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Chess player with renewed energy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

white

'chess player' is the definition.
(one of the two players in a game of chess)

'with renewed energy' is the wordplay.
'renewed' indicates an anagram.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'with' is an anagram of 'whit'.
'whit'+'e'='WHITE'

(Other definitions for white that I've seen before include "Pallid" , "wine" , "Snow-coloured" , "- Christmas, famous song" , "Neutral colour" .)

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