Olympiad

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 33rd Chess Olympiad was hosted in 1998 by the Russian city of Elista, Kalmykia. Today, we celebrate a gold medal performance from that event by none other than Nigerian…

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.

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…

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…

There is a lovely road that runs from green Zomba City up to the flat top of Zomba mountain. When you reach the top of this mountain, which is called…

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…

Simbarashe Murimi is one of Zimbabwe’s longest serving Arbiters. Born on the 23rd of April 1977, Murimi had his primary education at Fungisai Primary school from 1983 -1989, and then…

The dramatic manner in which he has qualified for the 2018 Batumi World Chess Olympiad, makes Prince Daniel Mulenga the happiest person in Zambia. Mulenga’s dreams of qualifying for Georgia…

The giant of Africa only has one tournament currently registered as a classical rated event within the shores of Nigeria, with others likely to come in as the year runs…