On 30 April 2021, the most prestigious tournament on Namibia’s chess calendar, the 2021 Namibia Chess Championships (Closed) got underway at the classy Windhoek Country Club Resort and Casino and…
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Africa Chess Greats: The Time Slovenia Bled
We are starting a new series here at Africa Chess Media. We will celebrate great past performances by Africans. For the first edition, we walk through the period when a…
Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021- Day 5: Adly and Amina are the Champions
GM Ahmed Adly has won the Open Section at the maiden edition of the Africa Online Individual Chess Championship 2021. With this win, he stands to walk away with the…
The question on the lips of any 20th century chess player after this article would be “Is Robert Gwaze Back?” But my question back to them would be “Did chess…
The long awaited 2018 Botswana Junior Chess Championships, finally took place in the city of Gaborone in Botswana. The tournament was a result of many months of careful preparation, which…
The referee blew the final whistle. I stood in the terraces of Kamuzu Stadium in disbelief. The Brave Warriors of Namibia had beaten us at our own backyard for the…
Composed By: President Israel Shilongo On cold Monday evenings, unity in chess comes into play in the central part of one of the least populated nations in the world. Namibia…
Co-Written by: Victor Chimbamu Born in the capital city of Windhoek, Namibia, on the 17th day of January 2003, Dante Matthew Beukes has developed and evolved over the years to…
Online Chess VS Over-The-Board Chess: The Chess Apocalypse?
One time, a certain student was asked if he was working at translating his social media popularity into real life, he answered: “Social media is real, I don’t have to.…
Amazing African Chess Achievements
Chess is relatively new on the continent of Africa as compared to the other continents around the globe. Did you know? That the first Africa Chess Championship has only been…
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