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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, 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, 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, 9 February, 2021
    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

  • 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

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Chess
    Chess: a rook and two pawns each but what is White’s winning move?

    Norway’s world champion Carlsen plays from the tropics for $60,000

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  • 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, 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, 19 October, 2020
    Chess
    Carlsen wins again, but 17-year-old Firouzja steals the show

    Puzzle: Level material. What is the best move for White?

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Chess
    Carlsen’s record 125-game two-year unbeaten streak finally ends 

    Puzzle: how did the behavioural economist turn the tables?

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Chess
    What is the puzzle result — win, loss or draw?

    Carlsen still No1,  but America’s Nakamura and So are edging closer

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Chess
    Two pawns down against Carlsen — can you salvage a draw?

    The world champion takes on Garry Kasparov for the first time in 16 years this weekend

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    Chess
    World champion Carlsen blundered into checkmate. How could he have won?

    Norway's global No1 racks up 13 successive mini-match wins 

  • Monday, 13 July, 2020
    Chess
    Chess: Can you find White’s winning move that persuaded Black to resign?

    World No1 Magnus Carlsen takes on the Legends in online generation battle

  • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
    Chess
    Can you find world champion Carlsen’s surprise winning move?

    The Norwegian, 29, continues to dominate as his final rival misses chances

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Chess
    Carlsen throws game in record four moves after Ding disconnects

    Cuban legend Capablanca’s missed win went undiscovered for 13 years — can you find it?

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    Chess
    Can you beat a computer to find the winning move?

    Carlsen marches on, but young Russian pair pose problems for the champion

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Chess
    Carlsen defeats old rival Caruana in epic online Clutch final

    The world top two adopt the AlphaZero strategy of an h-pawn push even after castling

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    Chess
    Can you do better than Bobby Fischer?

    Magnus Carlsen now taking on the US elite in Clutch International

  • Thursday, 4 June, 2020
    Chess
    Can you checkmate China’s world No3?

    More than 75,000 watch Russia’s emerging talent defeat US champion

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Chess
    Can you checkmate Magnus Carlsen as Black? The eight-time Russian champion couldn’t

    Carlsen wins again at the weekend and starts Lindores Abbey on Tuesday

  • Monday, 4 May, 2020
    Chess
    Can you exploit world champion Magnus Carlsen’s ‘unbelievable howler’?

    More than 114,000 fans watched the first elite online tournament

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