The Multimillion Naira Prized Junior Chess Tournament continues in Asaba, Delta State

The DanhyPro Chess Tour is a multimillion naira prized chess tournament for junior players across Nigeria

Bayelsa Chess News

All stood still as unstoppable Inimo makes a statement over the board on Saturday the 10th of October, 2020 as he hits...

Reflections 4 on SA Club Championships 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah

We have arrived on the final day of the competition. It will be intense today because the top teams are all playing...

KRAAIFONTEIN CHESS CLUB

Background information The Kraaifontein Chess Club was founded in April 2016 with the objective establishing a broad-based community chess development...

FIDE World Cup Updates: Nigerian Chess Community is Proud of IM Daniel Anwuli

In the tenth edition of FIDE World Cup 2019 being held at Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, Nigerian Chess player IM Daniel Anwuli played...

IBADAN: BLAZING KINGS GAMES CLUB POWERS CHESS EVENT AT THE CHOC PARTY 2020

On Boxing Day, Blazing Kings Games Club Powers Chess Event at the Choc Party 2020 at Agodi Gardens, Ibadan, Oyo state.

Breaking News: FIDE grant slot to Malawi’s Mwale Joseph to Play at the 2021...

The FIDE World cup is slated to begin from July 10, 2021 then come to an end by August 8, 2021.

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...

CM Skhanyiso Persivaal, Temahlubi Dlamini Queen are Eswatini 2020/2021 National Chess Champions

The National Chess Championship which was supposed to be played in December last year in Manzini was postponed to April this year...

Tunde Onakoya, the Founder of the “Chess in Slums” Initiative Shares Amazing Story

Tunde Onakoya, the founder of the "Chess in slums" initiative in Nigeria, shared this amazing story on Twitter:⠀"It all started about two...

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The 2026 African Women’s Chess Championship: A New Chapter Unfolds in Botswana

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.

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.