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Indy 12,437 (Mog) has a chess theme: 27,28 and seven other across clues.

Indy 12,443 (Umpire):

Command doctor to check king's file before operation's conclusion (5)

Not a stellar clue but I enjoy the "king's file" part.

Guardian 30,118 (Boatman) seems to have a chess theme.

Indeed and quite subtly woven. Rather clever I thought.

I noted that the first three letters of 18d could have been clued thematically ;-)

Good point, jono! I missed that when solving.
This was an outstanding puzzle on the (not so unusual) theme. Perhaps published because the Chess Olympiad is about halfway through.
Many thanks to Boatman. I particularly liked the 3-letter "dance".

You’ll see on 225 I had a little exchange with Boatman re the Tal reference… me @5 and then @45-47.

I agree, the “dance” clue was also my favourite.

Here's a spectacular win by Wei Yi from the recent Olympiad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFyoROLP_pU

Wei Yi's "immortal game" from 2015 also featured a quiet move.

https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/wei-yis-quiet-move-immortal-top-10-of-the-2010s-wei-yi-vs-bruzon-2015

The combinations with quiet moves remind me of Albin Planinc*, an enigmatic lesser-known player who authored many masterpieces.

For instance https://www.chess.com/article/view/careful-planinc

*and of course Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 1958, which is often eulogized
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/nezhmetdinovs-most-beautiful-chess-game-best-of-the-50s-polugaevsky-vs-nezhmetdinov

Thanks, geeker. Brilliant chess.