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

      Puzzle: find Carlsen’s one-move win

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      Chess
      Half a century after Fischer, chess’s icons are now Carlsen and Stockfish

      In this week’s puzzle: checkmate the white king in five moves 

    • Monday, 9 November, 2020
      Chess
      Chess: How did the Yorkshireman defeat the world champion’s conqueror?

      Magnus Carlsen launches new $1.5m online tour next weekend

    • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
      Chess
      Chess: Can you do better than Bobby Fischer?

      Magnus Carlsen now taking on the US elite in Clutch International

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      Chess
      Chess: White checkmates in three moves in this ancient Chinese puzzle

      Brilliant Magnus Carlsen soars towards fresh records

    • Wednesday, 10 April, 2019
      Chess
      Chess: what move made a 17-year-old the US women’s champion?

      Hikaru Nakamura wins five titles, chasing Bobby Fischer’s eight

    • Wednesday, 6 June, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Chess: 2267

      White mates in three moves, against any defence (by Fritz Giegold, 1971)

    • Friday, 25 July, 2014
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      Chess in cyber space: a smart move?

      Parents are tapping the most brilliant chess brains in India, Bulgaria and Moscow to deliver online tutorials for their offspring via Skype

    • Friday, 21 September, 2012
      World
      London sees launch of chess championship
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