Magnus Carlsen to REJOIN chess tournament following jeans row as organisers perform shock U-turn after champion was booted out of competition
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World No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen has revealed he will return to a major tournament after organisers announced they would relax dress code rules. The Norwegian was defending his World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York on Friday when governing body FIDE told him he could not continue whilst wearing jeans.
![[Carlsen quit the tournament on Friday after being told he could not continue whilst wearing jeans]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/14/93586437-14236359-image-m-4_1735567700958.jpg)
He said he offered to change his trousers for the following day before being fined and told he needed to change straight away. After significant backlash, FIDE have now announced that they will relax its dress code to allow for 'elegant minor deviations' of its official list of acceptable attire.
![[However, following 'fruitful' discussions between Carlsen and FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich the governing body agreed to relax its dress code]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/14/93586651-14236359-image-a-5_1735567790558.jpg)
As a result, Carlsen has said he will return to the tournament on Monday but insisted he will continue to wear jeans as a matter of principle. 'To make a long story short: I'll be playing at least one more day here in New York,' Carlsen said in an interview with the YouTube channel for the Take Take Take app. 'If I do well, another day after that.'.
![[Carlsen is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time and has won 64 major titles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/14/93586703-14236359-image-a-8_1735567886673.jpg)
Magnus Carlsen announced he will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after a u-turn from the governing body on acceptable attire. Carlsen quit the tournament on Friday after being told he could not continue whilst wearing jeans. He added: 'As a principle, I will definitely play in jeans tomorrow.'.
Following the incident the 34-year-old revealed that he had spoken to FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich. 'Speaking to Dvorkovich and the main sponsor Turlov, it did feel we could have some fruitful discussions and in the end of the day I decided to play,' he continued.
