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Monday, 9 December, 2019

Can you find Ding Liren’s $150,000 winning sacrifice?
China’s No3 impresses while world champion Carlsen maintains his 100-plus unbeaten game streak — just!
Thursday, 5 December, 2019

Chess solutions
Thursday, 5 December, 2019

Chess:find the shortest possible checkmate in this Australian puzzle
World champion Magnus Carlsen defeated in London Olympia semi-final
Monday, 25 November, 2019

Your move. Did the international master trap, or was he trapped?
Magnus Carlsen, supreme at Kolkata, plays in London next week
Friday, 22 November, 2019

LexBlockchain
Blockchain/chess: cheque mates sought Premium
World Chess does not seem like the business to pull off a grand masterly IPO coup
Monday, 18 November, 2019

Find the winning moves faster than the 10-time British champion
England’s medallists take gold in the Euro Club Cup to add to their world silver and Euro bronze
Wednesday, 13 November, 2019

What is Anish Giri’s surprise winning move against Wesley So
France’s world No 5 MVL battles for an all-western Europe global title match
Monday, 4 November, 2019

What is White’s only winning move in the ‘Game of the Year’?
Magnus Carlsen crushed as America’s Wesley So wins inaugural random chess world title
Wednesday, 30 October, 2019

Indian legend Vishy Anand avoided an obvious check — can you work out why?
Magnus Carlsen viewable close up online this week as the Norwegian reaches another world final
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Tuesday, 22 October, 2019

Checkmate in four with just a single sequence — can you solve it?
China’s Wang Hao scores shock victory in the Isle of Man ahead of world champion Magnus Carlsen
Wednesday, 16 October, 2019

Find a way to checkmate Black’s lonely king in two moves
The City’s Luke McShane shines on the Isle of Man but misses chances to beat America’s world No2
Monday, 7 October, 2019

White’s full 16-man army confronts a lone black king but where’s the mate?
Chess’s global elite battle in the Isle of Man for the chance to challenge Magnus Carlsen
Monday, 30 September, 2019

Can you checkmate in three with a single line of play? It’s not that easy
World Cup top seed Ding Liren takes on a reluctant fellow finalist
Wednesday, 25 September, 2019

Checkmate in four, a single line of play — can you crack it?
China’s global No3 faces a massive dilemma as the $1.6m World Cup approaches its climax
Tuesday, 17 September, 2019

Checkmate in five moves at most, every move a check
England’s grandmaster trio knocked out early from $1.6m World Cup in Siberia
Monday, 9 September, 2019

Can you find the winning move the world No2 missed?
Garry Kasparov’s comeback ends in defeat as the legend, 56, blames old age
Tuesday, 3 September, 2019

Can you find the move that shocked and defeated the world champion?
Ding Liren’s victory in St Louis boosts China’s plans to dominate global chess
Tuesday, 3 September, 2019

Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen buys chess platform Chessable.com
Norwegian grandmaster’s purchase marks next move into lucrative world of online chess
Wednesday, 28 August, 2019

Crack this offbeat puzzle with just a single line of play
World champion Magnus Carlsen draws nine in succession at St Louis
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

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