Back in 2004, when he arrived from India to start a new job in Kenya, Satish Deshpande probably had two things on his mind: a good career for himself and…
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There was a moment, not too long ago, where Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik changed his style of chess. The usually quiet and positional Kramnik suddenly turned tactical and was sacrificing his…
I Remember one time, during a kids chess tournament, one of my chess pupils ran to me, tapped me on the shoulder, looked at me and with grief written all…
Lorita – The Making of a Chess Goddess
As she stepped up the podium to receive her Silver medal at the 2019 Africa Games in Morocco, with the audience standing up for her in ovation, she simply looked…
I know of a few chess players that like talking about their preparations and how they are geared to win a tournament. Actually I like such kind of people. It’s…
Eswatini is one great country with unique activities. If you are a girl and pretty, your destiny is almost as good as set. The last remaining monarch in Africa may…
Tough Part 2 of the first round of the Chess World cup ended in 3 African fates namely: lose on aggregate and you pack and go, win on aggregate and…
“World Cup, we have been there but now we need to move an inch forward”. Amidst the heart-beats OF the African players at the Chess World Cup one can almost…
In one of the games of the epic 1997 match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue Computer, under pressure, in some position, Garry Kasparov was left with 2 options: either…
There is nothing cooler than being in the company of people that read. Last weekend as I went selling my book “The Chess Injection” to famous Malawian Chess sponsor (now…