Posted in Africa, Scholastic, South Africa, Tournaments on Jan 16th, 2009 No Comments »
2008 African Junior Championship Chess Association of South Africa pulled out all stops to make the 2008 African Junior Championships a memorable festival. Looking at the large collection of photos, it would appear that they succeeded in making the event memorable. One thing that did not change is the dominance of South African girls and [...]
Posted in Africa, South Africa, Tournaments on Jul 19th, 2008 5 Comments »
IM Watu Kobese at 2008 South Africa Open Photo by Gauteng North Chess Union. The “African Lion” IM Watu Kobese won the South African Open with a staggering 9.5/11 (+8). At one stage he had eight wins in a row and was only cooled by a draw to IM Thomas Rendle. IM Kenny Solomon came [...]
Posted in Africa, Olympiad, South Africa on Apr 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
GM Simen Agdestein (Norway) vs. IM Watu Kobese (South Africa)at the 2008 Waterkloof Open. The South African Olympiad team has chosen their Men’s and Women’s teams and IM Kenny Solomon will lead a delegation of ten players to Dresden, Germany. The men’s team will include South African champion, 18-year old Henry Steel. IM Watu Kobese [...]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, South Africa on Jan 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Mark Levitt of South Africa sent me a message about chesscube.com, an all-purpose chess website that includes gaming, news, blogs, forum and other features. He states, I wanted to highlight www.ChessCube.com, a chess initiative started in Cape Town, South Africa. ChessCube is a free playing site, with a strong social aspect to it. ChessCube has [...]
Posted in Africa, South Africa on Jul 29th, 2007 19 Comments »
Comments: The African Top 20 presents an interesting perspective of the continent’s chess masters. The list shows four Grandmasters, there are in fact five. GM Slim Bouaziz (2338) of Tunisia, does not make the top 20 club due to his low fide rating. Also GM is WGM Tuduetso Sabure of Botswana can be mentioned. [...]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Opinion/Editorials, South Africa on Jul 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
Kenny Solomon on the move at the 2007 South African Open. Photo courtesy of Chessa.com. International Master Kenny Solomon is currently in Algiers, Algeria trying to bring home a medal from the 9th All-Africa Games. Prior to the trip, he won the 2007 South African Open for the 4th time and is now challenging friend International Master [...]
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