Hints and tips:
...The attack came after the USS Mason had responded to a distress call from the M/V Central Park, which had been boarded by unknown assailants, Centcom said....
...Puzzle 2532 Artur Davtyan v Vladislav Kovalev, Dubai 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2506 Eltaj Safarli v Nils Grandelius, Dubai 2015. White to move and win. His method of breaking down Black’s seemingly solid defence is a technique worth remembering. Click here for solution...
...Old stereotypes take a while to die, he answers, adding that, as everyone with an ounce of experience knows, all the actual dirty money “has gone to Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East”....
...Kerala’s fisheries minister V Abdurahiman on Tuesday slammed the protests as “anti-national”, warning there was a “limit” to the government’s patience, according to the Press Trust of India....
...Paris) Founded by plant-based concept store owner Emma Sawko, Wild & The Moon is a vegan go-to in Dubai....
...Puzzle 2445 Nigel Short v Nils Grandelius., Malmo 2017. What is White’s winning move? Short chose 1 Bb4? and only drew. Click here for solution...
...Emms v Chris Ward, British championship 2015....
...Puzzle 2438 Harriet Hunt v Yuri Yakovich, Stockholm 2002. White to move and win....
...Puzzle 2447 Mark Hebden v Chris Baker, British championship, Eastbourne 1991. Can you find White’s winning move?...
...The Carlsen v Nepomniachtchi $2m, 14-game world championship match which starts in Dubai on November 26 should be a further stimulus. How can an interested FT reader join in?...
...Levon Aronian v Loek van Wely, Tata Steel Wijk 2014. Puzzle-find Black’s winning move....
...Dubai’s health authority started a separate vaccination campaign with Pfizer, later adding Oxford/AstraZeneca and Sputnik V....
...Meanwhile, Carlsen and his current challenger, Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, are preparing for their 14-game, $2m, championship series which starts in Dubai on November 26....
...Magnus Carlsen plans an early strike as the $2m, 14-game world title match in Dubai gets under way this weekend with games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday....
...Magnus Carlsen is in optimum form as Norway’s world champion prepares for his 14-game, $2m world title match at Dubai in November....
...Carlsen was expected to retain his World Rapid (15 minutes) title in Warsaw on Tuesday, following his match victory in Dubai last month at slow classical chess, but instead there was a shock result....
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...to become an imposing 11-floor neo-Palladian vision of clean vertical lines and honeyed ashlar masonry — similar in style to the nearby Trocadéro, but also to Bulgari’s existing hotels in Milan, London, Dubai...
...The commercial centre, Dubai, also offers the BioNTech/Pfizer, Oxford/AstraZenica and Russian Sputnik V jabs....
...This exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of master goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his London clientele....
...Before that, a semi-final is between top players from Russia and China, Vladislav Artemiev v Ding Liren....
...Nepomniachtchi’s position is more equivocal, as he has expressed some doubt over continuing to play so close to the Dubai match....
...Other vaccines being deployed include BioNTech/Pfizer, Oxford/AstraZeneca and the Russian Sputnik V jab....
...Most chess fans still view the sequence as just a blip, and irrelevant for when the 30-year-old defends his crown at Dubai starting November 24....
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