Why superstar Magnus Carlsen is playing chess for St. Pauli
Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...
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What Magnus Carlsen’s Jeans Have to Do with Chess
The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.
Chinese chess cheating scandal: Top grandmasters banned, triggered by life-time ban of ‘China’s Magnus Carlsen’
The public got to know about the cheating scandal in September when the CXA issued its life-time bans on Wang Yuefei and Wang ...
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India’s Arjun Erigaisi defeats Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana to win online chess event
He defeated Magnus Carlsen with ... titled players with genuine Chess.com profiles. All these players were asked to be available for Zoom calls for fair play reasons. The latest Titled Tuesday ...
Magnus Carlsen returns to chess tournament after dispute over jeans is resolved
Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body ...
Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Controversy followed.
The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for ...
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Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess’ World Blitz Championship title, causing outcry from top players
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...
D Gukesh set to make comeback in Wimbledon of chess, looks to replicate Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen’s success
Ian Nepomniachtchi breaks silence after Magnus Carlsen chess match-fixing scandal: ‘I solved problems myself…’ After the ...
Ian Nepomniachtchi breaks silence after Magnus Carlsen chess match-fixing scandal: ‘I solved problems myself…’
The Rapid competition was shrouded by Magnus Carlsen’s jeans scandal. Then it just didn’t stop there as it seeped into the ...
Chess champ Magnus Carlsen quits tourney after refusing to change out of jeans
Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, says he has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York after refusing ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen returns to a tournament after a dispute over jeans is resolved as he slams event organizers
NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the ... a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of ...