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Chess: Hastings Masters guards tradition and produces an English co-winner

IM Alex Golding, 22, who earned nearly £2,000, is among the rising talents aiming to match the leading English grandmasters

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Russian star and top Americans fall in World Cup but Adams wins 10-game epic

Ian Nepomniachtchi was a world title challenger, Wesley So is ranked No 8, and Hans Niemann has huge ambition, but all lost to unheralded opponents

The Guardian - UK

Gukesh and Ding tied in world chess title clash as England’s best pitch up at Emirates

After Gukesh Dommaraju and Ding Liren draw game four to tie the match at 2-2, English talents prepare to take on overseas rivals

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: Britain’s 4NCL national league has closest ever three-way finish

Wood Green edge out Manx Liberty and The Sharks on game points after a triple tie on match points

The Guardian - UK

Freestyle Chess plans 2025 global Tour for Carlsen and the world’s top players

The world No 1’s impressive victory last week has put the random chess variant into the spotlight and its billionaire organiser plans to expand into all five continents next year

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen beats Caruana in freestyle final while Ding finishes last

The world No 1 recovered from a slow start to defeat young rivals Firouzja and Abdusattorov while China’s world champion has been unable to shake off a losing spiral

The Guardian - UK

Chess: India’s Praggnanandhaa, 18, beats world champion Ding at Wijk aan Zee

The Chennai teenager is being backed by his country’s second wealthiest individual as he bids to win the Candidates at Toronto in April and qualify for a title match against Ding later in 2024

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen blames opponent’s watch for shock defeat

The Norwegian said he lost his concentration when he saw his opponent was wearing a timepiece at the Qatar Masters

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Caruana leads in Bucharest while Ding and Nepomniachtchi falter

The Russian and Chinese stars competed again just a week after their world title match, but at halfway in Romania they both trailed the in-form US champion

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Britain’s Four Nations league fosters potential grandmaster talents

Generation Z young masters are in contention for GM performances this season, while the revamped chess.com Tour prize fund offers new incentives for the world top 200

The Guardian - UK

Chess: seven-year-old breaks record to share English women’s blitz title

A Harrow schoolgirl lowers the age record for a national women’s champion by more than four years after sharing the crown

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