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All stood still as unstoppable Inimo makes a statement over the board on Saturday the 10th of October, 2020 as he hits...
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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...
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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...
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The Upcoming 2024 African Individual Chess Championship, Accra, Ghana.
The African Chess Confederation announces its upcoming event hosted by Ghana Chess Association, inviting all African Chess Federations affiliated with FIDE to...
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...
Learn Endgame Strategies from Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard
Have you wanted to improve your endgame technique and learn from the best? Here's your chance!
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Port Harcourt Monthly Rapid Chess Tournament March Edition 2021: FM Abimbola Osunfuyi On a...
FM Abimbola Osunfuyi Wins for the 3rd time in a row at the Port Harcourt Monthly Rapid Chess Tournament March Edition...
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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Buys Chess Online platform, Chessable.com
When you are a great chess player and you combine it with business, you are not only a world chess champion, you...
What’s Wrong With the Elo System?
Want to know an expert statistical opinion about which FIDE-strength players you should avoid facing? The Elo system is supposed to be...
Round 9 of the Women’s Grand Prix: Humpy Koneru Takes the Lead from Ju...
Humpy Koneru wins her fourth game in a row and takes the lead at Skolkovo Women’s Grand Prix after the previous leader...
The Match Against Aleksandra was the Toughest I Have Ever Played: Ju Wenjun
One would describe the match between the Chinese Grandmaster Ju Wenjun and the Russian Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina as the clash of the...
African Teams Shine in Opening Round of 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest
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Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and Angola won in the opening round of the 45th Chess...
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March 2022 Cape Town Rapid Open at Claremont Chess Club
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I played my first event for 2022. It was the Cape Town Rapid Open with 10 minutes...
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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.
