An Inspiring Story of Rani Hamid, the 74 Year Old Legendary Chess Figure
At every point in our lives, we all have that period where we feel low and want to quit a tournament. A...
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Day 2 Recap
Magnus Carlsen has no intention of slowing his pace in this tournament and repeated his dominant...
Hikaru Nakamura, the newly crowned 2019 US Chess Champion
Hikaru Nakamura @gmhikaru is the newly crowned 2019 US Chess Champion.
Nakamura is US Chess Champion for the fifth...
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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.
