The John Fawole Chess Awards: See who made the cut
The John Fawole Chess Awards was hosted on Twitter Spaces on the 22nd of October 2022 at 5:00 PM WAT. The program...
Nigeria Chess icon Aikhoje Odion receives Gold medal after two decades
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...
2022 African Individual Chess Championship- Round six report
Fresh out of rest day, the sixth round of the 2022 African Individual Chess Championship saw chess players come out gun blazing,...
Ongoing in Nigeria: 2022 African Individual Chess Championship
The Strongest and biggest continental chess tournament in Africa finally finds its way to Nigeria! With twenty-one (21) countries, Four (4) Grandmasters,...
Olympiad Reflections 2022 by Dr. Lyndon Bouah – India (4)
Today South Africa played Sweden in the Open section. I smiled because there was a time in my life when I spent...
Reflections by Dr. L Bouah: Introduction to India (3)
INTRODUCTIONI have decided to review our participation at the Chess Olympics as 2022 celebrates 30 years since we are back in the...
Reflections by Dr. L Bouah: Introduction to India (2)
According to the FIDE website India has 74 grandmasters with former world champion Vishy Anand the highest rated at 2786 followed GM...
Olympiad Reflections : Introduction to India (1)
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India, officially the Republic of India,...
Reflections on a busy chess month
I have just arrived home after playing in the DSK Rapid championships! I ended joint second but third on tiebreak! Well done...
Chess Kenya is ready for the 2022 Chess Olympiad in Chennai
Chess Kenya has finalized the list of National team players for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, following the final...
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