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Monday, 16 May, 2022

Chess
Candidates for Carlsen’s crown stumble as teens surge
Plus — can you win like the world No2?
Monday, 9 May, 2022

Chess
Chess: world's oldest grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh, dies at 100
Puzzle: find White’s two-move winning sequence
Wednesday, 4 May, 2022

Chess
Countdown to candidates as favourite Firouzja reappears after five months
Puzzle: can you do better than resigning?
Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

Chess
Magnus Carlsen plays 1 f3 in tournament game
Puzzle: find the fast route to mate
Tuesday, 19 April, 2022

Chess
France’s Firouzja leads four teens with eyes on Carlsen’s crown
Puzzle: find White’s immediately winning move
Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

Chess
Chess solutions
Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

Chess
Half a century after Fischer, chess’s icons are now Carlsen and Stockfish
In this week’s puzzle: checkmate the white king in five moves
Monday, 4 April, 2022

Chess
Open-looking Candidates race could lead to world championship split
Puzzle: find White's only move to mate in three
Tuesday, 29 March, 2022

Chess
Chessable sponsor deal boosts English and British championships
Puzzle: find the missing moves
Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

Chess
Chess: World title challenger Karjakin banned while Fide’s Russian president comes under pressure
Puzzle: find the grandmaster’s winner
Monday, 14 March, 2022

Chess
Oxford defeat Cambridge again in chess’s longest running annual match
Puzzle: find the Ukrainian’s winning move
Monday, 7 March, 2022

Chess
England trio play No1 for Bundesliga clubs as absent Ukrainians are honoured with sunflowers
Puzzle: find the English grandmaster’s winning move
Thursday, 3 March, 2022

Chess
Russia stripped of 150-nation Olympiad while Carlsen overcomes Covid
Puzzle: can you solve this tricky pawn endgame?
Thursday, 24 February, 2022

Chess
Covid-hit Carlsen loses four games as Russian trio reach Airthings semi-finals
Puzzle: just a single line of play, but ‘You’ll never guess the key!’
Monday, 14 February, 2022

Chess
British league returns as over the board chess revives
Puzzles: find the 4NCL tactical coups
Monday, 7 February, 2022

Chess
Men win Gibraltar’s Battle of the Sexes as England’s talent impresses
Puzzle: find the Bletchley codebreaker’s winning tactic
Monday, 31 January, 2022

Chess
Unbeaten Carlsen dominates Wijk but regrets wins that got away
Puzzle: find the hidden move which leads to mate in three
Thursday, 27 January, 2022

Chess
Chess: Carlsen closes in at Wijk while women’s team lead Battle of the Sexes
Puzzle: what did the grandmaster miss?
Wednesday, 19 January, 2022

Chess
Carlsen’s bid for record rating stalls as India’s teenagers shine at Wijk
Puzzle: how did Short force Timman to resign?
Monday, 10 January, 2022

Chess
A rare week of English chess achievement
Puzzle: how can White defeat the bishops of opposite colours draw?
Tuesday, 4 January, 2022

Chess
Carlsen fails again in world blitz as tie-break rule controversy continues
Puzzle — find Black’s winning move while avoiding White’s sneaky trap
Thursday, 30 December, 2021

Chess
Global chess events boom while the game in Britain reels from Omicron
Puzzle: find Nepo’s winning move
Monday, 13 December, 2021

Chess
Carlsen crushes blunder-prone Russian challenger 4-0 in quest for all-time No 1
Puzzle: can you mate in five like Nepo?
Thursday, 9 December, 2021

Chess
Carlsen close to retaining world title as Russian challenger becomes blunder-prone
Plus — in this week’s puzzle: can you do better than Magnus Carlsen?
Thursday, 2 December, 2021

Chess
Five draws in $2m world title series as champion and challenger trade memory banks
Puzzle: how can White win despite being a queen down?