Carlsen draws first blood in Round 6 with a historic 136 moves win
The long awaited win at the world chess championship between the defending champion Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the sixth game...
2021 Nigeria Chess Champion—IM Balogun Oluwafemi gives his thoughts about the ongoing World Chess...
The ongoing world chess championship entered the fourth game today with the expected draw result as Magnus Carlsen played with the white...
World Chess Championship Round 3: Draw again, Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi undertook doping test
You may have noticed that Ian Nepomniachtchi may have played the world chess championship under a not Russian...
Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi —Another Draw in Round 2 of the World Chess Championship
After a topsy turvy middlegame, Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi played to a 58-move draw.
The second game of the...
World Chess Championship: Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi made peace in Round 1
Two million dollars for a fierce battle like the World Chess Championship between GM Magnus Carlsen, who happens to be the current...
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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.
