“Concentrate! Playing Chess is an Essential Life Lesson” by Jonathan Rowson
Jonathan Rowson is a former Scottish chess grandmaster, and three-time Scottish Chess Champion and was No. 1 ranked Scottish player as of...
Why Play Chess?
In mid 17th century Japan, Miyamoto Musashi, the invincible Samurai warrior, wrote Go Rin No Sho, A Book of Five Rings, a...
Happy Holidays! We are closing for the Year!
Hello to all our
readers out there and to the great lovers of chess. Christmas is here again and a few weeks from...
Can Chess Make you a Better Lawyer?
Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much...
I Might Never Have Become a Chess Grandmaster if I’d Stuck to Women-Only Tournaments-...
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and was the highest-ranking female player until her retirement in 2014. Below is her...
You have to be obsessed to succeed: Viswanathan Anand
The five-time world champion talks about his life experiences, the lessons he learnt about leadership from chess, and his forthcoming biography, Mind...
We Don’t Actually Want to Be Happy
Chess helps answer the perennial human question, “What should I do next?”
You may have already figured out...
Lagos! We Are Ready: 3 Days to go to The John Fawole Chess Awards!
The John Fawole Chess Award is a Prestigious National Chess Award presented to Nigerian chess players both home and abroad. The key...
Rewarding Excellence Since 2016: The John Fawole Chess Awards
Report by the panel of judges of #TheJohnFawoleChessAwards2016
Compliments of the season to us all.
This...
‘Queen of chess’ says it’s hard to imagine women competing at same level as...
The gender gap in sport may be narrowing, but in the game of chess women may never reach the levels of their...
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Tersee Nyuima Ferdinand, 17, Makes History as Nigeria’s Youngest National Chess Champion
History has just been made as 17-year-old Tersee Nyuima Ferdinand becomes the youngest-ever Nigerian National Chess Champion!
Coach Eluekezi Phoenix Chkwuwikeh...
Simplification vs. Calculation: Lessons from Two Winning Chess Scenarios
Yesterday, I had two funny moments in one of my games that gave me some food for thought. I had the black...
45th Chess Olympiad Round 4: Ukraine Upsets USA, Vietnam Defeats Uzbekistan
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
The fourth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest delivered excitement as Ukraine stunned the...