Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans – after dress code change | Ents & Arts News
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now relaxed its dress code to allow “elegant minor deviations”.
Those deviations “may, in particular, include appropriate jeans matching the jacket”, the new rules state.
Carlsen was defending his titles at the Fide World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York when he was told to change his trousers.
He…
