The New York Times

Magnus Carlsen is chess’ powerful disruptor and he wants to go mainstream: ‘Change is needed’

Magnus Carlsen is widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time. Inevitably, however, we are talking about jeans. “A lot of people want to see some kind of conspiracy behind things,” he ...
The New York Times

Magnus Carlsen, world chess No. 1, signs St Pauli contract extension for 2025-26 Bundesliga season

World chess No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will continue with Bundesliga team St Pauli for the 2025-26 season. Carlsen joined the German team in May 2024. Nicknamed ‘the Mozart of Chess’, the former world ...
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Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Controversy followed.

Magnus Carlsen settled a bizarre feud with chess’s international governing body by returning to a major tournament in New York City days after a dispute with officials led him to withdraw abruptly.
Muskogee Phoenix

CHESS CORNER: Carlsen is indeed a wizard

Last month, Magnus Carlsen won both the World Chess Championship in Rapid and Blitz time controls. Rapid time control is game ...
Yahoo

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen broke a dress code with jeans. Now he's selling them for charity

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is turning his controversial denim into some greens — for charity. The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced this week that he is auctioning off ...