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Alexander Grischuk wins FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg
Alexander Grischuk is the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix in Hamburg. The 36-year-old Russian grandmaster decided the tiebreak of the finals against Jan-Krzysztof Duda...
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To Succeed in Chess, Start with WHY
Very often I am asked: “How to keep concentration?”, “How to have more energy?”, “How to overcome blunders or painful defeats?” or...
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Chess prodigy and Nigeria Chess Champion—Deborah Quickpen to face off with...
Prepare for a battle of minds as Tunde Onakoya, Founder of Chess In Slums Africa (CISA), takes on Deborah Quickpen, Nigeria's chess...
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Croatian GM Nenad Sulava Pass Away at Age 56
Croatian GM Nenad Sulava passed away on September 5 following a terminal illness at the age of 56. Nenad was born on...
2019 FIDE World Cup: First and Third Places to be determined Today on Tiebreaks
The fourth games of the Final and the 3rd
place match of the FIDE World Cup were played on October 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk....
CHESS REPORT NOVEMBER 2019: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS & NATIONAL TEAM SELECTION
The 2019 edition of the South African National Police Chess Championships took place in Kimberley from 22 to 31 October 2019....
Carlsen is closer to retaining the world championship title for the fifth time
With one point away, GM Magnus Carlsen is closer to retaining his world chess championship title for the fifth time.
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Come let us dream
Come let us dream. What is the
perfect tournament experience? A well lit, air cooled to just the right degree
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The Abuja Chess Congress 2018
The Abuja Chess Congress 2018: The thrills, the training and the tournament!
It was the last day of 2018...
Michael Adams and Jovanka Houska are the 2019 British Chess Champions!
The 2019 British
Chess Championships started on the 26th July and came to an end on the 4th
August 2019. The winners for this...
Workshop for International Arbiters Finishes in Sochi
А Workshop for International Arbiters, the fourth event in the FIDE & CFR Pilot Project for Training and Certification of the International...
“We are Ensuring the Safe Return of Players to Their Homes”: Arkady Dvorkovich
Following the announcement of the government of the Russian Federation about suspending all flights to and from the country as of March...
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15-Year-Old Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin Signs the Biggest Sponsorship Deal Since...
Nihal Sarin is a 15-year-old Indian Chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2610. He is the youngest player currently and the...
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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.
Nigerian Chess Community Mourns the Loss of Sandif Samson, Rising Star from Gombe State
The Nigerian chess community mourns the loss of Sandif Samson, a FIDE-registered chess player from Gombe State who tragically lost his life in a road accident while on his way to write his Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A student leader, competitor, and rising talent gone too soon.
