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Chess

  • Monday, 1 September, 2025
    Speed chess gets a boost as UK Blitz title attracts large entry

    Puzzle: how can White promote his pawn?

    Two chess players face each other over a chessboard
  • Tuesday, 26 August, 2025
    Chess: US champion Caruana bids again for world crown

    Puzzle: find Black’s winning move

    Fabiano Caruana, in open-neck shirt, dark jacket and dark-framed glasses, makes a move on a chessboard.
  • Monday, 18 August, 2025
    Chess: German star, 20, outclasses Indians in Chennai as world champion Gukesh fails again

    Puzzle: find Black’s brilliant win

    A young man with wavy brown hair, wearing a white shirt sits at a chess board, reaching for a piece
  • Monday, 11 August, 2025
    Michael Adams, 53, wins ninth British title and edges nearer all-time record

    Puzzle: can you find White’s hidden win?

    Two chess grandmasters sit at a board in a hall, one looking off into the distance, the other staring intently at the pieces
  • Monday, 4 August, 2025
    Carlsen triumphs and wins $250,000 in Esports World Cup

    Puzzle: find world No 2 Hikaru Nakamura’s way to win

  • Monday, 28 July, 2025
    Bodhana, 10, breaks a Judit Polgár world age record

    Puzzle: find White’s hidden win

    A young girl sits at a chess board in a tournament hall
  • Monday, 21 July, 2025
    Aronian beats Niemann in all-US final in Las Vegas

    World No 1 Carlsen settles for third and a $100,000 payday

    A chess player stands up to shake his oppoent’s hand across the board
  • Monday, 14 July, 2025
    Chess: Carlsen faces arch-rival Niemann in Freestyle test at Las Vegas this week

    Puzzle: find White’s hidden win

    A young man with dark curly hair, a thoughtful expression on his face. Our view of him is part -obscured by another person’s silhouette
  • Monday, 7 July, 2025
    World No 1 Carlsen dominates in Zagreb despite another loss to Gukesh

    Puzzle: can you checkmate the grandmaster?

    Two chess masters sit over a board, one making a move while the other watches
  • Monday, 30 June, 2025
    Chess: this week’s English county final tests a century-old north vs south rivalry

    Puzzle: can you find White’s ‘move of the year’?

  • Monday, 23 June, 2025
    Half a century on, the English chess explosion is a fading memory

    Puzzle: find White’s all-checking win

  • Monday, 16 June, 2025
    Indians win World Rapid in London as English team disappoint

    Puzzle: find Black’s clever winning tactic

  • Monday, 9 June, 2025
    Chess: Carlsen scrapes home in Stavanger as he ‘no longer enjoys’ classical chess

    Puzzle: how could White have done better?

  • Monday, 2 June, 2025
    Chess world elite comes to London next week

    Carlsen punches table at Stavanger after loss to India’s world champion Gukesh Dommaraju

    Two chess grandmasters compete over a board on a stage, one looking to the side, the other looking at his opponent
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Chess: annual national solving championship 2025 is open to entries from Britain

    Entry is free, with an expected £1,500 prize fund, and the winner qualifies for the world solving championship

  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Chess: India’s grip on world chess tightens with victory in Bucharest

    Puzzle: find Black’s hidden route to win

    A dark-haired young man in glasses and blue suit sits at a chess board, one arm reaching out to move a black piece
  • Monday, 12 May, 2025
    Chess: world champion Gukesh loses badly in Bucharest

    Puzzle: White to move and win

    A man stands over several chess boards in games with several children
  • Tuesday, 6 May, 2025
    World chess stars to compete in €500,000 event in London next month

    Puzzle: find the winning move to beat Mikhail Tal

    A view down a long row of chess players gazing over boards in a large hall
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Ukraine’s Vasyl Ivanchuk, 56, sets new landmark for chess veterans

    Puzzle: Black to move and win

  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
    Carlsen sets historic record with 9 out of 9 at Grenke Open

    Puzzle: White, to move, lost. Can you do better?

  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    Chess: world No 1 Carlsen adds another triumph in Paris Freestyle final

    Puzzle: Black, to play, lost in one move. How could he have won immediately?

  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Niemann withdraws from Paris ahead of eagerly awaited game with Carlsen

    Puzzle: find White’s winning move

    A chess player wearing a blazer looks across at something to the side of the board while his opponent contemplates the next move
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Magnus Carlsen sets a memory test for BBC2 chess viewers

    Puzzle: find Black’s surprise winner

    A chess player makes his next move
  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    News in-depth
    India’s VC-backed chess academy churns out champions across the board

    Backed by a venture capitalist, Indian chess great Anand has helped propel prodigies to top international rankings

  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    BBC2’s new chess programme awaits verdict from viewers

    Puzzle: find White’s hidden winning move

    Two players make their move on a chess board
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