Superstar Magnus Carlsen has auctioned his “Skandal Jeans”, which made the high-speed chess World Cup in New York at the end of 2024 worldwide headlines.
As the Norwegian himself announced, the jeans pants, which he wore at the high chess World Cup in New York, has now been auctioned for $ 36,100. The entire proceeds go to the “Big Brothers Big Sisters program”. The organization supports children and young people and is dependent on donations.
“The forbidden jeans-now she can be yours,” said Carlsen a few weeks ago on the short messages of the short messages X, the auction of the pants, which triggered a small chess quake at the high chess World Cup, about which it was talked about for days.
The background: The official dress code of the World Cup banned the wearing of jeans pants. Carlsen did not stick to it and was then closed to a game. Since the Norwegian interpreted the specifications differently – and was and is already on a confrontation course with the World Association – he withdrew directly from the tournament, including “Fuck You” announcement.
Carlsen benefits from the jeans vortex
“I auctioned my jeans. A sentence that I never thought of writing it. But now we are here,” said Carlsen at the time at the start of the auction.
For the Norwegian superstar, the vertebrae for his pants and the meanwhile retreat paid off. According to agreed media reports, he completed a new sponsorship contract with a textile company on the day of the “Jeans Gate”. However, details are not known.
A few days after all the trouble, Carlsen also played the title at the Blitz World Cup in New York. Here, too, he made many headlines after he and his opponent Ian Nepomniachi still agreed on a division of the title on the board – a previously unprecedented process at a chess world championship.