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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