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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Guardian - US

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Chess: national solving championship open for entries from Britain

Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be at least £1,200, and the winner qualifies for the 2023 world solving championship

The Guardian - UK

How Russia went from dominating chess for half a century to world tournament ban after invasion

The International Chess Federation on Sunday pulled tournaments from Russia and Belarus, a move that experts described as historic

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