Leonard Barden

4 days ago | ft.com | Leonard Barden

The cream of the world’s chess players come to Hammersmith next week for the World Rapid and Blitz championships, with an opportunity for...

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Leonard Barden

Magnus Carlsen arrived in vintage form at the start of the Norway Chess tournament. The encounter began inconclusively with the six stars – in ranking order Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Arjun Erigaisi, Gujesh Dommaraju and Wei Yi – all launching a win or two. Gukesh, who celebrated his 19th birthday on Wednesday, won in round three against Nakamura. 3974 Mihaela Sandu v Antoaneta Stefanova, European Women’s Championship 2016.

1 week ago | ft.com | Leonard Barden

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which FT readers traditionally perform strongly and in significant...

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Leonard Barden

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which Guardian readers traditionally perform strongly and in considerable numbers. White in the diagram, playing as usual up the board, is to play and checkmate in two moves, against any black defence. The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. This competition is open only to British residents, and entry is free.

2 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Leonard Barden

This week’s puzzle is a chance to enter an annual national contest in which Guardian readers traditionally perform strongly and in considerable numbers. White in the diagram, playing as usual up the board, is to play and checkmate in two moves, against any black defence. The puzzle is the first stage of the annual Winton British Solving Championship, organised by the British Chess Problem Society. This competition is open only to British residents, and entry is free.