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Manx Liberty’s wildcards deliver in style to regain British team chess crown

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The Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) is a bedrock of British chess.

The 2024-25 season ended last Monday with a close 11th round match between the favourites and defending champions, Wood Green , and the winners for the two previous years , Manx Liberty .

All eight games were drawn for a 4 -4 scoreline, although most were hard fought and Manx missed a winning endgame chance.

The Russian , already world under-eight champion with 11/11 , achieved his first IM norm last year aged nine.

He has just scored his second IM norm at the Baku Open , registering a tournament performance of over 2500 .

Shogdzhiev is now on track to break the record of Argentina ’s Faustino Oro as the youngest ever international master.