Daniel Ford International (U.K) presents a historic chess match between Guinness World Record holder, Tunde Onakoya, and Nigerian chess Prodigy, Deborah Quickpen, to raise awareness for chess. The Nigerian chess…
Ogunsiku Babatunde
The Africa Games, a continental multi-sport event held every four years, stands as a testament to the vibrant diversity and competitive spirit within the African continent. As one of the…
Three (3) years, it has been, since the Orchid-Lekki Chess Club (OLCC) received the rights to host the Nigeria National Chess Championships, and what a job they have done. From…
According to former world chess champion, Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, ‘Chess is Everything: art, science and sport’. – Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov To understand this statement, is to understand what guides the…
Africa, land of the brave and strong, land of the mighty men/women of valor, land of the past and future, a land filled with so much opportunities for development and…
Penned by Fasinu Tolulope. The Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), under the leadership of DIG (Rtd.) Sani U. Mohammed, mni. worked jointly with the FIDE Chess in Education Commission, to host…
All around the globe (in chess tournaments), tripods with smartphones attached to tables are starting to appear. This is idChess, an innovative product that allows you to broadcast chess games…
The chess event at the National Sports Festival, Delta 2022, started with a few hiccups. Venue was changed on the eve of the tournament, while arbiters also had issues among…
Prestigious and Important. These are the two words that exemplify the National Sports Festival (at least as far as chess is concerned). The National Sports Festival is an avenue to…
In the last decade, several young kids have come through the ranks and built a name for themselves in the Chess Industry. However, almost none has come close to the…