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...

Reflections on Veselin Topalov by Dr Lyndon Bouah

I recently completed the book Veselin Topalov ' Selected games of the ex-World Chess Champion' by Sarhan Guliev (Russian chess house, 2017)....

Reflections on Western Cape Club Champs by Dr Lyndon Bouah

Last weekend 7-9 December 2018 I was awakened by the waves of the Indian Ocean in Stilbaai. Eden Chess Union was hosting the 2018...

The Fathers Day Weskus Mall Rapid Chess Tournament 2019

On Saturday 15 June 2019 the West coast Chess union held the fathers day Weskus mall tournament in the Weskus mall Vredenburg.

Reflections on the WP League 2017 by Dr Lyndon Bouah

Minister Anroux Marais with MRL Chess Club at R4 of the Premier Division

Reflections: Eden lecture by Dr Lyndon Bouah

On Wednesday 12 September 2018 Candidate Masters Perrson Abrantes and Lyndon Bouah presented a lecture at the George Sports Club in George. Mr. Pietie...

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