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Reflections 4 on the Chess Western Province League by Dr Lyndon...
August is
traditionally dedicated to women's activities with the crescendo reaching its
culmination normally at various women's day events normally around the weekend
of August....
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Chess G.O.A.T. Tantrums and Disputed World Championships
Four days ago, Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen faced controversy at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York due...
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FIDE and Chess.com Announce Online Nations Cup Team Competition
The International Chess Federation and Chess.com announce the Online Nations Cup, a team competition held May 5-10, 2020. Six teams are due...
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We Don’t Actually Want to Be Happy
Chess helps answer the perennial human question, “What should I do next?”
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Three Things to Consider Before you Let Your Child Play Chess Online
The school closures forced by COVID-19 have parents and students searching for ways to make the best of their time indoors. Here,...
Maxime Lagarde and Pauline Guichard are the 2019 French Champions
The 2019 French Chess Championship took place in Chartres, near Paris. The French Chess Federation treats this competition as its flagship event, hosting 10 simultaneous...
Reflections on the Lecture of Grandmaster Levon Aronian by Dr Lyndon Bouah
On the 10th of January 2020 I attended a Masterclass presented by Grandmaster Levon Aronian. The event was held in the lovely...
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Edo 2020 Chess Event Update: Round Four
The fourth round was expected to be long, brain cracking, and action-packed but it seemed these only applied to just the 1st...
World Chess Federation Releases Official Statement Regarding the Cheating Allegation Made Against Igor Rausis
Few days ago, there was an allegation made against Latvian-Czech Grand Master, Igors Rausis for cheating during a chess game. An official...
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 Lecture of Grandmaster Levon Aronian by Dr Lyndon Bouah
On the 10th of January 2020 I attended a Masterclass presented by Grandmaster Levon Aronian. The event was held in the lovely...
Okeke, Okemakinde, Suleiman, Onoja are winners at DanhyPro U-20 Chess Tour Abuja Edition
One thing that we learned from the Danhypro U-20 Chess Tournament is that many of the Nigerian juniors are quite strong players...
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Fischer Wins 1957 New Jersey Open
The 1957 New Jersey Open was where one of Bobby Fischer’s 60 Memorable Games was played...his game against James T. Sherwin. There were 81 players....
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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.
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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.
