2019 Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz – Recap Day 1
Day 1 RecapThe first leg of 2019 Grand Chess Tour kicked off in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire today. After three rounds of rapid,...
IM Balogun Oluwafemi and WFM Ogbiyoyo Perpetual Eloho are 2021 Nigeria Chess Champions
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The John Fawole Chess Awards
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The Man Who Lives And Breathe Chess: Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion.
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A New Era in the History of Chess Technology: Tesla Launches the First Ever...
Technology has indeed gone beyond
what anyone could have imagined. A glance into the history of chess, you would
realize that the idea of...
Breaking News: The John Fawole Chess Awards to hold 1st November 2019!
The John Fawole Chess award is a Prestigious National Chess Award presented to Nigerian chess players both home and abroad. The key...
The John Fawole Chess Awards: Date and Venue for 2020 Awards Announced.
We are excited to announce that The John Fawole Chess Awards will be held virtually on the 12th day of December 2020.
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The African Individual Chess championship was held in Lagos, Nigeria, on the 17th of September, 2022. Nigeria chess icon Aikhoje Odion would have marked over...
The John Fawole Chess Awards: See who made the cut
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