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    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Chess
      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
    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Chess
      Chess: Fide raises profile of women’s game with Grand Prix

      Puzzle: how to break down Black’s defences?

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Chess
      Seven-year-old achieves historic performance in UK women’s blitz

      Puzzle: how can White strike first?

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Chess
      Ukrainian grandmaster moves to check Russia’s domination of world chess federation

      Andrii Baryshpolets seeks to harness international sympathy for Kyiv to end Moscow’s longstanding rule of Fide

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      FT Magazine
      Enter the inner sanctum of elite chess

      Eight grandmasters gathered in Madrid this month for an international summit of sorts. They were playing for the future of chess

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Chess
      Nepo wins Candidates again as Carlsen asks for new world title format

      Puzzle: can you mate Black’s boxed and lonely king?

    • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
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      Countdown to candidates as favourite Firouzja reappears after five months

      Puzzle: can you do better than resigning?

    • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
      Technology sector
      World Chess announces plans for ‘hybrid IPO’

      Company that markets World Chess Championship intends to list on UK’s Aim in 2020

      Reigning world chess champion Norway's Magnus Carlsen (R) hits the clock as he plays in the tie-break matches of the 2018 World Chess Championship against challenger US player Fabiano Caruana (L) in London on November 28, 2018. - Three-time defending champion Magnus Carlsen and US challenger Fabiano Caruana face a nerve-wracking showdown in the World Chess Championship in London on Wednesday, after 12 regular games failed to break the deadlock. The two young masters face off in the tie-break, which consists of four rapid matches with 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
    • Thursday, 4 April, 2019
      FT Investigations
      How chess became a pawn in the Kremlin’s power game

      An FT investigation into how Russia won a bitter battle to control the global game

    • Tuesday, 29 January, 2019
      Sport
      Checkmate: Former chess champion Vladimir Kramnik to retire

      Kramnik held world champion title from 2000 to 2007

      Vladimir Kramnik...World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik from Russia concentrates during the last of 6 matches against the world's leading chess computer program Deep Fritz (Germany) in Bonn Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. Fritz leads 3,5 - 2,5 after fifth matches. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)
    • Friday, 4 November, 2016
      European companies
      Chess makes a move to become commercial success

      Tickets for next week’s world championship in New York will cost from $75 to $3,000

      Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand...Norway's Magnus Carlsen, currently the top ranked chess player in the world, looks on as he plays his 11th game against India's former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, not seen, at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)
    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2015
      Chess
      Politics divides chess’ loyal followers

      The re-election of Fide’s president has not stopped calls for reform

      2015/09/09: President of the World Chess Federation FIDE, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov during the press conference in Baku
    • Monday, 24 November, 2014
      Technology sector
      Carlsen’s chess victory a triumph for man over supercomputer

      Way in which world champion defeated opponent reinforces view that he is best the game has seen

      Norway's Magnus Carlsen, currently the top ranked chess player in the world, walks after his victory in 11th game over India's former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Magnus Carlsen won 6,5- 4,5.
    • Sunday, 23 November, 2014
      Sport
      Anand gives Carlsen a harder fight

      Challenger showed a positive and necessary shift in mentality

      Norway's Magnus Carlsen, currently the top ranked chess player in the world, walks after his victory in 11th game over India's former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. Magnus Carlsen won 6,5- 4,5.
    • Sunday, 23 November, 2014
      World
      King Carlsen retains world chess crown

      Norwegian beats Anand with game to spare

      Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand...Norway's Magnus Carlsen, right, currently the top ranked chess player in the world, plays his 11th game against India's former World Champion Vishwanathan Anand, foreground left, at the FIDE World Chess Championship Match in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)
    • Thursday, 6 November, 2014
      World
      Magnus Carlsen has just one advantage in chess title rematch

      Norwegian to square off against Anand in Sochi for world title

      India's Viswanathan Anand (L) and Norway's Magnus Carlsen compete in their 10th championship chess match in Chennai on November 22, 2013. Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen began his 10th match with India's Viswanathan Anand needing just a draw to take the world champion crown and complete his ascent to the top of the game. AFP PHOTO/Manjunath KIRAN
    • Friday, 6 December, 2013
      London fights for its future
      King’s rook to left hook

      City workers’ new craze of fighting in the ring and on the chess board

      Belarus plays India at the World Championships in Moscow last month
    • Thursday, 25 October, 2012
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