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Monday, 8 July, 2019

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

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

Chess
How many white checkmates in one move?
England’s top chess players battle for the succession to Nigel Short and Michael Adams
Tuesday, 11 June, 2019

Chess
Chess solutions
Tuesday, 11 June, 2019

Chess
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

Chess
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
Monday, 20 May, 2019

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

Chess
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

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

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

Chess
Chess: can you work out this Magnus Carlsen mystery?
World champion in sight of yet another first prize this weekend
Wednesday, 10 April, 2019

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

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

Chess
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?
Tuesday, 12 March, 2019

Chess
Can you diagnose White’s cunning plan?
Puzzle 2306 — plus tips for improving your game and results
Monday, 4 March, 2019

Chess
Can you win like Alekhine?
Plus, Oxford labour to Varsity victory
Tuesday, 26 February, 2019

Chess
Can you find the mate world No2 Caruana missed?
England set for test against chess superpowers
Tuesday, 19 February, 2019

Sport
Can you win like Kasparov?
Chess bids for a place at the 2024 Olympic Games
Monday, 11 February, 2019

Life & Arts
Can you find the puzzle-solving sequence?
Women’s chess enters a new era
Monday, 4 February, 2019

Chess
Can you find the win I missed 65 years ago?
Russian Vladislav Artemiev, 20, outplays the elite at Gibraltar
Monday, 28 January, 2019

Life & Arts
Can you find White’s hidden win?
World champion Carlsen back in vintage form
Wednesday, 2 January, 2019

Chess
Can you explain this chess mystery?
Plus, Magnus Carlsen triumphs again in world blitz
Wednesday, 19 December, 2018

Chess
Chess: How did Bacrot beat So with a plan several moves deep?
Plus, the draw epidemic continues at Grand Tour final
Tuesday, 11 December, 2018

Chess
Can you do better than speed expert Hikaru Nakamura?
Narrow escape for England’s No2 in the British KO championship