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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