‘I’m out, f*** you’- World’s top chess star is KICKED OUT of World Championships 2024 for wearing jeans
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A CHESS champion has been booted out of the World Championships - because he refused to take off his jeans. Magnus Carlsen was hit with a £159 fine by the world governing body FIDE on Friday. The Norweigan grandmaster is a five-time world champion and one of the most recognisable faces in chess.
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He was due to compete at this week's World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York. Carlsen claimed he had a lunch meeting prior to his scheduled match, so got changed in a hurry. He told the Take Take Take podcast: "I put on a shirt, jacket and honestly like I didn’t even think about jeans, even changed my shoes.
![[The grandmaster is one of the most recognisable faces in chess]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/magnus-carlsen-day-2-fide-960137131.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I didn’t even think about it.". FIDE claimed Carlsen had broken its dress code regulations, designed to "ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants". After being issued with the fine, the governing body claimed the World No. 1 was given him an opportunity to change into the correct attire.
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Carlsen continued: "I got a fine which is fine. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. "And then I got a warning that I would not be paired if I didn’t go change my clothes. "They said that I could do it after the third round today. "I said ‘I’ll change tomorrow if that’s OK, I didn’t even realize it today’, but they said, ‘Well you have to change now’.
