Chess Grandmaster Champion Curses Out Officials, Quits After 'No Jeans Policy'

Apparently the nerds take fashion VERY seriously.

Grandmaster Chess champion Magnus Carlsen was disqualified from yesterday's Blitz Chess Chapmionships due to refusing to change the jeans he was wearing.

The five-time world champion was given a $200 fine and also warned about the jeans before he decided to take matters into his own hands and quit the tournament, but not before he had some choice  words for the chess heads out there.

"It’s okay, they can enforce their rules," he continued. "That’s fine by me, and my response is that's fine, then I’m out, f*** you," Carlsen poetically proclaimed.

"FIDE regulations for the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, including the dress code, are designed to ensure professionalism and fairness for all participants," the chess organization said in a statement on Friday as word got out that pretty much the only chess player [some] people have even heard of suddenly bounced.

"Today, Mr. Magnus Carlsen breached the dress code by wearing jeans, which are explicitly prohibited under long-standing regulations for this event… Carlsen was informed of the breach, issued a $200 fine, and requested that he change his attire. Unfortunately, Mr. Carlsen declined, and as a result, he was not paired for round nine. This decision was made impartially and applies equally to all players."

Wow, those chess people sure do take things seriously. Issuing fines because of what type of pants no one can even see in the first place because you're SITTING AT A TABLE? Get off your high horse, ergh I mean ‘Knight,' there, people. 

It's unclear if the new jeans policy came about as a result of a 2022 scandal that involved a claim that one player was using a pulsating sex toy in his pants to help him win