Checkmate for wearing jeans
The Citizen|December 30, 2024
Chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a world championship event in New York after being fined and threatened with exclusion for breaching the dress code by wearing jeans.
AFP

Carlsen was asked to change his clothes on Friday at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after falling foul of the governing body's regulations.

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