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Chess: English prodigies have proud record of giantkilling across the generations
Friday, October 30, 2026 · 8:00 AM
From Jonathan Penrose to Bodhana Sivanandan, young talents have specialised in defeating established stars Nearly half a century ago, at Brighton 1977, the 10-time British champion, Jonathan Penrose, faced a 12-year-old boy, Nigel Short, in round three of the national title contest. Short already had a fast-growing reputation after defeating the legendary Viktor Korchnoi in a simultaneous display in London the previo
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