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  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Chess solutions
  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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?

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    China’s Ding starts badly in world championship match

    Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you mate in three in 10 minutes?

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Chess world title match starts this weekend

    Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you mate in three in five minutes?

  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Poisoned pawn traps So’s queen

    Puzzle: can you win this endgame?

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Competitive chess returns to parliament this week

    Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find the win that the ex-US champion missed

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Chess: Draw glut at European championship

    Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find the GM’s winning move

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Chess: English amateur defeats Ukrainian champion in style

    Puzzle: can you win like P ConNers?

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Oxford v Cambridge reaches 150 years not out

    Puzzle: what did the Dutch master miss?

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    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
    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
    Chess: Fide raises profile of women’s game with Grand Prix

    Puzzle: how to break down Black’s defences?

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    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
    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
    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
    Carlsen takes on the young guard on Saturday at the ‘chess Wimbledon’ 

    Puzzle: find White’s winning move

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    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
    Hastings chess tradition still strong after more than a century

    In this week’s puzzle: find White’s hidden checkmate in two

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