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...Puzzle 2568 Wesley So v Alireza Firouzja, Chessable Masters 2024. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Levon Aronian beat him in 18 moves with a queen sacrifice....
...By contrast, Mexican cartel boss Sandra Ávila Beltrán was a third-generation drug trafficker who inspired the TV series Queen of the South....
...Royal v Koepke: 1 Qxh7+! Kxh7 2 Rh4+ Kg8 3 Rh8 mate. Chess 24941...Rg4+! 2 Kxg4 Qg2+ 3 Kh5 Qf3 mate. Chess 24931 Re8+! Rxe8 2 Qxg7+!...
...Puzzle 2556 Kristina Brankov v Maria Manakova, Serbian League 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Queen Elizabeth I reportedly had 18 so-called “bodyguards of the bed” in her chamber each night....
...Puzzle 2538 Vladimir Fedoseev v Ian Nepomniachtchi, Julius Baer Generation Cup 2023. Black to move. White has two queens and threatens Qh8 mate. What happened? Click here for solution...
...Like Xu, Ayana V Jackson is her own subject; she uses her body to question the history of photography....
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...Puzzle number 2534A Magnus Carlsen v Nijat Abasov, World Cup semi-final, Baku 2023. Black chose 1 . . . Rg6 and lost. How could he have beaten the World No 1?...
...My favourite building is the V&A. I had the chance to work on Tim Walker’s Wonderful Things exhibition in 2019, and spend a lot of time there....
...It’s become one of those things, like Queen Elizabeth II and Greggs sausage rolls, that no one dares to speak ill of. But personally, I’m starting to shout at the TV....
...This year’s headliners include the queen of neo-soul Erykah Badu, hip-hop/jazz act BADBADNOTGOOD and the internationally renowned DJ Madlib....
...Puzzle 2513 Michael Coenen v Philipp Lamby, Bundesliga 2022. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Wadsworth v Fernandez was an imaginative king hunt, and the best attacking game of the championship....
...A long V-shaped fissure which cuts dramatically through the backrest, when seen from the front, reveals the silhouette of Batman’s horned mask....
...The boom of the past few years, triggered by Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit and the phenomenal growth of internet chess, has changed public and official perceptions....
...Health was the best-performing category, with growth driven by the company’s “intimate wellness” brands — which include Durex, Queen V and K-Y — and improving performance in China....
...winning the queen, while other lines lead to mate....
...There is also a bed collection in organic cotton and linen, and in cotton and cashmere, that can be lavishly layered with a queen-size cashmere blanket edged in a choice of cashmere chevron ribbon, plus...
...The V&A show aims to reclaim the word by focusing on the power of star performances, where image is often key....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...Caret is the marginal sign, like an inverted V, that means “it is missing” or “there is a lack”....
...At a dinner soon after, Jones impishly starts provoking Don by humming Wynette’s recent hit song “D-I-V-O-R-C-E”....
...After Wojtaszek opened up the c file for his rooks and his queen broke into the defences via the long black diagonal, Carlsen’s position collapsed....
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