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Puzzle: what was Black's winning move against the Russian master?
Anish Giri, world No7 from the Netherlands, achieves lifetime best result
Guildford’s record breakers, unbeaten in 83 matches, at last test their skills against Europe and the Russians
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Nearly 300 teams and famous names compete as Germany’s Grenke Bank defeats Russia’s SBER
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Puzzle: The grandmaster failed to find Black’s subtle winner. Can you do better?
World top two, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, in action across the board this week
Norway’s world champion Carlsen plays from the tropics for $60,000
Plus, Russia’s No1 failed to solve this week’s puzzle. Can you do better?
Magnus Carlsen launches new $1.5m online tour next weekend
Puzzle: Level material. What is the best move for White?
Puzzle: how did the behavioural economist turn the tables?
Carlsen still No1, but America’s Nakamura and So are edging closer
The world champion takes on Garry Kasparov for the first time in 16 years this weekend
Norway's global No1 racks up 13 successive mini-match wins
World No1 Magnus Carlsen takes on the Legends in online generation battle
The Norwegian, 29, continues to dominate as his final rival misses chances
Cuban legend Capablanca’s missed win went undiscovered for 13 years — can you find it?
Carlsen marches on, but young Russian pair pose problems for the champion
The world top two adopt the AlphaZero strategy of an h-pawn push even after castling
Magnus Carlsen now taking on the US elite in Clutch International
More than 75,000 watch Russia’s emerging talent defeat US champion
Carlsen wins again at the weekend and starts Lindores Abbey on Tuesday
More than 114,000 fans watched the first elite online tournament
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