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From June 10 to 16, the city of London will host the third edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team...
Chess G.O.A.T. Tantrums and Disputed World Championships
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Two-Time Nigeria Chess Champ: Perpetual Ogbiyoyo to Play Simul at 2nd Annual Int’l Chess...
The 2nd Annual International Chess Day, featuring a chess festival that connects communities and countries through the universal language of chess. is...
Grand Chess Battle Begins: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 Starts Off in Toronto
The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 commenced in Toronto with great excitement, as the prestigious event made its debut in North America. The...
Unity in Chess: New York Community Bands Together for The Gift of Chess
A determined group of chess enthusiasts embarked on a remarkable journey through the bustling streets of New York City on the 16th...
African Chess Championship 2024: Nigeria’s Representatives (Peace Sampson and Kigigha Bomo Lovet) Wins Two...
The 13th African Games, an 'every-four-years' multisport event, recently kicked off, demonstrating the colorful variety and competitive drive within the African continent....
Nigeria’s Women Whose Impacts are Unforgettable at the Chess Olympiads
Updated on June 8, 2024
In international chess, Nigeria's women have left an unforgettable mark at the Chess Olympiads,...
Queens’ Online Chess Festival 2024: A Global Gathering of Women Chess Enthusiasts
FIDE Commission for Women's Chess organised the 4th edition of the upcoming event , "Queens' Online Chess Festival", and according to...
SOUTHWEST NATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT- A PLEASANT WELCOMING
The hall was filled with colorful decorations and serenity, of course, with the beautiful 200+ faces all dressed in the customized Tees provided by the organizers.
Report: 2021 African Youth Chess Championship in Accra, Ghana
The 2021 African Youth Chess Championship took place at the Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel, in Accra, Ghana, from 17th to...
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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.
