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to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world in a few days time, the uk will have a new prime minister — and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet — but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps....

"We held the magazine to await the outcome of the Candidates," writes the Executive Editor of CHESS Magazine, London. 17-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh became the youngest world title challenger in the history of the game, and will take on Ding Liren later this year in the first ever all-Asian match for the world title. Malcolm has analysed a couple of games from the Candidates.

BBC Factual announced a new competition format, “Chess Masters”, for BBC Two and iPlayer. Across eight episodes, passionate and highly skilled players from all backgrounds will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games before one will be crowned the title of Chess Master. The announcement comes a bit over 40 years after BBC2 aired “The Master Game”, a popular show that ran for seven series, from 1976 to 1983.

BBC Factual has ordered new Factual Entertainment competition format, Chess Masters, for BBC Two from Curve Media.

Chess Masters, an eight-part series for BBC Two... Across the half-hour episodes, passionate and highly-skilled players from all backgrounds will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games before one will be crowned the title of Chess Master. Catherine Catton, BBC Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Live Events: “In a market of

Bosses at the BBC are to bring back chess coverage after stars including Taylor Swift and Anya Taylor-Joy have sparked a huge interest in the sport

Woody Harrelson has surprised a group of inmates at HMP Wormwood Scrubs by turning up to play chess with them.

Actor visited HMP Wormwood Scrubs for charity club event aimed at improving educational social outcomes for disadvantaged groups

Yosha Iglesiass achievement is a first for transgender women in chess.

Michael Adams became the first Englishman to win the London Chess Classic. At 52, the former World Championship candidate described this victory as “the best ever” in his career. In the final round, Adams drew Shreyas Royal with black, which meant Royal finished with 4/9 points, the score he needed to collect a second GM norm. The one decisive result of the day saw Hans Niemann beating Gukesh. Amin Tabatabaei, who signed a draw with Jules Moussard, got sole second place. | Photo: London Ches...