World News
Reflections 1 on the National Club Championships by Dr Lyndon Bouah
On
Saturday 23 September 2017 the last National Club Championship kicked off in
Cape Town. At the opening ceremony Advocate Maxwell Solomon was called...
Tournament News
Chess in Africa
EDUCATIONAL CHESS vs. SPORT CHESS
Two different kinds of chess? Yes and no! The chessmen, their moves and the rules of the game are the same but...
World Chess News
Evgeny Shtembuliak and Polina Shuvalova are FIDE World Junior Chess Champions
FIDE World Junior Championship U20 is concluded in New Delhi, India. The event brought together the strongest teenagers from all around the...
- Advertisement -
Instagram: @hamgadng
Website: www.hamgad.com
Instagram: @hamgadng
Website: www.hamgad.com
Most popular
Reflections on the Beauty of the SA Closed 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
One of the aspects that I enjoy about chess is the mystery associated with ideas, tactical brilliancies...
FIDE Announces Online Olympiad 2020
The International Chess Federation is pleased to announce a new major competition: the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020, to be held between July...
Abuja Number One Blitz Chess Showpiece: Yinalanah Humphrey Triumphs
Pureheart Irikefe reports from Abuja, Nigeria
In Abuja, Nigeria, several chess players of varied strength have accorded themselves the...
Chess Grandmaster Pal Benko Dies at 91
Pal Benko, standing with folded arms, at a 1959 match in Slovenia between Bobby Fischer, right, and Paul Keres. The others in...
Sport news
“It Comes as a Shock That People Suddenly See You as the Veteran” Vishy...
Former world champion and legend of the game GM Vishy Anand speaks to David Cox about competing with the elite at the age of...
Online Chess Taking Advantage Of Opportunity To Grow During Coronavirus Pandemic
Fabiano Caruana was in a bit of a hurry. The top-rated American chess player and No. 2 player in the world wanted to...
Edo 2020: Chess Event Update by Fasinu Tolulope
The 20th National Sports festival's ground has been busy with activities of different sports, the opening ceremony will take place tomorrow, Tuesday,...
Reflections on Cape Town Chess Club by Dr Lyndon Bouah
Cape Town Chess Club is celebrating its 135th year of existence this year on 19 March 2020. I was the keynote speaker...
FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021: World’s First Bitcoin Chess Tournament Starts May 23RD
The World's first bitcoin chess tournament: FTX Crypto Chess Cup 2021 starts this week. The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour delivers a world first...
Trending
The 2019 European Senior Team Chess Championship kicks off in Croatia
European Senior Team Chess Championship
2019 kicked off in Mali Losinj, Croatia. The event will stretch over 11 days
(17th-27th September 2019). A short...
Watch now
3 Basic Opening Strategy Principles | Chess
03:02
Hikaru Nakamura vs Garry Kasparov - St Louis Blitz 2017
13:51
13 - Top 12 Chess Principles | Chess
16:39
Bobby Fischer's 21-move brilliancy
19:42
Chess-Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov, leader of team!
02:55
Karpov beaten by a 13-yr-old Magnus Carlsen
02:10
FM Balogun Femi in a lost position against IM Olape Bunmi
02:54
Sports Tonight: Chess Development In Nigeria
10:27
8-year-old Homeless Refugee Tani Wins New York State Championship
14:11
LATEST ARTICLES
Latest article
Reflections on a busy chess month
I have just arrived home after playing in the DSK Rapid championships! I ended joint second but third on tiebreak! Well done...
The Death Of A Centenarian
Just three months after the world celebrated the oldest grandmaster, YURI Avarbakh, at 100year, the only existing player from the 1953 Zurich...
KARJAKIN; Ban Appeal Dismissed
Today, on the 6th of May 2022, the appeal chamber of the FIDE ethics and Disciplinary Commission announced its decision to throw...