Chess

What in the World. Gukesh Dommaraju: Why India is producing more chess champions. Audio, 9 minutes
Schools in Chennai have a record of producing grandmasters
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BBC World Service
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The Indian teen who became the world's youngest chess champion
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Asia
Posted
13 December
Indian teen becomes youngest world chess champion
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Asia
Posted
12 December
Sporting Witness. Magnus Carlsen: 'Mozart of chess' Audio, 10 minutes
In 2014, Magnus Carlsen achieved the highest official rating of any player in history
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BBC World Service
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Boy, 15, plays chess to calm fears during surgery
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Kent
Posted
25 November
Young chess stars hoping to be next grandmasters
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Bristol
Posted
12 November
Bristol in pictures: Images from across the city
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Bristol
Posted
3 November
See a brand new view of the Lewis chessmen. Video, 00:01:03
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Scotland
Posted
1 November
'I keep returning to chess festival for my mates'
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Guernsey
Posted
18 October
Checkmate for Russia as global chess ban upheld
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Europe
Posted
22 September
Russia squares up to Ukraine in battle for control of chess
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Europe
Posted
12 September
Woolwich teen is UK's youngest chess grandmaster
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London
Posted
6 August
British chess championships 'highlight of year'
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
27 July
'Levelling up' £2,500 park chess tables unveiled
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Cumbria
Posted
11 July
UK's youngest chess champion takes on public
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London
Posted
7 July
Chess festival makes move to inspire young players
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
7 July
Chess star, 9, to become youngest England player
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London
Posted
3 July
Debate over £2,500 'levelling up' park chess tables
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England
Posted
7 May
Nigerian breaks chess marathon record
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Africa
Posted
20 April
Chess master died after 'complex' birth - inquest
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Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Posted
16 April
Chess boards installed in two public parks
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Humberside
Posted
21 March
Chess tables built in parks to combat isolation
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Berkshire
Posted
19 March
Indian player sparks conversation on sexism in chess
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India
Posted
8 February
More or Less: Behind the Stats. Are there more possible games of chess than atoms in the universe? Audio, 9 minutes
We investigate how the vast possibilities in chess compare to the vastness of the universe
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BBC Radio 4
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