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The chess grandmaster was dismissed when he warned about Russia. But he was right
Plus, in this week’s puzzle, how did White turn the tables?
Outdated openings and poor time management lead to run of defeats for legend
Puzzle: how does Black avoid instant checkmate?
You can transform the direction of your working life with some small steps
Chess’s global elite battle in the Isle of Man for the chance to challenge Magnus Carlsen
World Cup top seed Ding Liren takes on a reluctant fellow finalist
World champion Magnus Carlsen plays in Scotland this weekend
Brilliant Magnus Carlsen soars towards fresh records
Puzzle 2307: can you spot the hidden trap?
Puzzle 2272 — plus England’s under-nines offer glimpse of bright chess future
White mates in three moves, against any defence (by Fritz Giegold, 1971)
Does the human-like strategy of Google’s AlphaZero represent the dawn of flexible computers?
Human beings have to be creative to understand how best to make use of AI, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov tells John Thornhill
Corporate laboratories once bankrolled basic fundamental research of the highest importance
In ‘Deep Thinking’, the chess champion reflects on the 1997 battle with an IBM computer that ended an era of human dominance
Workers need to step up and adapt, the authors say, in a call to action over the automation of jobs
A grandmaster calls on the west to rein in Russia
Supporters say the game teaches logical thinking and concentration
The re-election of Fide’s president has not stopped calls for reform
Beaten Anand complains about influence of computers in chess
Norwegian to square off against Anand in Sochi for world title
For the past two centuries the capitalist engine has delivered growing incomes for the many, but the latest revolution has mainly boosted skilled high-income workers
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