The most intense chess events are the ones where 2 contestants are pitted against each other for a limited number of games under the full glare of the media. Last week saw such action with the bad boy of Kenyan …
On the evening of Friday 20th September, players trickled into Galleria Shopping Mall’s Food Court for a grueling nine rounds of battle. This time they were ready to command their troops to a 64 black and white square battle ground …
GM Timur Gareyev aka “Blindfold King” paid an impromptu visit to Nairobi last week. LGM Brian Kidula and I managed to meet up with him at his Nairobi hotel for a chat. Meeting the ebullient Timur was fascinating for both of us. …
The event runs over the weekend of 24th & 25th November 2018. It will feature an Open Section and Junior Section. The Open Section will be FIDE rated and will have a time control of 60 minutes plus 30 seconds. …