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The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Invitational Chess...
The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021 Invitational Chess Tournament holds on the 6th of April at 9 am...
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Upcoming Chess Tournament 2024: The Namibia Chess Federation (NCF)
The Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) warmly invites all chess players, whether local or international, with or without titles, rated or unrated, Chess...
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As we draw closer to another weekend of speed chess, who can beat the masters of the heart-gripping blitz.
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No Castling Chess – interview with Anand and Kramnik
As part of the Sparkassen Chess in Dortmund, Viswanathan Anand will play the first match in chess without castling in the duel of...
Guiness World Record for Longest Marathon Chess: Day 1 with Tunde Onakoya
Nigerian chess player Tunde Onakoya has begun his extraordinary journey - attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess...
Reflections on Western Cape Club Championships by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 2019
Western Cape Club Championships was held at the Caledon Spa and Casino complex
over the weekend of 25-27 October 2019. Caledon is...
Reflections on the Western Cape Closed 2021 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The Western Cape Closed Chess Championship took place in March 2021. The event took place in Stellenbosch and a number of players...
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SOUTHWEST NATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT- A PLEASANT WELCOMING
The hall was filled with colorful decorations and serenity, of course, with the beautiful 200+ faces all dressed in the customized Tees provided by the organizers.
GM Raunak Sadhwani Wins the First-Ever No-Castling Chess Tournament
Vladimir Kramnik suggested the idea of No-Castling chess a couple of months ago. All the rules of chess remain the same, just that both...
IM Aikhoje Odion, Adeyemi Debola, Soliu Hassan triumphs at Rumble In The Jungle Rapid...
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE RAPIDS CHESS TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY BAMBOO TOWERS AND THE CHESS LEAGUE IBADAN
The much-anticipated...
Presidential Board in Budapest: Key decisions
List of the main decisions taken at the 2019 Third Quarter
Presidential Board meeting in Budapest (7-8 September):
1)...
Kampala Joins the Celebration for FIDE’s 95th Anniversary
Uganda Chess Federation (UCF)
an affiliate of the International
Chess Federation and African
Chess Confederation (ACC)
celebrated 95 years of FIDE existence on 20th and 21st July 2019. Powered by
FIDE's financial...
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Raia Rooks Chess Club Presents the 2019 Olojo Festival Rapid Chess...
Apart from being an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria, Ile- Ife holds so many histories and origin of the Yoruba culture...
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The 2026 African Women’s Chess Championship: A New Chapter Unfolds in Botswana
The 2026 African Individual Chess Championships Women’s Section is underway in Jwaneng, Botswana, bringing together 44 players from across the continent for...
Wadim Rosenstein Didn’t Just Announce a Chess Event. He Made the World Look.
Most chess events come and go quietly with a flyer, a post and a few shares. The usual crowd sees it. There...
An End of an Era as Dasaolu Olurotimi Steps Back from National Friends of...
For many years, Dashe has been one of the familiar names in Nigerian chess organization. Through Friends of Chess, and later National Friends of Chess, he built a platform that gave players across different parts of Nigeria the chance to compete. Now, with NFOC 2026 titled An End of an Era, he is stepping away from that role.
