The depraved world of chess cheats
Amina Abakarova, a 40-year-old chess player from Russia, supposedly tried to poison a younger rival at the Dagestan Chess Championship…
Hans Niemann against the World
For the irrepressible Hans Niemann, August is no time to chill. The 21-year-old American grandmaster began the month by defeating his…
Grandmaster Royal
The British Championships, which concluded in Hull earlier this month, saw a notable achievement for 15-year-old Shreyas Royal, whose stellar…
British Championships
The stench of burning rubber hung in the air as I trudged back to my hotel in Hull city centre last…
When accusations fly
‘OK, there is a body with a knife there, and the police come and say nothing happened… You have to…
No. 606
White to play. Magnus Carlsen-Ding Liren, Norway Chess 2024. Ding’s last move, 29…Rb6-b2 was a blunder allowing a quick checkmate.…
