Gukesh Dommaraju emerges as the Youngest Winner in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament
As the FIDE Candidates chess tournament in Toronto ends, Gukesh Dommaraju, at just 17 years old, makes history by becoming the youngest...
Fawole Visits Tunde Onakoya During the Guinness World Record Quest at Times Square, New...
Fawole John Oyeyemi, a 2x Nigeria Chess Champion and FIDE Certified Chess In Education Lecturer, donated his widow's mite and also showed...
Tunde Onakoya Breaks World Record in 60-Hour Chess Marathon
Tunde Onakoya has wonderfully marked a groundbreaking achievement by surpassing the previous world record for the longest chess marathon (56 hours,...
Day 2 of the Guinness World Record Attempt: Nigerian Chess Master Tunde Onakoya Gains...
The Nigerian chess prodigy, and Founder of Chess in Slums, Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has gathered overwhelming support as he continues on his...
Guiness World Record for Longest Marathon Chess: Day 1 with Tunde Onakoya
Nigerian chess player Tunde Onakoya has begun his extraordinary journey - attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess...
The John Fawole Chess Awards 2024
The John Fawole Chess Awards 2024 Edition is set to take place on August 23rd, 2024, at the prestigious Chevron Club in...
Reflections by Dr. Lyndon Bouah: Highlights from the 2024 SA Closed Chess Championship and...
The SA Closed Chess Championship, a prestigious event held at the Newlands Cricket Ground ended on the 2nd of April, 2024. Dr....
Legacy of Champions: Reflections on the SA Closed Chess Championships by Dr. Lyndon Bouah
The SA Closed Championship brings together past, present, and future champions, with IM Daniel Cawdery as the defending SA Open and SA...
Celebrating Excellence: Reflections on the SA Closed Chess Championships
The South African Closed Chess Championships have seen remarkable developments in recent years, notably with the introduction of the Over Fifty section...
FIDE Extends Support: Distributes €15,000 Among Six Chess Veterans
FIDE, the international governing body for chess, recently announced a significant move to support veteran chess players, coaches, promoters, and arbiters. Among...
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The 2026 African Women’s Chess Championship: A New Chapter Unfolds in Botswana
The 2026 African Individual Chess Championships Women’s Section is underway in Jwaneng, Botswana, bringing together 44 players from across the continent for...
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.
