Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Nigeria on Feb 17th, 2020 No Comments »
One of the biggest viral chess stories of 2019 is about to be released in book form. The story was miraculous in itself. A royal family left Nigeria seeking political asylum and ending up in a homeless shelter. They stayed in the shelter for two years during which Kayode Adewumi took on a job as […]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, The Chess Drum, Uganda on Feb 16th, 2020 No Comments »
Nikita Pearl Waligwa who played as Gloria in the Disney movie, “Queen of Katwe” has died. The Ugandan media has reported the death The 15-year old who gained international acclaim for her role in the movie. The cause of death given was a recurrent brain tumor. Nikita was first diagnosed in 2016, but was given […]
Posted in Africa, Ethiopia, Media Stories, The Chess Drum on Feb 16th, 2020 1 Comment »
Dr. Daniel Shawul Abdi is currently a staff Research Scientist II at CIRES/NOAA in Monterey, California. There have been many famous pioneering computer scientists, but there is one you probably don’t know. Daniel Shawul Abdi is an Ethiopian computer scientist and civil engineer who has become a noted author of the DanChess program and its […]
Posted in Africa, South Africa, The Chess Drum on Jan 18th, 2020 No Comments »
Levon Aronian sharing wisdom prior toSouth Africa Junior Chess ChampionshipsPhoto by Tendai Mubayiwa Africa is starting off the year with hopes of capitalizing off of the momentum generated from last year’s progress. Last year an elite contingent of chess Grandmasters visited Africa as part of the historic Grand Chess Tour in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. This […]
Posted in Africa, Liberia, Media Stories, Tournaments on Jan 13th, 2020 No Comments »
Left to Right: Former Champions James Stephen Tondo III and FM Barcon Harmon with Thomas Saah wearing his championship medal. Photo by Mario Kpan. Kenya Chess Masala has just reported on the Liberian National Championship ending this past weekend in Buchanan City, Liberia. The winner of the championship was Thomas Saah, who in his impassioned […]
Posted in Africa, Kenya, The Chess Drum, Tournaments on Dec 21st, 2019 2 Comments »
Mehul Gohil is a bit of a chess renaissance man. He is fully vested in the game and seems to enjoy every minute. Lately, his history in the game has taken a leap after he won the 2019 Kenya National Championships. This would not be so surprising, but what is surprising is that along with […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Drum Majors, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Madagascar, Media Stories, Nigeria, The Chess Drum, Togo, Tournaments on Nov 3rd, 2019 1 Comment »
The 2019 African Junior Championship was an exciting event with the results very much in doubt until the last round. In general, the tournament is usually dominated by a singular talent, but in this year’s event, the top-seeds had to hold off the competition until the very end. WFM Luiza Pires (Angola) and GM Adham […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Togo, Tournaments on Nov 1st, 2019 2 Comments »
FM Massinas Djabri winning over the front runner makes things more interesting. Photo by Babatunde Ogunsiku (African Chess Media) Accra, Ghana has just gotten a bit hotter from the excitement of the penultimate round. The Open Section is undecided as the frontrunner Fy Rakotomaharo (2428) was beaten by Algerian FIDE Master Massinas Djabri (2134) in […]
Posted in Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Media Stories, The Chess Drum on Oct 25th, 2019 1 Comment »
Today, seven youths from the Ivory Coast will trek to neighboring country of Ghana to compete in the 2019 African Junior Championships. The past several years have seen the Ivory Coast take substantial steps toward relevancy in the chess world. At the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, the Ivorian delegation make an impression with […]
Posted in Africa, Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Libya, Madagascar, Nigeria, The Chess Drum, Togo, Tournaments on Oct 23rd, 2019 23 Comments »
Africa rounds out the year showcasing its young talent as the African Junior Championship opens on October 25th. The hotbed of draughts (10×10 checkers) on continent, West Africa is one of the regions looking to increase its profile in chess. Ghana has had a very active 2015 hosting the subzonal championships in April and attracting […]
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