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Chess: English prodigies have proud record of giantkilling across the generations

Chess: English prodigies have proud record of giantkilling across the generations
🏆 Sports News · The Guardian · Oct 30, 2026

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 reput

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