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Today’s four puzzles are inspired by chess. (If you haven’t yet watched the recent documentaries on Judit Polgár and Hans Niemann, I recommend them.)
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Chess: Niemann puts controversy aside and wins $50,000 first prize in Warsaw ⊕⊕
US grandmaster scored biggest success of his career at the Grand Chess Tour Rapid & Blitz and is close to world top 10
Hans Niemann, the controversial US grandmaster whose game with Magnus Carlsen at …
50 days ago
Vibrating crotches, anal beads and suspicious minds: the long, strange history of chess cheats | Sean Ingle ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport
There really is, it turns out, a true story involving cheating in chess and a vibra…
64 days ago
Untold: Chess Mates review – inside the anal beads rumours that rocked a sport ⊖
The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there’s little new here
‘Every c…
67 days ago
Chess Mates: the fantastic true story of the sex toy rumour that buzzed around the world ○
It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad blood
Chess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an…
4 months ago
‘Chess Wimbledon’ opens with an environmental protest as Niemann shares lead ⊖
First round at Wijk aan Zee delayed for over an hour after protesters dump coal at venue and unveil banner reading ‘no chess on a dead planet’
Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the “chess Wimbledon”, has been …
10 months ago
Chess: Aronian takes big top prize in Las Vegas as Niemann celebrates Carlsen’s downfall ○
World No 1 Carlsen was third as Aronian took the $200,000 prize in the Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam
Levon Aronian, at 42 the oldest in the tournament, scored what he described as “one of …
The Open 2025: second round updates from Royal Portrush – live ○
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Latest updates from the second day of the 153rd Open
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… and we’re back. Less than nine hours ago, the first day of the 153rd edition of the Open Champ…
11 months ago
Chess: Carlsen finally achieves 2900 rating as Niemann aims to be Las Vegas party pooper ○
The world No 1 abandoned his attempts to reach the round number at classical chess in 2023, but achieved it this week on the first Freestyle rating list
For years the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, tried…
13 months ago
Chess: Magnus Carlsen in form at Paris Freestyle after Hans Niemann drops out ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Carlsen was the early frontrunner in the second leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam in Paris, from which both Alireza Firouzja and Niemann withdrew shortly before the start
Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1,…