Tag: Chess
No more Draws in Chess – FIDE
For more than 150 years, the rules of chess have served their purpose well, the last major rule change in…
Why chess, scrabble should be adopted in schools – Educationist
An educationist, Mr David Olawale, has suggested the adoption of chess and scrabble in the education system to boost the…
Chess: Good for mental fitness
Ginah Ginah, a Chess player and Port Harcourt based businessman, on Tuesday said that the game is good for brain…
Chess federation to introduce chess to 12,000 school children
Licon Adeyemi, President, Nigeria Chess Federation (NCF), says the federation plans to introduce 12,000 school children to the game in…
Osunfuyi wins Pro-chess Championship
Osunfuyi wins Pro-chess Championship One of the emerging stars in Nigerian chess scene, Abimbola Osunfuyi, was the hero of the…
Ugandan slum girl turns chess champ
Phiona Mutesi stumbled upon chess as a famished nine-year-old foraging for food in the sprawling and impoverished slums of the…
US teenager plots world chess domination
Samuel Sevian may only be 13, but the American chess prodigy is in a hurry. He wants to become the…
5 Nigerian chess players offered scholarship to Russian varsity
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Russian President, World Chess Federation (FIDE) has offered to sponsor five Nigerians every year to study chess…
Foreign Stars Storm Lagos For Chess Classics
Grand and International Masters from Belarus, Romania, Egypt and Uganda have confirmed their participating in the Lagos International Chess Classics…