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 ...

July’s FIDE rating list has brought a wave of excitement to Indian chess fans, as 19-year-old GM R Praggnanandhaa surged into ...

FIDE said Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion and seven-time world blitz chess champion, breached long-standing regulations for the event. Carlsen, 34, was notified of the breach, ...

FIDE said the chess world all-star was in violation of the event’s dress code and hit him with a $200 fine. When Carlsen refused to go pick up dress pants from the TJ Maxx just a block away ...

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.

But that's not the case with the chess community in general," he said. FIDE CEO, Emil Sutovsky (R), believes regular, classical chess is the best medium to spread the sport.

Five-time world champion and current top-ranked Magnus Carlsen was disqualified by FIDE from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2024 midway due to a dress code violation.

Freestyle Chess co-owner and FIDE president's alleged WhatsApp conversation. Buettner pointed out Dvorkovich’s initial responses where the FIDE president appeared to be in acceptance of FCPC ...

Ad Policy. Ding Liren, top right, and Gukesh Dommaraju, top left, are seen during Game 1 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore on November 25, 2024.

According to Buettner, Freestyle Chess had agreed to contribute $300,000 annually to a Fide-controlled tournament along with co-regulation of Freestyle’s rules and regulations in exchange for ...

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Format: FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 will be played on a 12-game format. The first player to reach 6.5 points will emerge as the winner.