Chess Western Province League 2019 Reflections 2 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 2019
Chess Western Province league kicked off on Saturday 27 July 2019 at a jam
packed Proteaville Recreation Centre in Bellville South. The...
Reflections 3 on African Individual Championship by Dr Lyndon Bouah
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The Chess
Western Province Chess league in a few days. I am very excited about this
because it will give me a chance to...
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Many of you
would have watched the movie Gladiator starring Russel Crowe. In the movie the
Roman emperor stages a mock battle involving slaves...
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Western Cape hosted a series of chess events over the last three weeks. The
Elsies River Open was hosted by Elsies River chess...
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The Kraaifontein Chess Club was founded in April 2016 with the objective
establishing a broad-based community chess development...
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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
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course of the last century many masters and grandmasters have visited South
Africa. Invariably these players participate in a simultaneous display in...
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