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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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IM Kelvin Chumfwa Triumphs at the Zone 4.5 Chess Championship 2024
In the bustling heart of Lusaka, Zambia, chess players from across the African Zone 4.5 gathered for the Zone 4.5 Chess Championship...
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Reflections 1 on 2020 Steinitz Club Championship by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 2020 edition of the Steinitz Club Championship started on Thursday 13 February 2020. Headlining on board one was birthday man Craig...
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The 2025 Nigeria National Chess Championship deepens as Masters and U2000 bring new fire to the battle
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The 2025 Nigeria National Chess Championship entered a fresh and intriguing phase...
IM Gwaze and WIM Caxita Emerge as Winners of the 2024 Bank Windhoek Namibian...
The 2024 Bank Windhoek Namibian Chess Open recently concluded with Zimbabwean Robert Gwaze and Angola’s Esperanca Caxita taking the top honors. The...
12 Lessons on Business Strategy From the Game of Chess
Are you a chess player? Well, not a lot of people are. Therefore, if your answer is no, you really need to...
You have to be obsessed to succeed: Viswanathan Anand
The five-time world champion talks about his life experiences, the lessons he learnt about leadership from chess, and his forthcoming biography, Mind...
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“I Am Going to Make Sure I’m Ready When Candidates Starts Again”: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made an entry into the Candidates chess tournament as a wildcard but proved his mettle as he was in...
The Olojo Festival Rapid Chess Tournament 2020, Presented by RRCC
The Olojo Festival in the ancient town of Ile-Ife Osun State Nigeria was another season of celebrating the Yoruba culture. It is...
Reflections on GM Khalifman by Dr Lyndon Bouah
I have been
fascinated with chess since about 1987. In this time we were witness to the
great struggles between the two K's. Grandmasters...
Learn Chess Online With The Armenian Virtual College chess program
The Armenian Virtual College chess courses are starting in July. All
courses were developed with the Chess Academy of Armenia and, sponsored by...
I Might Never Have Become a Chess Grandmaster if I’d Stuck to Women-Only Tournaments-...
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and was the highest-ranking female player until her retirement in 2014. Below is her...
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The Man Who Lives And Breathe Chess: Magnus Carlsen, World Chess...
The World Chess Championship (WCC) is played every year to determine the World’s best chess player. Over the years, there have been many great...
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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...
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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.
