Reflections on GM Kenny Solomon by Dr Lyndon Bouah
In November 2019 Grandmaster Kenny Solomon followed a long tradition of holding a chess lecture when he paid a private visit to...
Reflections on Match Day 9 of the SA Closed 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 9th round can safely be characterised as a bloodbath. Pieces were flying all over the place and some positional niceties...
Reflections on Match Day 7 and 8 of the SA Closed 2019 by Dr...
We have now
passed the halfway mark of the 11 round event and it is now time to stack stock
of the leaderboard.
Reflections on match Day (6 ) of the SA Closed 2019 (4) by Dr...
The sixth round
was completed tonight and what a day. Action packed, pulsating chess all round
and it is clear that the players...
Reflections on Match Day Five ( 5) of the SA Closed 2019 by Dr...
The women's
section is a tightly fought contest with a number of players in with a chance.
There are a number of experienced...
Reflections on the SA Closed 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The first
SA Closed Chess Championships was held in Burg street, Cape Town in 1892 and
was played at the now present-day Food...
Reflections on Match Day Three (3) of the 2019 SA Closed by Dr Lyndon...
The event is being held at Curro, Curbanville. The date is 9 December 2019.
Ken Whyld
released a book entitled...
Reflections on Match Day Two SA Closed 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 2019
edition of the SA Closed is in full flow. The Closed is a special event as a
player strives throughout his...
Reflections on Day 1 of the SA Closed 2019 by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The event that is currently being contested at Curro high school in Durbanville, Cape Town will also decide the participants at the...
Reflections on Western Cape Club Championships by Dr Lyndon Bouah
The 2019
Western Cape Club Championships was held at the Caledon Spa and Casino complex
over the weekend of 25-27 October 2019. Caledon is...
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