'I woke my poor wife and said...' Magnus Carlsen's trainer Peter Heine Nielsen recalls infamous 'jeansgate' scandal

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'I woke my poor wife and said...' Magnus Carlsen's trainer Peter Heine Nielsen recalls infamous 'jeansgate' scandal

Magnus Carlsen’s infamous 'jeansgate' scandal at the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York led to his withdrawal from the Rapid tournament. His trainer, Peter Heine Nielsen, shared a hilarious reaction to the controversy.

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Magnus Carlsen auctions off banned World Championship jeans – donates money to charity He writes this in a message on X. "The banned pants – can now be yours. I'm auctioning off my jeans. A sentence I never thought I'd write, but here we are. All proceeds go to the Big Brothers Big Sisters program," he writes in the message, specifying that the pants were worn in one match. The auction has so far received seven bids. The jeans had a starting pr…

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The Norwegian Magnus Carlsen had been lectured by the Fide at the World Fast Chess Championships for wearing jeans in competition. He replied, a month and a half later, by auctioning the "prohibited jeans".