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Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins yet again while British Championship prize fund soars

The world No 1 won his 21st global title by defeating his old rival Fabiano Caruana in Freestyle chess at Weissenhaus in Germany

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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

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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

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Chess returns to the screen on Monday with Chess Masters: The Endgame

The new programme on BBC Two will be very different from 42 years ago when the eighth and final series of The Master Game was never shown due to industrial action

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Chess: England out of the medals at European senior championships

England has been the most successful nation in senior events, but competition has become stiffer in Europe, while the US has won the world over-50 teams two years running

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Chess: Nunn leads England over-65s to gold at world senior championships

Over-65s triumph, and over-50s take bronze behind USA, while England women also finish third in Krakow

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Chess: Fischer v Spassky revisited – Reykjavik Open echoes 1972 match

More than 400 players, including several young English talents, are competing in Iceland’s premier event

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Bengal players shine in Bangalore GM meet

KOLKATA: Bengal players ruled the roost as Grandmaster Mitrabha Guha did a double winning the 1st Bangalore GM Open, just three days after winning the 1st Bangalore GM Blitz Open also. City boy Guha remained undefeated on the way to clinching a double. Guha scored 8/10 with a performance of…

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Neelash Saha stuns third seed Nigel Short

BENGALURU: International Master Neelash Saha scored one of the biggest wins of his career as he shocked third seed GM Nigel Short of England to join compatriot GM Pranav Anand atop the leaderboard with four wins from four rounds at the 1st Bangalore International Open Chess Tournament here on Saturday.

The Times of India

Srihari shocks Russian GM Savchenko

But Puducherry youngster loses 3rd round match; Short in joint lead

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Hans Niemann competes in London Classic after stunning success in Zagreb

The controversial US 20-year-old won first prize in Croatia with 8/9 and a career-best performance rating of 2946, then flew to London for the traditional Classic

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Excluding trans women in women’s chess makes you a pawn of the patriarchy

The world’s top chess federation is banning trans women from competing until a review is made – and the defenses are sexist assumptions and shaky science

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Indian masters checkmate British, Russian challenge as Raunak, Vidit win by 12 & 7 points

NAGPUR: Indian youngsters Raunak Sadhwani and Vidit Gujrathi prevailed over their opponent British and Russian Grandmasters respectively to clinch the challenge match of Maharashtra Chess Festival in style at the Naivedhyam Northstar Hall, Koradi Road, on Tuesday.

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Raunak makes short work of Short to win Challenge Match with a day, 2 Rapid & 4 Blitz rounds to go

NAGPUR: Maharashtra's youngest Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani dominated the shorter format to take former World Championship Challenger Nigel Short in stride and emerge champion on the penultimate day of their Challenger Match in the state chess festival at Naivedhyam hall, Koradi road, on Monday.

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Vidit, Raunak hold Svidler, Short to maintain lead before shorter formats

NAGPUR: The fourth and final classical games of the Challenger Match in Maharashtra chess festival ended in a draw as Maharashtra's best Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani maintained a handy three-point advantage over experienced overseas GMs Peter Svidler and Nigel Short on Sunday.

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Indian challengers Vidit, Raunak regain lead with contrasting wins over Svidler, Short

NAGPUR: Saturday saw the return of Indian youngsters Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani in their Challenger Match of Maharashtra chess festival.

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Maharashtra's best Vidit, Raunak falter as Svidler, Short bring parity with easy wins in round 2

NAGPUR: A day after Maharashtra's best Grandmasters gave an emphatic start to their campaign, Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani came under time pressure as experienced overseas GMs Peter Svidler and Nigel Short brought parity in their Challenger Match of the Maharashtra chess festival on Friday.

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Rs 66 lakh prize money Maharashtra international GM chess meet in Nagpur from June 1

NAGPUR: Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA) will conduct the Rs 66 lakh prize money International Grandmaster (GM) chess tournament in the city from June 1 to 9.

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Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura outwit young guns in offbeat Airthings Masters

In the opening event of the online Tour, the world champion and the US speed specialist showed their skills, while Alireza Firouzja lost five games in a row, and the event’s format sparked criticism

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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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Chess: John Nunn wins world 65+ title in vintage year for England seniors

The former world top-10 grandmaster edged out his rivals by half a point after a tense final round at Assisi, concluding a year where England 50+ and 65+ players also won two world and one European team championships

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Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock’n’roll

Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper – and wilder – than most outsiders realised

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Chess: Firouzja sweeps Grand Tour while Carlsen v Niemann saga continues

The 19-year-old won the Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Tour in St Louis, while fresh cheating allegations form the backdrop to next Monday’s game between the world champion and the US teen

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Chess: England target first Olympiad medal this century in Chennai

Russia are banned, China are absent, the US favourites hope to hold off India, while Ukraine could spring a surprise

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Chess: England win three world titles while Ian Nepomniachtchi nears victory

England over-50s, led by Michael Adams and Nigel Short, dominated the world seniors event in Italy

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