Archive for July 11th, 2015

2015 Millionaire Chess Satellite (Johannesburg, S. Africa)

Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Millionaire Chess, South Africa, Suriname, Tournaments on Jul 11th, 2015 16 Comments »

The field for the Tsogo Sun Millionaire Satellite has just been boosted by the inclusion of GM Kenny Solomon who confirmed his participation yesterday morning. There are now only 4 days to go to the start of the third and final Satellite event tournament and players who still wish to participate are asked to register […]

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Kobese publishes Xhosa chess book!

Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Media Stories, Scholastic, South Africa, Videos on Jul 11th, 2015 2 Comments »

IM Watu Kobese with “Masidlale Uthimba”. Photo by Mariska Morris. Chess has now been written in yet another language… the language of Xhosa. Author IM Watu Kobese has made chess available in this language again showing the game’s universality. It will aid in reaching the rural areas of South Africa. The first time I heard […]

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