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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.