Hints and tips:
...Puzzle 2524 Vladimir Fedoseev v Magnus Carlsen, world rapid, Riyadh 2017. White played 1 Ke2? a3 after which the knight could not stop the pawn....
...At the London Classic in December, he finished third behind England’s Michael Adams....
...The eight-time British champion Michael Adams had a peak of 2761 back in 2013, but is currently 2671 at age 52....
...It is in the “golden triangle” bordered by the Champs-Élysées, avenue Montaigne and avenue Georges V; neighbours include couturiers and luxury goods stores such as Céline and Courrèges....
...Wadsworth v Fernandez was an imaginative king hunt, and the best attacking game of the championship....
...Caret is the marginal sign, like an inverted V, that means “it is missing” or “there is a lack”....
...Puzzle 2549 Oleksandr Bortnyk v Jeffery Xiong, Titled Tuesday 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has named Clarke Adams as head of high-yield capital markets and Matt Burke as head of leveraged finance origination....
...Goldman sees a “path” to generating a quarter of its profits from AWM by the end of 2025, a projection that would have it contribute $4bn to $5bn in pre-tax earnings by then, president John Waldron told...
...Michael Adams totalled an impressive 8/9 on top board with a performance rating of 2761....
...Soft greys and browns represent the wool trade; the brighter pinks and blues were based on an 18th-century Spitalfields silk dress at the V&A....
...However, in the boom years of the 1970s to 1990s the very best talents Nigel Short and Michael Adams both preferred to bypass university....
...Puzzle 2532 Artur Davtyan v Vladislav Kovalev, Dubai 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...In room 55B, across from Dürer’s “Adam and Eve”, hung a small wooden mannequin, based on Dürer’s treatise on the proportions of the human body....
...Pressure has mounted for the return of objects that are seen to be an important part of the identity of countries in Africa and beyond, such as the Ethiopian treasures in the V&A or the Benin Bronzes scattered...
...Photographer’s assistant, Adam Storm. Stylist’s assistant, Jordan Renou Rohel. Production, SW Studio Paris...
...If you think the political situation in the US now looks terrible, Adam Hochschild is here to remind you that things have previously been much worse....
...Michael Adams, now 51, and Nigel Short, now 57, challenged for world titles in their peak years, and both legends were key performers in June when England fought off a strong US challenge to win the world...
...Puzzle 2494 Magnus Carlsen v Sunya Ganguly, world rapid, Qatar 2016. Black to move and win. In the game, Black chose 1...Rxa4 and only drew. Click here for solution...
...My favourite website is Vitsœ, a furniture company run by a friend of mine called Mark Adams. The website is just so cleanly done; I can’t fault it....
...The Michael Adams-led team will hope for a top-six finish, but realistically will do well to maintain their seeding. Puzzle 2477 Pavel Anisimov v Ian Nepomniachtchi, Krasnoyarsk 2007....
...At the entrance I find Greenough shuffling about in a V-neck cricket jumper and a marshal’s jacket....
...Puzzle 2475 Andrew Ledger v Andrew Paterson, 4NCL 2022. Black to play. Black’s next move was plausible, but it led to immediate disaster. With this clue, can you work out what happened?...
...Puzzle 2478 Magnus Carlsen v Bu Xiangzhi, Biel 2007. White to move and win. How did the future world champion induce immediate resignation? Click here for solution...
...Their six games were halved, including Adams v McShane and a lively draw between McShane and the new German star Vincent Keymer, 17. No Russians took part....
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