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Every two years, South Africa witnesses an exciting battle of wits and strategy in the prestigious South African Closed Chess Championship. This...
Steinitz Chess Club Annual Award Ceremony 2022
On 10 December 2022, Steinitz Chess Club hosted its annual awards ceremony in Kraaifontein. Allow me to...
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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)
Map of India
INDIA
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...
Launch of Book 3 Reflections on Chess in the Rainbow Nation 2019 Volume 3
I hereby announce the exciting news that Dr Lyndon Bouah will be launching his next book on Saturday...
Tribute to Rodney Williams Book Launch
The book launch of the Book : Reflections on Chess in the Rainbow Nation Volume 4Tribute to Rodney Williams By Dr Lyndon...
In Loving Memory of Edwin Wyngaard
Tribute to Mr Edwin Wyngaard
I first met Edwin in 1991 when I entered UWC as a young man...
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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.
