theguardian.comadded August 2026
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden10d ago
A new generation took over at the top of British chess on Sunday, when a trio of youthful talents demonstrated their skills on a national stage.
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden17d ago
Michael Adams, the 54-year-old Taunton grandmaster aiming for a record-equalling 10th British title, began with three wins but in round four suffered his first championship defeat since 1988 when...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden24d ago
England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan fought her way to another world age record last Saturday.
Chess | The Guardianby Geraldine McKelvie Senior correspondent24d ago
The UK’s only all-female chess team have been promoted to the game’s top tier – only to be told they will have to add a man to their squad.
Chess | The Guardianby Bryan Armen Graham26d ago
Geneva has been chosen to host this year’s world chess championship match, with Fide announcing on Tuesday that reigning champion Gukesh Dommaraju will defend his title against challenger Javokhir...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden24 Jul 2026
England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan scored her best individual result last Saturday, when the Harrow schoolgirl defeated France’s 2628-rated grandmaster Marc’Andria Maurizzi, 19, in the...
Chess | The Guardianby Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies24 Jul 2026
- Arkady Dvorkovich, the president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), said on Friday he was suspending his activity with the organisation after being placed on the EU list of sanctioned...
Chess | The Guardianby Ashifa Kassam and agency20 Jul 2026
The Hungarian chess legend Judit Polgár has said she will not accept the nomination for president, only a day after the prime minister, Péter Magyar, said he would ask her to take up the largely...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden17 Jul 2026
The USA and Uzbekistan are among the world’s current four best chess teams, along with India and China, so the announcement that the pair will meet at Miami on 27-28 July in an all-play-all rapid...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden10 Jul 2026
Alireza Firouzja is shaping up to be one of the nearly men of grandmaster chess. The Iran-born Frenchman, 23, has just won the St Louis-organised Croatia Super Rapid and Blitz in Zagreb.
Chess | The Guardianby Sarah Hurst7 Jul 2026
My friend Jimmy Adams, who has died aged 79, was a writer on chess known for his witty personality and encyclopedic knowledge.
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden3 Jul 2026
On Sunday, 12 July, ChessFest, the game’s annual celebration, returns to Trafalgar Square in central London and offers a unique opportunity for ordinary players and their children to experience top...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden26 Jun 2026
Magnus Carlsen’s four defeats in a row during the World Team Rapid in Hong Kong last week, coupled with his disappointing fourth place among six grandmasters in Oslo last month, have sparked...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden19 Jun 2026
Dragon Chilling may be an unfamiliar chess name, but the squad from China won the gold medals at the World Teams Rapid in Hong Kong.
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden12 Jun 2026
Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, had his worst tournament result since 2015 last week when the 35-year-old ended up fourth of six in the $178,000 (£133,000) Norway Chess event at Oslo, losing four...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden5 Jun 2026
Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022 game with Carlsen is the...
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden29 May 2026
Magnus Carlsen has won the annual Norway Chess elite tournament for six of the past seven years. However, the 35-year-old world No 1 was shocked in Monday’s opening round by Alireza Firouzja, who...
Chess | The Guardianby Alex Bellos25 May 2026
Earlier today I set these four chess puzzles. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Oddities 1. A chess tournament is taking place with several participants.
Chess | The Guardianby Alex Bellos25 May 2026
Today’s four puzzles are inspired by chess. (If you haven’t yet watched the recent documentaries on Judit Polgár and Hans Niemann, I recommend them.) 1. Oddities 1.
Chess | The Guardianby Leonard Barden22 May 2026
This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national competition in which Guardian readers traditionally perform well and in considerable numbers.
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