A Political Prisoner, Hermann Rautenberg who Made Chess Set from Paper in Buchenwald Camp...
On an old fishing boat, posing as a group of innocent boating enthusiasts, Herman Rautenberg from Berlin met with other youths involved...
Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) Launches New Website
In order to promote visibility and awareness, the Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF) has created a new website: www.ncf.com.ng. From reviews and assessment of the...
The Match Against Aleksandra was the Toughest I Have Ever Played: Ju Wenjun
One would describe the match between the Chinese Grandmaster Ju Wenjun and the Russian Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina as the clash of the...
FIDE Publishes the Regulations of the 1st World Chess Paralympiad 2020.
FIDE is happy to announce that the 1st World Chess Paralympiad 2020 will take place from July 28th till August 5th 2020...
‘You Need to be Very Fortunate to be No 1 in Fantasy Football’…Magnus Carlsen
We have not gotten over Magnus Carlsen being number one in fantasy football. This exclusive interview gives you an insight on how...
“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...
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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.
