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Shreyas Royal, 17, is youngest ever British chess champion as new generation takes over

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, is the youngest ever British women’s champion while Supratit Banerjee, 12, has become England’s youngest ever international master

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Adams loses first British Championship game since 1988 to rising star

The Taunton grandmaster had been unbeaten in 87 games in a row, during which time he had won all his nine titles

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Ukraine soldier grandmaster wins gold medal at European team championships

Igor Kovalenko, 36, the world No 48 with a Fide rating of 2669, has been a frontline soldier for three years and only began playing again a month ago

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: England jump to fifth at European championships, with outside medal chance

England, seeded fifth among 40 teams at the start, were fifth after six of nine rounds while England women, seeded 12th among 36, were 11th

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Wesley So wins $350,000 Sinquefield Cup as world champion Gukesh fails again

Every game among the top seven finishers was halved, despite a regulation in the event forbidding agreed draws

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Lan Yao wins bronze as England men narrowly miss medals at Euros

The British woman champion, 22, won the board two bronze medal with an unbeaten 5.5/8 at the European teams, but the open squad, joint leaders with two rounds left, were edged out to sixth place

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Ding misses wins and his prep leaks as Nepomniachtchi keeps the lead

China’s world No 3 had a dominant position in game eight but missed several good chances before he drew in 45 moves with the Russian, who leads 5-4 with five games left

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen stimulus missed as Levon Aronian wins in Düsseldorf

The 40-year-old seemed to be cruising but took the €40,000 first prize only after winning tiebreaks against Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dommaraju Gukesh

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Shreyas Royal, 13, leads Bavarian Open as records beckon

The London teenager has a chance to become the youngest English player ever to score a grandmaster result

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

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