What Magnus Carlsens Jeans Have to Do with Chess
News Source : The New Yorker
News Summary
- Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes, and jeans
- FIDE, chess’s main governing body, stipulates a certain level of decorum; an arbiter informed Carlsen that, in order to be eligible to play in the tournament, he’d have to change his pants
- When FIDE wouldn't budge, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament
On a recent Friday afternoon, Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world, showed up at the World Rapid Championships, on Wall Street, in New York, wearing a blazer, dress shoes, and jeans. FI [+10816 chars]
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