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Monday, 12 April, 2021

Chess
Chess: India’s ‘new Vishy Anand’, 15, qualifies to take on world champion Carlsen
Puzzle: what was Black's winning move against the Russian master?
Tuesday, 6 April, 2021

Chess
Chess: $100,000 tour for 20 rising stars of men’s and women’s game launched
Puzzle: both sides are attacking — find the winning move for Black
Thursday, 1 April, 2021

Chess
Chess: Guildford, unbeaten for eight years, find the strongest ever Eurocup a bridge too far
Puzzle: how did the No1 persuade the No2 to resign immediately?
Tuesday, 23 March, 2021

Chess
Chess: Carlsen beaten again and misses first place for sixth tournament in a row
Anish Giri, world No7 from the Netherlands, achieves lifetime best result
Tuesday, 16 March, 2021

Chess
Chess: Carlsen threatened with mate in one. How did he stop it?
Guildford’s record breakers, unbeaten in 83 matches, at last test their skills against Europe and the Russians
Monday, 8 March, 2021

Chess
Chess: Carlsen tries again to overcome tournament victory drought
Puzzle: with both sides attacking, can you work out Nigel Short’s winning sequence?
Tuesday, 2 March, 2021

Chess
Chess: How did world champion Magnus Carlsen successfully set a trap?
World No5 Levon Aronian quits Armenia for St Louis after new regime cuts support
Tuesday, 23 February, 2021

Chess
Chess: Carlsen plays under English flag in first World Corporate Championship
Nearly 300 teams and famous names compete as Germany’s Grenke Bank defeats Russia’s SBER
Tuesday, 16 February, 2021

Chess
Chess: mate Black’s cornered king in just three moves
US champion So again beats world champion Carlsen in an online final
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Tuesday, 9 February, 2021

Magnus Carlsen
Chess: Spot Black’s winner with just king, queen and knight against king and queen
Carlsen back in form as Play Magnus takes control of New in Chess magazine
Tuesday, 2 February, 2021

Chess
Chess: Online audience of 705,000 watches final round as Dutch outsider tops Wijk aan Zee
New generation dominates as Jorden van Foreest, 21, wins while Alireza Firouzja, 17, closes on top 10 ranking
Monday, 25 January, 2021

Chess
Chess: Carlsen loses to 18-year-old Russian as a new generation surges at Wijk
Puzzle: The grandmaster failed to find Black’s subtle winner. Can you do better?
Wednesday, 20 January, 2021

Chess
Chess: find the winning move for Boris Spassky in a clash of legends
World top two, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, in action across the board this week
Monday, 11 January, 2021

Chess
Chess: England’s elite GMs see off their rivals in the online Hastings centenary
Find how the New York master won in style in the 1930s depression
Tuesday, 5 January, 2021

Chess
Chess: White is six pieces ahead, but only an obscure route leads to checkmate in two
Hastings online this weekend features a rare clash of England’s top quartet
Wednesday, 30 December, 2020

Bridge - Card game
Contract bridge: Alcohol-fuelled auction requires sober approach as declarer
Opposition bidding provides blue-print for beautiful endplay
Monday, 21 December, 2020

Chess
Chess: former finance minister scores winning point in British final
Puzzle: Solving experts missed the single line of play to checkmate in three — can you do better?
Wednesday, 16 December, 2020

Chess
The reign of 1990’s star vintage as over-the-board chess resumes in Moscow
The generation of grandmasters now turning 30 . . . And in this week’s puzzle: find the only route for White’s full army to checkmate the lone black king in four moves
Wednesday, 16 December, 2020

Chess
Chess solutions
Tuesday, 8 December, 2020

Chess
Michael Adams favourite in Britain’s first open-to-all online championship
Caplin chess event goes digital — and in this week’s puzzle, grandmasters failed to find the mate; can you do better?
Tuesday, 1 December, 2020

Chess
Chess: Carlsen beaten on 30th birthday as Wesley So wins $100,000 event
Plus, Russia’s No1 failed to solve this week’s puzzle. Can you do better?
Monday, 23 November, 2020

Chess
Chess: The mystery of the missing king
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ sparks online playing boom, but mouse slip catches out Carlsen
Monday, 16 November, 2020

Chess
The grandmaster playing Black fell for Carlsen’s trap. Can you do better?
Isle of Man poised to host $550,000 world title eliminators in 2021
Monday, 9 November, 2020

Chess
Chess: How did the Yorkshireman defeat the world champion’s conqueror?
Magnus Carlsen launches new $1.5m online tour next weekend
Monday, 2 November, 2020

Chess
Chess: Find the move that defeated a world champion
Wesley So wins US title with Fischeresque points total