A former Shropshire student has just won one of television’s biggest chess competitions - here’s how she did it.

Thalia Holmes, formerly a pupil at Haberdashers’ Adams School in Newport and former member of Newport Chess Club, took home ...

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The final match, between Thalia and Richie, was a tense one - and the 20-year-old told the Shropshire Star she wasn’t too confident she would win. Thalia has won BBC Two's Chess Masters.