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Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Chess
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Tuesday, 14 March, 2023

Chess
Chess: Draw glut at European championship
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find the GM’s winning move
Monday, 6 March, 2023

Chess
Chess: English amateur defeats Ukrainian champion in style
Puzzle: can you win like P ConNers?
Monday, 27 February, 2023

Chess
Oxford v Cambridge reaches 150 years not out
Puzzle: what did the Dutch master miss?
Wednesday, 22 February, 2023

Chess
England chess No 1 Adams conquers Cambridge after scare at start
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — how did the grandmaster force checkmate?
Tuesday, 14 February, 2023

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Calling strong retired chess players — your chance to represent England
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find the win in the battle of world champions
Monday, 6 February, 2023

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Chess: Fide raises profile of women’s game with Grand Prix
Puzzle: how to break down Black’s defences?
Tuesday, 31 January, 2023

Chess
Anish Giri wins at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee as Magnus Carlsen’s late rally falls short
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you win the battle of queens and rooks?
Tuesday, 24 January, 2023

Chess
Carlsen fights back from two straight defeats at Wijk
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you checkmate like the Bletchley codebreaker?
Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

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Britain’s route to grandmaster for rising chess talents
In this week’s puzzle — find the GM’s hidden winning moves
Monday, 9 January, 2023

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Carlsen takes on the young guard on Saturday at the ‘chess Wimbledon’
Puzzle: find White’s winning move
Tuesday, 3 January, 2023

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Carlsen performs a treble triple as Norway’s chess world No 1 excels at speed
In this week’s puzzle: White failed to find the best move — can you do better?
Wednesday, 28 December, 2022

Chess
Hastings chess tradition still strong after more than a century
In this week’s puzzle: find White’s hidden checkmate in two
Tuesday, 20 December, 2022

Chess
America’s Nakamura defeats world No1 Carlsen in online speed epic
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find Carlsen’s winning move
Monday, 12 December, 2022

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Magnus Carlsen to play world rapid and blitz starting Xmas Day
Puzzle: can you solve this picturesque mate in two?
Monday, 5 December, 2022

Chess
Seven-year-old achieves historic performance in UK women’s blitz
Puzzle: how can White strike first?
Monday, 28 November, 2022

Chess
John Nunn wins World 65-plus Championship in golden year for England seniors
Puzzle: how did the English amateur checkmate the US grandmaster?
Monday, 21 November, 2022

Chess
Carlsen wins seven mini-matches straight in online Tour final
Puzzle: White to move and win
Monday, 14 November, 2022

Chess
Shreyas Royal, 13, breaks UK record for youngest ever grandmaster result
Puzzle: find White’s immediately winning move
Wednesday, 9 November, 2022

Chess
England over-50s win European gold
Puzzle: how could Black have beaten Carlsen?
Tuesday, 1 November, 2022

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Chess: Hans Niemann in action again this week at St Louis
In this week’s puzzle: White lost. How could he have won?
Tuesday, 25 October, 2022

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Chess: Niemann sues Carlsen and others for $100mn — what happens next?
In this week’s puzzle: find the imaginative route to victory
Thursday, 20 October, 2022

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Chess: Hans Niemann recovers well in St Louis, while 13-year-old becomes England’s youngest master
Puzzle: can you mate in three in 15 minutes?
Thursday, 13 October, 2022

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Niemann crumbles in US title contest amid tight security in St Louis
Puzzle: find the US champion’s winning move
Wednesday, 5 October, 2022

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Niemann likely cheated more than 100 times online, says report
Puzzle: How did the all-time No1 woman escape the double checkmate threat?