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GM Ahmed Adly has won the Open Section at the maiden edition of the Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021. With this win, he stands to walk away with the…

Day 3 tournament leaders Fy, Sabrina, and Marcio Filipe were all defenestrated to be replaced by new faces at the top on Day 4 of the ongoing AOICC 2021! The…

Youth player Beghriche Rami Tedjeddine has been officially withdrawn from further participation in the ongoing AIOCC 2021 with immediate effect! The player has been flagged by the organizers as possibly…

Madagascar’s FM Fy Rakotomaharo takes sole lead going into the 4th day of proceedings at the Africa Online Chess Championship 2021 with an unbeaten 5 points, just half a point ahead of the ultra strong GM Ahmed Adly of Egypt. Behind them on shared third spot is the scary trio of Africa’s number one, GM Amin Bassem, Ugandan FM Harold Wanyama and Mozambique’s Donaldo Paiva.

In Day 2 of the AIOCC 2021 a Namib desert spear was thrown at the heart of the Eastern star and dimmed his shine! This tournament is proving to be every bit as eventful as it promised to be from the get go! All sections are producing gems and if you mine hard enough you will definitely reap exotic minerals. Welcome to the recap of Rounds 3 and 4 of the maiden Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021!

It was a shaky but stable start to the maiden edition of the AIOCC 2021 but overall an interesting event nonetheless. With 140 registered participants from all around Africa, not all managed to show up for their games.

The mThe maiden edition of the Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021 will commence today Monday February 1st 2021. This is a welcome event form many African players who are rearing to play an somewhat elite event since many over the board activities are suspended due to the raging pandemic and enforced lockdowns by the various governments. aiden

“NOW IT’S ME AND MY TIME, IT’S JUST ME IN MY PRIME.” ~Onika Tanya Maraj An on-form and marauding CM Thuso Mosutha was on the loose during the Botswana Metropolitan…

50 years ago the very first game of chess played between a person firmly grounded on earth and another floating in outer space was played. It happened between cosmonauts Andrian…

Cosmos Chipepo takes a look at chess during the COVID-19 pandemic and how players have adapted. How are you enjoying your chess during these unprecedented times?