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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…

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…

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…

I met Susan at the Batumi Chess Olympiad in 2018. She had just been elected as president of the Malawi Chess Association, CHESSAM. She had grit and said her mind,…

Ukotupenga. An African Proverb It is about two weeks to go before the start of the FIDE World Cup and the FIDE Women’s World Cup. What was meant to be…

Only last week, was the major sports festival concluded in Nigeria, with chess standing as a key sport at the festival. Chess players assembled from across the country to represent…

Many in Nigeria are aware of the lack of over-the-board (OTB) chess tournaments in the country. Along with the boom of Online Chess, which has taken the world by storm…

Last year, we started a series of articles, which are billed to tell the story of each Federation’s setup.
Today, we take a trip down to the Gabonese Chess Federation, where the president, Monsieur Bongo Akanga Ndjila, Barthelemy, talks to us about his federation, their past, the last Olympiad, and their plans for the future.

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…