| DEEPTHOUGHT | First chess computer to beat a grandmaster |
| IBM | Makers of Deep Blue, the first computer to beat a world chess champion under tournament conditions |
| DEEPBLUE | Chess computer that was the first to defeat a reigning world champion, in 1996 (4,4) |
| YODA | Joy to behold finally, a grandmaster (4) |
| HOUYIFAN | Chinese chess prodigy who became a Grandmaster at fourteen |
| ANAND | Viswanathan who was the first chess grandmaster from India |
| PAWN | First chess piece to move, often |
| WHITE | First chess player to move The Golden Girls' Betty (5) |
| BATTER | From "to beat", a mixture used for making pancakes or for coating a fish, fritter or other food before frying ; a damaged piece of type in letterpress printing ; or, in sports, a ball hitter (6) |
| MAGNUS | 2016 documentary film about chess prodigy Carlsen who became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 |
| WHITETIE | First chess player attending match in formal evening dress (5,3) |
| BIGHEAD | Being a grandmaster, he's conceited (7) |
| ITALY | Country's first chess champion, unknown (5) |
| DUBIOUS | Like a disc you can give to your Porygon-2 to get a Porygon-Z, or to your Computer to get a Bad Virus |
| KASPAROV | Opponent of Deep Blue, IBM's chess computer |
| BLUE | Deep ___, chess computer (4) |
| CONUNDRUM | Firm with a woman in order to beat a problem (9) |
| UNDERCUT | Offer goods at a lower price to beat a competitor (8) |
| RATTAN | It's used to beat a sailor up first (6) |
| MACCLESFIELD | The first sixth-tier team to beat a top-tier team (Crystal Palace) in the FA Cup (12) |
