| EUWE | Max ?, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1935-37 (4) |
| AIRE | 'Million' suffix (Lotto Max winner) |
| COWORKERS | 6/49 and Lotto Max winners, sometimes |
| FISCHER | Bobby ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1972-75 (7) |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1948-57 (9) |
| ICEL | Where Fischer played Spassky for the World Chess Championship (abbr.) |
| SIND | Province of British India and Pakistan from 1935 until 1947 (4) |
| SHAW | From 1935 he headed various bands organised around his virtuosity on the clarinet, "Artie _" (4) |
| KASPAROV | Garry ___, 1985 winner of the World Chess Championship (8) |
| WAKE | Coral atoll in the Pacific used as a stopover by Pan Am from 1935 to 1972, now a US Air Force base (4) |
| BALDWIN | Stanley ?, British prime minister from 1935-37 (7) |
| NIGELSHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 |
| NIGEL | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| SHORT | English chess player who challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess Championship in 1993 (5,5) |
| INFIDELITY | A member of the World Chess Federation left it why I heard for cheating (10) |
| UPTON | Who was the mental conditioning coach for D. Gukesh when he won the World Chess Championship in 2024? (5) |
| PADDY | Who was the mental coach for D. Gukesh when he won the World Chess Championship last year? (5) |
| BORISSPASSKY | Who did Bobby Fischer beat to win the World Chess Championship in 1972? (5,7) |
| IAN | Nepomniachtchi who lost the World Chess Championship in April |
| CARLSEN | Last name of the world chess champion Gukesh faced in Zagreb Rapids on 03 Jul 2025. (7) |
