Cote d’Ivoire

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…

2018 was the year of exceptional chess events in Africa, but none more so than the Cote D’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz tournament, which played host to some of the very…

In the later parts of 2013, the fourth zone in Africa was created as the Zone 4.4, and this ensure Africa was broken into 4 different zones of chess playing…

As the players and officials arrived Cote D’Ivoire, they felt this was going to be another tournament that would come and go, another tournament they would just play for the…

The final day of the CIV Rapid and Blitz Invitational saw some interesting turn of events as IM David Silva produced a brilliant performance on the final day to climb…

The strength of a player is best evidenced by the number of events he shows brilliance and earns victory in. And so is the way at the CIV Rapid and…

In a tournament that has seemingly shown the weakness of some and the strength of others, the third day of the CIV Invitational Rapid and Blitz tournament saw the best…

The 24th of July saw ten players from the African continent converge at Hotel Tiama in Ivory Coast, for what has been billed as one of the biggest tournaments in…

The ChessZealot Randy Douglas gives us an interesting perspective on the upcoming Cote d’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz Invitational which will feature the cream of African Chess!

Over the past four (4) years, the Africa Chess Confederation has been under the leadership of Mr Lewis Ncube, and with another election coming up in about five (5) months…