India, Feb. 14 -- Magnus Carlsen's tirade against FIDE has been well-documented, and the World No, 1 has broken all ties with the world chess federation after their failure to officially recognise a Freestyle Chess World Championship. The Norwegian revealed in an interview to Take Take Take application, co-owned by him, that he was given assurances of Freestyle World C'ship acceptance by none other than FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich.

Then Carlsen participated at the World Rapid and Blitz Championship, which was riddled with controversies. First, it was the jeansgate controversy during the Rapid Tournament, where he was fined for wearing jeans and then expelled for the day. In response, Carlsen withdrew and then he returned for the Bli...