Chess Stars Shine Bright at Bonny Island: Denyefa, Ekunke, and Iyefu Lead the Way
FM Denyefa Callistus Eyetonghan, Erhurhu Akpovire John, and Onoja Joy Iyefu Shine at the 1st RA Club National Chess Tournament 2024 Rapid,...
Rising Star Deborah Quickpen Debuts at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
In an inspiring turn of events at the Chess Olympiad, Nigeria’s chess prodigy, 12-year-old Deborah Quickpen,...
Chess Olympiad: FM Abimbola Osunfuyi appeals to the Hungarian Ministry of Tourism to reconsider...
Abimbola Ayotomiwa Osunfuyi, a FIDE Master from Nigeria and a Nigeria national chess team member, is currently in...
Hungary Unjustly Denies Nigerian Chess Team Visas: A Disheartening Blow!
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
This write-up is based on the account of Prince Adeyinka Adewole, Vice...
Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and others miss the first round at the 45th Chess Olympiad!
Olawale Oyeleye Reports
The 45th Chess Olympiad has officially begun with a grand opening ceremony at Budapest's Dr. Jeno...
Rising Stars: Chizoba Treasure Nzeako Leads the Charge at the 2024 Nigeria National Chess...
The 2024 Nigeria National Chess Championship Qualifiers (Women) served as a crucial event in Nigerian chess, aimed at selecting players to participate...
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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.
