Rachel Reeves' Chess Championship Claim Challenged
Update: 2025-12-04
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Political Chess Match: Rachel Reeves Chess Championship Claims Under ScrutinyIn this weeks episode, a political controversy erupts as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch challenges Labours Rachel Reeves claim of being the British girls under-fourteen chess champion in 1993. The dispute intensifies when Alex Edmans, a former junior chess champion, confirms that Emily Howard, not Reeves, was the actual champion. Despite a Treasury insider dismissing the story, the debate over Reeves chess prowess continues, leaving the political arena in a stalemate.
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