Innovative online course provider, Blue Frontier Path is hosting an over-the-board (OTB) chess tournament this coming weekend 16-07-2022. LAUNCHING CHESS Tournament will be held at the Fleisherei Bistro restaurant in …
FIDE announced the creation of the Athletes Commission in May, 2020. The commission was meant to be a total of fifteen (15) members, with ten (10) elected members and another …
Young chess players (male and female) in three (3) age categories have been invited to participate in the 2022 World Youth Chess Championships. The age categories include players under the …
Togo National Rapid and Blitz Open Chess Championship
Togo, a French-speaking West African nation, could also be called the palm nation, judging by the amount of palm trees in its villages and beaches. Togo shares borders Benin Republic, …
The Fide Elections: Fumey’s Presidential Campaign Flame Fumes Out!
The date for the submission of candidature has passed, four (4) European tickets scaled through, while only the ticket of Fumey Enyonam Sewa (Noel) was rendered void. This was because …
Noel Enyonam Fumey Declares Intention to Run FIDE as President!
It is long overdue for an African to take the lead of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), which is the world governing body for chess. Since the creation of FIDE …
Four (4) years ago, the fairest and most interesting Africa Chess Confederation (ACC) elections were held in Batumi, Georgia. Three candidates were going for the position of leadership during the …
A few of the zonal chess championships have come and gone, with champions emerging from various African zones (zone 4.1, zone 4.2, and zone 4.5). Owing to the fact that …
GM Nigel Short is the winner of the GM/IM norm section of the Moja Chess Extravaganza 2022! The event was…
“Parodi, in turn, also failed to convert the still relatively complicated position and after queen exchanges on move 35 it went into rigors mortis.
The players continued to flog the dead horse position, with the occasional involuntary twitches, until an astounding 113 moves were played! No doubt GM Short thought his opponent would inadvertently make a fatal mistake but Parodi was up to the task…