Chess Age and Performance
The chess game requires severe critical thinking, Analysis, and a colossal memory portion of the brain.
The brain, and...
Bayelsa State Governor, His Excellency—Douye Diri Awards scholarship to Africa U-10 Chess Champion Deborah...
The Bayelsa State Governor, His Excellency—Douye Diri Awards scholarship to African U-10 Chess Champion—Deborah Quickpen; Designate her Youth Ambassador for Education.
#MyChessStory: CM Sikhanyiso Persivaal Sihlongonyane writes from Eswatini
My name is Sikhanyiso Persivaal Sihlongonyane—The current National Chess Champion of Estwani. My Chess story goes as follows:
I...
Ile-Ife—RRCC Olojo Festival Rapid Chess Tournament: Chess, Culture, and Tradition.
The Olojo Festival is a festival popularly celebrated in Ile- Ife by the Ooni of Ife and his subjects across Yoruba land....
Report: 2021 African Youth Chess Championship in Accra, Ghana
The 2021 African Youth Chess Championship took place at the Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel, in Accra, Ghana, from 17th to...
Breaking NEWS! DIG (Rtd) Sani Mohammed MNI, Prince Adeyinka Adewole, others constitute new board...
DIG (Rtd) Sani Mohammed, MNI, returns to the Nigeria Chess Federation as President on...
Waris John Muftau: the 12-year-old underprivileged boy who wants to become an engineer and...
Many of us are familiar with the phrase: "Talent is universal, but opportunity is not"—the term coined by Rye Barcott in his...
Five (5) Beneficial Resources For Chess Coaches and Instructors
I have wanted to write about ten (10) chess resources for chess coaches, and instructors for a while now. Most times, as...
2nd Danhypro Invitational Chess Tournament; Events so far
Continuing on her mission to develop Junior chess in Nigeria, the Danhypro Chess Academy kicked off her second edition of the DANHYPRO...
Up Close and Personal with Tris-Ann Richards
The president of the St Lucia chess federation TRIS-ANN Richards was interviewed by Adesewa Oyewole for a BruvsChess Media series “Up, Close...
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Wadim Rosenstein Didn’t Just Announce a Chess Event. He Made the World Look.
Most chess events come and go quietly with a flyer, a post and a few shares. The usual crowd sees it. There...
An End of an Era as Dasaolu Olurotimi Steps Back from National Friends of...
For many years, Dashe has been one of the familiar names in Nigerian chess organization. Through Friends of Chess, and later National Friends of Chess, he built a platform that gave players across different parts of Nigeria the chance to compete. Now, with NFOC 2026 titled An End of an Era, he is stepping away from that role.
Nigerian Chess Community Mourns the Loss of Sandif Samson, Rising Star from Gombe State
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.
