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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?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, 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?

  • 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?

  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
    John Gapper
    Chess faces stalemate in its match with machines

    Magnus Carlsen is defending his world championship as artificial intelligence changes the game

  • Monday, 22 November, 2021
    Chess
    Chess: Carlsen plans early strike as world championship starts this weekend

    Puzzle: find the No1 woman’s winning move

  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    Chess
    Firouzja, 18, becomes third youngest world title candidate after Carlsen and Fischer

    Puzzle: find White’s winning move

  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    Chess
    Carlsen grinds to victory in Norway while Firouzja, 18, surges into world top 10

    Puzzle: find the Chinese grandmaster’s winning move in an apparently level position

  • Tuesday, 31 August, 2021
    Chess
    Carlsen checkmated by rising star; British Isles teams score in online Olympiad

    This week’s challenge — can you crack the Polish problem champion’s peculiar puzzle?

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Chess
    Carlsen loses in World Cup semi-final as Poland’s Duda defeats the champion again

    In this week’s puzzle: find Black’s winning move and surprise checkmate

  • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
    Chess
    Carlsen still World Cup favourite after scare from Russian teenager

    In this week’s puzzle: what was the Frenchman’s winning move?

  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
    Chess
    Teens shine as top seeds eliminated from $1.9m World Cup

    Puzzle: Black has rampaging knights, but can you find White’s hidden winner?

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    Chess
    Kasparov makes cameo comeback this weekend as Carlsen heads for the World Cup

    Puzzle: how does Black avoid instant checkmate?

  • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
    Chess
    Carlsen defeats US champion So at third attempt, aided by Armageddon

    In this week’s puzzle: Black plans checkmate in one — how do you counter it?

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Chess
    Game’s elite compete for bitcoin in strongest online tournament yet

    Top 10 take part in FTX Crypto Cup including Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi ahead of their 2021 title match

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