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    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      How to get started in competitive chess

      Puzzle: Black to move. White has two queens, and threatens mate in one

    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Lan Yao aims for international master title as funding boosts England women’s chess

      Plus solve a simple-looking mate in two that defeats many

      A woman stares intently at the pieces left on a chess board
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      A new England No 1 as world No 25 Nikita Vitiugov transfers 

      Puzzle: find the mate in three that Paul Morphy missed

      Chin in hand, a man contemplates a chessboard
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Carlsen and Niemann resolve cheating claim dispute that divided chess

      Stand-off over alleged cheating led to a $100mn lawsuit and polarised opinion among chess fans

      Two mean lean over a chess board
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Chess: Magnus Carlsen is level against Indian teenager in World Cup final

      Puzzle — find the winning move that would have beaten Carlsen

      A teenage chess player leans over the board with intense concentration
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Carlsen outwits teenagers at World Cup as Russians fail

      Puzzle: find the win that Carlsen missed

      Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen takes notes at the side of the chess board sat opposite his opponent, India’s Dommaraju Gukesh
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Rishi Sunak to announce £500,000 government funding boost for English chess

      Puzzle: find Black’s winning move

      Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks at a 3D printed chess board with school children
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Michael Adams wins eighth British title at 51 as young guns fall short

      Puzzle: find White’s winning move

      Two chess players face one another over the board
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Chess solutions
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      England over-50s retain European title, but US are favourites for world crown

      Plus: in this week’s puzzle — it’s simple once you see it . . .

      A line-up of seven mid-aged men, five of them in matching blue shirts, one holding a trophy
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Chess: who is the greatest — Fischer, Kasparov or Carlsen?

      Puzzle: solve the convict’s mate in three

    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      Carlsen scores two maximums in a golden age for grandmasters

      Puzzle — solve this tricky two-mover

    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Carlsen promotes pawn to knight in Global Chess League

      Puzzle — find the hidden mate in three

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Global Chess League starts in style, but China’s world champion is absent

      Puzzle: find White’s visually implausible mate in two

    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Magnus Carlsen campaigns to cement his legend

      Puzzle: can you mate the lone black king in two moves?

    • Monday, 12 June, 2023
      Test your skills on three classic endgames

      ChessFest returns to Trafalgar Square on Sunday July 16

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      Your chance to enter the Winton British Solving Championship

      Can you crack the challenge of checkmate in two moves?

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Old hands win generation clash in English Championships

      Plus: in this week’s puzzle — solve this tricky mate in two

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      Carlsen loses with the Polish Defence to a Pole in Warsaw

      Puzzle: can you find White’s hidden win?

      Chess player Magnus Carlsen in deep thought looking for his next move on the board
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Britain’s 4NCL league flourishes despite rising costs

      Puzzle: checkmate in one (yes, really!)

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      New world champion Ding takes on elite in first test

      Puzzle: spot the hidden mate in three

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      John Thornhill
      How technology reinvented chess as a global social network

      The sport has become more accessible in the internet age

      Chess enthusiasts in 1997 watch the world champion Garry Kasparov’s match against IBM’s Deep Blue
    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Ding Liren captures world crown after dramatic tie-break

      Puzzle: find the new world champion’s winning tactic

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Ding levels world title match after error-strewn twelfth game

      Puzzle: find the surprise answer

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Nepo leads 4-3 in world title series as Ding freezes in time pressure

      Plus puzzle — can you crack this century-old teaser?

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