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Puzzle: mate in three, just a single line of play, but not easy
Stand-off over alleged cheating led to a $100mn lawsuit and polarised opinion among chess fans
Puzzle — find the winning move that would have beaten Carlsen
Puzzle: find the win that Carlsen missed
Puzzle: solve the convict’s mate in three
Puzzle — solve this tricky two-mover
Puzzle — find the hidden mate in three
Puzzle: find White’s visually implausible mate in two
Puzzle: can you mate the lone black king in two moves?
Puzzle: can you find White’s hidden win?
Puzzle: find the surprise answer
Plus puzzle — can you crack this century-old teaser?
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you mate in three in five minutes?
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you win the battle of queens and rooks?
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — can you checkmate like the Bletchley codebreaker?
Puzzle: find White’s winning move
In this week’s puzzle: White failed to find the best move — can you do better?
Plus: in this week’s puzzle — find Carlsen’s winning move
Puzzle: can you solve this picturesque mate in two?
Puzzle: White to move and win
In this week’s puzzle: find the imaginative route to victory
Grandmaster, 19, accuses champion Magnus Carlsen and others of slander in affair that has rocked game’s elite echelons
As technology helps players calculate their odds, it also helps to catch those trying to manipulate them
World champion Magnus Carlsen’s dispute with a teenage rival has sparked wild rumours of dirty tricks
Puzzle: find the grandmaster’s winning move
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