The World Rapid Chess Championships descended into farce after officials fined the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, for ...

including a cheating dustup, geopolitical tension, and players’ bizarre complaints about creaky floors. But this week, that list gained its strangest entry yet: Chess now has a pants controversy.

We all put our pants on the same way, one leg at a time…except, once some people’s pants are on, they actually look cool.