatio ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen ... luxury brand jeans that started a dress code dispute at December's World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Carlsen ultimately ...