Norway’s chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17.DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images
Chess great Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday after governing body FIDE barred the Norwegian from participating in a round at the tournament for wearing jeans.
In a statement, FIDE said its dress code regulations were designed to “ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants.”
The body added that it had issued Carlsen a $200 fine and given him an opportunity to change into the correct attire, which the world number one rejected.
Carlsen, world champion between 2013 and 2023,…