Reflections on Winter Chess by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The
Western Cape hosted a series of chess events over the last three weeks. The
Elsies River Open was hosted by Elsies River chess...
Reflections on African Individual Championship by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The African Individual Championship started in Hammermet, Tunisia. The event is an important one because a number of qualifiers will go on...
KRAAIFONTEIN CHESS CLUB
Background information
The Kraaifontein Chess Club was founded in April 2016 with the objective
establishing a broad-based community chess development...
Reflections on Singapore by Dr Lyndon Bouah
In November
2018 I had the opportunity to visit Singapore. I was excited to visit this
country again as I had previously visited in...
Reflections on Simuls in South Africa by Dr Lyndon Bouah
Over the
course of the last century many masters and grandmasters have visited South
Africa. Invariably these players participate in a simultaneous display in...
Reflections on Prize Money by Dr Lyndon Bouah
I subscribe
to the Time Magazine which is a very influential global magazine. In the 2 July
2018 edition the magazine ran an article...
Reflections on Mr Ignatius Leong by Dr Lyndon Bouah
In November
2018 I visited Singapore. I was initially there for work purposes and stayed on
for a few extra days. The Carlsen Caruana...
Reflections on Mossel Bay Open 2018
The
annual Mossel Bay Sports & Recreation Festival kicked off on 15 September
2018 until 14 October 2018 and as...
Reflections Final from Georgia with love by Dr Lyndon Bouah
We have been back for a while now and it is time to conclude the Georgia Olympiad report. I shall divide my...
Reflections and Greetings from Dakar, Senegal by Dr Bouah
I greet you
my friends and family from Dakar, Senegal where I addressed a conference called
Sports Africa. My topics were about school and...
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