Skip to main content
Member Benefits banner

Illustration by Hanna Barczyk

Take a break, play with letters and numbers, and stretch your grey cells. Come back every day to play a new game.

An image depicting the numbered rows and columns of an example crossword puzzle

December 29, 2021

Daily Cryptic Crossword

A graphic of three squares, each depicting digits placed randomly in a 3x3 sudoku puzzle grid

The Daily Sudoku

An image in black and white of the numbered rows and columns of an example crossword puzzle

The Daily Universal Crossword

Print and play: crosswords from The Globe print edition

Chess

Canada’s first chess prodigy and grandmaster still commands international respect
Canada’s top chess player has many accomplishments, but also some regrets
Texas university offers full scholarship to teenage Canadian chess star
Business executive credits chess for honing his analytical skills
Magnus Carlsen battles Ian Nepomniachtchi for title