Magnus Carlsen is a multi-time chess world champion - but his career has not been without controversy. Carlsen, 34, is the world No.1 and has won the Blitz World Championship eight times.
World chess great Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not participate while wearing jeans. The Norwegian was defending his World Rapid and Blitz Chess ...
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 ...
Top-ranked former world champion Magnus Carlsen recently showed ... upped the ante and removed the champion from his 9th round matchups. Carlsen then called the federation’s bluff by saying ...
Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing ... Unwilling to give in, Carlsen said in an interview after his round that he would not take the forfeiture and return the following ...
“Obviously, that’s Magnus,” he said. In 2022, Carlsen sold his chess-training app and company, Play Magnus, to Chess.com, for eighty-three million dollars. Since then, he’s been lining up ...
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 ...
Magnus Carlsen settled a bizarre ... In perhaps the most costly opening move of Carlsen’s career, the Norwegian grand master arrived for his games in the World Rapid Chess Championship on ...