Raia Rooks Chess Club Hosts Ex CPAN President Prince Adeyinka Adewole to Simultaneous Exhibition
CHESS SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION held on SATURDAY, Oct 31st 2020 organized by Raia Rooks Chess Club (RRCC) for the birthday Celebration of Ex...
Bayelsa Chess News
A brief report on Saturday 31st of October, 2020 blitz weekend reporting from Yenagoa.
A total of 30 participants...
Olarovfan wins the Nigerian Veteran Qualifiers with a round to spare!
With an unsurprising 11 wins and a draw which included six consecutive wins, the ever solid Olarovfan, FM Adegboyega Adebayo aka Dabee...
FM Abimbola Osunfuyi sweeps Bayelsa State Chess Association Tournament
Visitor upsets home players as 14year old Kere Alagoa shines ahead of several masters.
The Bayelsa State chess association celebrated...
Chess News From Bayelsa
A thick line separates the boys from the men as dominant top 6 players in the state ranking show class.
The Olojo Festival Rapid Chess Tournament 2020, Presented by RRCC
The Olojo Festival in the ancient town of Ile-Ife Osun State Nigeria was another season of celebrating the Yoruba culture. It is...
Chess Beyond Borders With Babatunde Onakoya
Babatunde Onakoya, the founder of Chess in Slums becomes the very first African to speak on the Mechanics Institute Chess Socials. In...
Great News! Chesskid is Partnering with Chess in Slums
We are excited to announce that Chesskid is partnering with Chess in slums.
Chess in Slums teaches chess to children without access...
OFFICIAL LAUNCH: QUEEN VEE’S CHESS ACADEMY YOLA
QUEEN VEE’S CHESS ACADEMY YOLA
Motto: stir up child’s intelligence
Introduction
For...
Chess News From Bayelsa
Inimo! Now unstoppable on the 64 squares.
It is no news these days as chess now becomes a...
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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.
