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Endings with a rook and a minor piece each are especially difficult. There is still enough firepower on the board for plenty of tactics, up to and often including mating attacks. But in contrast to middlegames, where unless matters are very forcing you have to rely to a great extent on intuition, in principle you “ought” — with material limited — to be able to calculate fairly accurately! | Photo: John Saunders (2007)

Toploader are facing criticism after performing at the Tory Party Conference – watch the footage and see the reactions here.

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Michael Adams and Katarzyna Toma were the favourites to win the Open and Women's Championships of the English Chess Federation. However, both winners needed a bit of luck in some of their games. The ECF Championship is a very young tournament and many of the participants were youngsters. | Photos: English Chess Federation

The family of international Kiwi chess champion Sue Maroroa Jones are in “complete shock” after her death and say she loved being a mum and was excited at

The international chess champion died after the birth of her second child on May 11.

International Kiwi chess champion Sue Maroroa Jones has died unexpectedly after giving birth to her second child.
The 32-year-old chess master, who died in

The 32-year-old chess master hailed from Ōtahuhu, Auckland.

Snake Pass, a bending road in the Peak District that connects Manchester to Sheffield, is closing for repairs for five days in May and this is where…

Pia Cramling, the Grande Dame of Chess is celebrating her 60th Anniversary today. Heartfelt congratulations! Looking back and forward, our author, who was a spectator at the tournament where she made her final GM norm to obtain the Grandmaster title as fifth woman on earth, presents fantastic facts and funny figures from an unparalleled biography. | Photo: Carolina Byrmo via hemtrevligt.se