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Monday, 19 August, 2019

Can you pass the Czech talent test?
World champion Magnus Carlsen loses 10 speed games in St Louis
Tuesday, 13 August, 2019

Can you find the Scotsman’s hidden drawing move?
World champion Magnus Carlsen has a bad day at the office
Tuesday, 6 August, 2019

Chess solutions
Tuesday, 6 August, 2019

Can you crack this simple endgame that has defeated masters?
Michael Adams wins his seventh British title, 30 years after his first
Tuesday, 30 July, 2019

Can you checkmate with three queens against a lone king?
Veteran Irish amateur shares the British championship lead
Monday, 22 July, 2019

Can you crack a puzzle that defeated German solvers 47 years ago?
Plus, David Howell and Michael Adams expected to make the British Championship at Torquay a two-horse race
Tuesday, 16 July, 2019

Sport
Can you solve this puzzle with a financial background?
Plus, the oldest grandmaster in the world top 100 admits cheating
Monday, 8 July, 2019

Can you win this endgame in just two moves?
World champion Carlsen rewrites chess history at Zagreb
Tuesday, 2 July, 2019

Can you rescue this endgame two pawns down?
World champion Carlsen in close race at Zagreb in bid for another tournament victory
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Monday, 24 June, 2019

How many white checkmates in one move?
England’s top chess players battle for the succession to Nigel Short and Michael Adams
Monday, 17 June, 2019

Can you find the brilliancy which the world No2 missed against the world champion?
Magnus Carlsen wins his seventh tournament in a row at Altibox Norway
Tuesday, 11 June, 2019

Spot the winning move missed by America’s world No 2
World champion Magnus Carlsen leads in Norway, helped by Armageddon
Monday, 3 June, 2019

Force checkmate in two moves against any defence
This week’s puzzle is your chance to enter the first stage of the Winton British Solving Championship
Tuesday, 28 May, 2019

Can you find the puzzle’s surprise result?
Carlsen feels cold in Scotland but still wins at Lindores Abbey
Monday, 20 May, 2019

What is the move that Garry Kasparov missed?
World champion Magnus Carlsen plays in Scotland this weekend
Monday, 13 May, 2019

This looks a very easy puzzle to solve, so what’s the catch?
Gawain Jones takes over as England No1 with career-best victory in Malmo
Tuesday, 7 May, 2019

Can you crack the mate in two?
Magnus Carlsen is the first reigning world champion to compete in Africa
Tuesday, 30 April, 2019

White checkmates in three moves in this ancient Chinese puzzle
Brilliant Magnus Carlsen soars towards fresh records
Tuesday, 23 April, 2019

Chess: can you work out this Magnus Carlsen mystery?
World champion in sight of yet another first prize this weekend
Monday, 15 April, 2019

Can you find a grandmaster’s unusual winner?
Over 50s and over 65s shine for England in international chess
Wednesday, 10 April, 2019

Can you find Short’s brilliancy in Bangkok?
Majestic Carlsen wins with a round to spare
Wednesday, 10 April, 2019

What move made a 17-year-old the US women’s champion?
Hikaru Nakamura wins five titles, chasing Bobby Fischer’s eight
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
Monday, 25 March, 2019

Can you find White’s hidden win?
Plus, former world champion Vlad Kramnik retires with his place in chess history secure
Monday, 18 March, 2019

Asia-Pacific companies
England’s chess medal haul ends 22-year drought
Puzzle 2307: can you spot the hidden trap?