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    • 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?

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Chess
      Carlsen takes on the young guard on Saturday at the ‘chess Wimbledon’ 

      Puzzle: find White’s winning move

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Chess
      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?

    • 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
      Chess
      Magnus Carlsen to play world rapid and blitz starting Xmas Day

      Puzzle: can you solve this picturesque mate in two?

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Chess
      Carlsen wins seven mini-matches straight in online Tour final

      Puzzle: White to move and win

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Chess
      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
      Chess
      Hans Niemann sues over chess cheating claims

      Grandmaster, 19, accuses champion Magnus Carlsen and others of slander in affair that has rocked game’s elite echelons

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Jennifer Shahade
      The complexities of cheating in chess

      As technology helps players calculate their odds, it also helps to catch those trying to manipulate them

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      News in-depthChess
      Cheating accusation tips chess world into turmoil

      World champion Magnus Carlsen’s dispute with a teenage rival has sparked wild rumours of dirty tricks

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Chess
      World champion Carlsen accuses rival of cheating

      Puzzle: find the grandmaster’s winning move

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Chess
      Carlsen resigns after just one move in Niemann rematch

      Puzzle: can you find the snag in the solution?

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      Chess
      World champion Carlsen withdraws from St Louis after shock defeat

      Puzzle: find the hidden mate in two

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Chess
      Chess.com bids for Play Magnus, a move towards monopoly?

      Puzzle: a tactic every player should know

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Chess
      Carlsen will not defend world championship in 2023

      Puzzle: find Carlsen’s one-move win

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Europe
      World chess champion Magnus Carlsen gives up crown

      Norwegian ‘not motivated to play another match’ after more than a decade at the top

    • 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?

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Chess
      Chess: Carlsen set for Stavanger this week, but has the world champion peaked?

      Puzzle: solve this four-mover with just a single line of play

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Chess
      Candidates for Carlsen’s crown stumble as teens surge

      Plus — can you win like the world No2?

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

      Puzzle: can you do better than resigning?

    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      Chess
      Magnus Carlsen plays 1 f3 in tournament game

      Puzzle: find the fast route to mate

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Chess
      France’s Firouzja leads four teens with eyes on Carlsen’s crown

      Puzzle: find White’s immediately winning move

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Chess
      Open-looking Candidates race could lead to world championship split

      Puzzle: find White's only move to mate in three

    • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
      Chess
      Russia stripped of 150-nation Olympiad while Carlsen overcomes Covid

      Puzzle: can you solve this tricky pawn endgame?

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