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22  mars     17h31
A masterclass across the board Brief letters
Guardian Staff    Classic chess game Music memories Kiwi confusion Spider insider Leonard Barden’s description of the match of the century in Chess: Fischer v Spassky revisited Reykjavik Open echoes match, March is a masterclass in summarising an exciting sporting and political drama while...
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Richest chess tour announced for 2025 as freestyle wins global appeal
Leonard Barden    Freestyle Chess also known as Fischer Random and Chess has announced a m tournament in each of five continentsFreestyle Chess, which made an impressive debut last month, has firmed up its plans to expand into five continents next year, as well as enlisting the top elite grandmasters into...
15  mars     08h00
Chess: Fischer v Spassky revisited - Reykjavik Open echoes 1972 match
Leonard Barden    More than players, including several young English talents, are competing in Iceland’s premier eventMore than half a century on, the Bobby Fischer v Boris Spassky series at Reykjavik in remains the most famous of all world championship matches. It triggered a global chess boom, not least...
08  mars     08h00
Chess: Danny Gormally holds off junior challengers to win British Rapidplay
Leonard Barden    The top seed fought back from a fifth round blunder and won the title after a playoff with Ireland’s No woman, Trisha KanyamaralaDanny Gormally, the top seed, fought back from a fifth round blunder to claim the British Rapidplay title one hour games after rounds in two days at Peterborough...
01  mars     08h00
Chess: Adams wins seventh straight first prize as England’s girls set records
Leonard Barden    The eight time British champion, , has played games without defeat, while Ruqayya Rida, , scored against two GMs and Bodhana Sivanandan, eight, is the new world No under nineMichael Adams has now won seven major tournaments in a row without loss of a game.The eight time British champion...
23  février     08h00
Freestyle Chess plans 2025 global Tour for Carlsen and the world’s top players
Leonard Barden    The world No ’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 yearAfter the success of last week’s Freestyle Chess event where the world No, Magnus Carlsen, defeated the world...
20  février     15h33
Eight-year-old becomes youngest chess player to beat grandmaster
Edward Helmore    Ashwath Kaushik of Singapore defeats year old grandmaster, beating record set days before by another eight year oldAn eight year old chess prodigy from Singapore has become the youngest chess player to beat a grandmaster.After a three hour game of chess at Switzerland’s Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open...
16  février     16h47
Chess: Carlsen beats Caruana in freestyle final while Ding finishes last
Leonard Barden    The world No recovers from a slow start to defeat young rivals Firouzja and Abdusattorov while China’s world champion is unable to shake off a losing spiral Freestyle chess is a new name for the variant where the back rank pieces are placed randomly, so as to make the game more a test of skill...
09  février     08h00
Chess: Carlsen beats Firouzja to secure another Champions Tour title
Leonard Barden    The Norwegian, , continues to dominate online chess and has won of the the past Tour finals he has contestedMagnus Carlsen, the world No, maintained his outstanding record in the online Champions Tour this week with a victory in the Chessable Masters. The Norwegian, , has now won...
02  février     08h00
Chess: Wei Yi wins at Wijk aan Zee as former prodigy emerges from shadows
Leonard Barden    The year old was a grandmaster at and the youngest ever rated player at , now he has jumped into the world top with a chance to aim for the ultimate peakChina’s Wei Yi, , captured first prize last weekend in a competitive field at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the annual Netherlands...
26  janvier     20h26
Chess: Ding at risk of finishing last as world champion falters at Wijk
Leonard Barden    The year old, who took eight months off due to illness, planned a comeback at the chess Wimbledon but, with just two weekend rounds left, he is only half a point clear of bottom placeDing Liren’s comeback at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee is in danger of eclipse this weekend as China’s world...
19  janvier     08h00
Chess: India’s Praggnanandhaa, 18, beats world champion Ding at Wijk aan Zee
Leonard Barden    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 India’s rising talent Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa had a day to remember at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee on ...
12  janvier     20h45
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan dazzles at European Women’s Blitz Championship
Leonard Barden    The English prodigy, eight, totalled . and finished th in a field of as well as winning the prize for best juniorBodhana Sivanandan, eight, England’s girl prodigy, produced a stunningly impressive performance on Friday afternoon at the European Women’s Blitz Championship in Monaco. She...
05  janvier     08h00
Chess: forgotten world champion Ding Liren to return at Wijk aan Zee
Leonard Barden    Ding is scheduled to return to action at the chess Wimbledon’ that includes five of the eight Candidates to challenge him for the world title this yearChina’s world champion, Ding Liren, has become the forgotten man of chess due to his long absence from the board since he won the classical crown...
30  décembre     09h23
Chess: Magnus Carlsen World Rapid champion again and targets Blitz
Leonard Barden    Carlsen won his fifth World Rapid crown at Samarkand on Thursday with an unbeaten total, and now goes for his seventh Blitz title over roundsMagnus Carlsen, the highest ranked player in history, led a player field almost all the way to retain his World Rapid crown at Samarkand on...
29  décembre     18h14
L’esprit de l’escalier - the Guardian edition Brief letters
Guardian Staff    Witty comeback needed Early flowering daffs WH Smith rebrand Accents Knighthoods The national anthemI was reaching for the Saturday Guardian on the newsstand last week when the guy next to me looked at me and said: Leftwing dangerous rubbish I was shocked and angered, but didn’t...
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I wasn’t in trouble’: The moment Magnus Carlsen won his fifth World Rapid championship - video
Leonard Barden    Magnus Carlsen, the highest ranked player in history, led a player field almost all the way to retain his World Rapid crown at Samarkand on Thursday with an unbeaten total, seven wins and six draws. It was the fifth Rapid title for the Norwegian, , who abdicated his classical crown last...
22  décembre     08h00
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, eight, sets new records with victory in Zagreb
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi    The Harrow schoolgirl, who won the women’s prize in the European open blitz championship, plays at Hastings next week in the chess world’s longest running congressBodhana Sivanandan, eight, who made chess history last Saturday when winning the women’s prize in the European blitz championship at...
20  décembre     12h09
British girl, 8, crowned best female player at European chess tournament
Leonard Barden    Bodhana Sivanandan, who got into chess accidentally’ three years ago, described as a phenomenon’A British schoolgirl who made chess history after she beat a master more than years her senior at an international competition got into chess accidentally, her father has revealed.Bodhana...
15  décembre     08h00
Chess: Adams wins in London at 52 while Royal, 14, aims for GM in Hastings
   The eight time British champion called the London Classic my best ever result while the young talent will be close to a new English age record if he scores his third and final GM normMichael Adams, at the oldest competitor, won the th London Classic and its , first prize on Sunday....