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India’s Divya Deshmukh sparked laughs with her “No jeans!” rule-change joke, recalling Magnus Carlsen’s 2024 dress code controversy. Carlsen famously refused to change his Corneliani jeans, was fined, ...

Magnus Carlsen's clothing code dispute has been brought back by Divya Deshmukh's cheeky "No jeans!" response, which has gone viral. Carlsen's jeans are still a well-known image in chess culture, ...

Garry Kasparov ignited controversy by suggesting Gukesh's world title lacks the prestige of past champions, despite Gukesh winning fairly. He implied Magnus Carlsen's era redefined the title's ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...

Allie is an AI chess bot that is trained on move records of over 91 million games played between humans. Be warned, as it can play at grandmaster levels, too.

The recent FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup final symbolised India’s meteoric rise in the sport in recent years, as veteran Koneru Humpy took on young Divya Deshmukh in Batumi (Georgia). It was an ...

Magnus Carlsen used an 'idiot test' during his preparations for World Championship matches, and it was explained by a Russian GM recently. Considered by many to be the greatest chess player in history ...

Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen plays chess during the 6th TATA Steel Chess India Tournament at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, India, on Nov. 17, 2024. Credit - Dipayan Bose—SOPA ...