Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him from a round for wearing jeans.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

In a historic and never-seen-before result, reigning World Blitz Champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen shared the 2024 World Blitz Championship title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Wall Street, New York on Wednesday.