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List of Key Decisions of the Executive Board at Abu Dhabi...
List of Key Decisions of the Executive Board at Abu Dhabi Congress
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Something From Nothing? Magnus Carlsen & Norwegian Chess
Magnus Carlsen has dominated chess rating lists, tournament victories and headlines for a good decade now, so most of his story has...
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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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David Paravyan wins Gibraltar Masters 2020
One of the best open competitions in the world, the Gibraltar International Chess Festival took place in the Caleta Hotel January 22-30....
Magnus Carlsen on Forbes “30 under 30” list
The renowned American business magazine "Forbes" is famous for its lists and rankings. Recently, the magazine released its "30 under 30" list,...
Deborah Quickpen: The Rising Star Shaking Up African Individual Chess
WIM Jesse February who has been on a streak of six classical games lost her impressive streak yesterday to 12-year-old Deborah Ebimobo-Ere,...
Ile-Ife—RRCC Olojo Festival Rapid Chess Tournament: Chess, Culture, and Tradition.
The Olojo Festival is a festival popularly celebrated in Ile- Ife by the Ooni of Ife and his subjects across Yoruba land....
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Olarovfan wins the Nigerian Veteran Qualifiers with a round to spare!
With an unsurprising 11 wins and a draw which included six consecutive wins, the ever solid Olarovfan, FM Adegboyega Adebayo aka Dabee...
Siblings Bhushita and Bhavik Teach 200+ underprivileged Kids chess Online
While the global pandemic has brought everything around the world to a halt, these siblings, Bhushita and Bhavik Ahuja have decided to...
A Post-Mortem of the 2020 Candidates Tournament
Controversial from the start, the 2020 Candidates Tournament promised to be like no other when GM Teimour Radjabov was unceremoniously removed from...
18-Year-Old Milanto Harifidy Ralison becomes Madagascar Newest International Master
At the 7th International Francophone Chess Meetings that have just ended in Paris, the young 18-year-old Madagascar player Milanto Harifidy RALISON finished...
Junior Chess continues to flourish in Nigeria as Brainiac Chess delivers yet another world...
The year 2021 has been an exciting one for juniors in Nigeria. In the last 9 months, I...
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#MyChessStory: CM Sikhanyiso Persivaal Sihlongonyane writes from Eswatini
My name is Sikhanyiso Persivaal Sihlongonyane—The current National Chess Champion of Estwani. My Chess story goes as follows:
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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...
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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.
