In the heart of Kubwa, a bustling district in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, a boy was born to the Nyuima family. Migrants from Benue State, the Nyuimas had moved to…
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Chess enthusiasts across Nigeria were treated to an unforgettable display of skill, determination, and resilience as new national chess champions emerged at the 2024 Nigeria National Chess Championship. The highly…
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…
The Africa Individual Chess Championships (AICC), Lagos 2022, was flagged off by the chairman of the Local Organizing Committee, Prince Adeyinka Adewole. A grand opening ceremony, which had the President…
With less than a month to the Africa Individual Chess Championships (Open & Women sections), preparations by the Nigeria Chess Federation are ripe, with the federation president, DIG (Rtd) Sani…
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BrainiacChess: The Home of Junior Super Chess!
From the stables of the BrainiacChess enterprise, comes the tournament that exemplifies professionalism in its truest form. A few junior chess players under the age of twenty (20) have been…
With the success of the Arab-Africa Online Individual Open Chess Championships (#AAOIOCC) 2021, the closing ceremony was an avenue for the FIDE President, Arkady Dvorkovic to show his support for the initiative and the partnership between the Arab Chess Federation and the African Chess Confederation.
The brilliance of the partnership between the Arab Chess Federation and the African Chess Confederation is seen in the Final. As expected, it was a final to remember. Men from…
Expected fireworks at the Arab-Africa Online Individual Open Chess Championship 2021! The semifinal (Male) and final (Female) of the Arab-Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021 produced an amazing evening of…
