Daniel Ford International (U.K) presents a historic chess match between Guinness World Record holder, Tunde Onakoya, and Nigerian chess Prodigy, Deborah Quickpen, to raise awareness for chess. The Nigerian chess…
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The Africa Games, a continental multi-sport event held every four years, stands as a testament to the vibrant diversity and competitive spirit within the African continent. As one of the…
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…
Penned by Fasinu Tolulope. The Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), under the leadership of DIG (Rtd.) Sani U. Mohammed, mni. worked jointly with the FIDE Chess in Education Commission, to host…
In the last decade, several young kids have come through the ranks and built a name for themselves in the Chess Industry. However, almost none has come close to 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…
Furtherance to the first six (6) rounds, the players had the opportunity to relax and socialize via the Bermuda party, where everyone at the party had lots of fun, because…
The Chess Olympiad has always been the crown jewel of all chess tournaments. Not just because it hosts over one hundred and fifty (150) countries, but also because it is…
