The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

Magnus Carlsen was involved in a controversy at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York. The chess grandmaster was seen wearing jeans.

The player’s shock withdrawal prompted the International Chess Federation to relax a dress code that penalized him for wearing jeans to a New York tournament.

International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he'd let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, and other “elegant minor deviations” from the dress code.

This is crazy , after multiple draws they took this decision

The International Chess Federation says Carlsen left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to competition.