Kenya’s Journey at the 2024 Chess Olympiad: A Story of Resilience and Determination
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
The 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, has been nothing short of an adventure for Team...
Chess Olympiad Round 3: African Chess Giants Continue to Shine at the 45th Chess...
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
Victories and Impressive Performances:
Egypt made a fantastic comeback by defeating Lebanon 3-1...
African teams continue to make a remarkable impact at the 45th Chess Olympiad in...
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
Kenya delivered an outstanding performance with a commanding 4-0 victory over Burkina Faso. Similarly, Mozambique was...
Chess Olympiad: FM Abimbola Osunfuyi appeals to the Hungarian Ministry of Tourism to reconsider...
Abimbola Ayotomiwa Osunfuyi, a FIDE Master from Nigeria and a Nigeria national chess team member, is currently in...
Hungary Unjustly Denies Nigerian Chess Team Visas: A Disheartening Blow!
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
This write-up is based on the account of Prince Adeyinka Adewole, Vice...
African Teams Shine in Opening Round of 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Zimbabwe, and Angola won in the opening round of the 45th Chess...
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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...
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.
