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Hastings Masters guards chess tradition and unveils a new 16-year-old star
China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner. Hastings is the grandfather of ...The Guardian - 20h -
The Guardian view on Magnus Carlsen’s power play: checking chess’s ruling body in style | Editorial
The latest controversy reveals deeper tensions about who will shape the sport’s future: its greatest players or the governing authorities. A persuasive case can be made that Magnus Carlsen is the ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Chess: newly-married Carlsen signs up with Bundesliga, Freestyle and Saudis
The World No 1, who wed Ella Victoria Malone last Saturday, will play for St Pauli in the Bundesliga, where he may meet the new classical champion, Gukesh Dommaraju. Magnus Carlsen, the 34-year-old ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi
The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout. Magnus Carlsen completed a ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
TV figures, chess shenanigans and Shakespeare’s wife – take the Thursday quiz
Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?. Welcome to the first Thursday quiz of 2025. For those of you new to the feature, every ...The Guardian - Jan. 2