Your Sunday wrap up of latest chess news around the continent: New rising star in Nigeria: vanguardngr/2014/03/chess-moulding-little-iyefu-grand-master/ Kasparov Chess Foundation sponsors tournament in Gambia: thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/waca-president-looks-forward-to-more-chess-competitions-in-gambia More on Gambia...their recently crowned National Champion: thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/ebrima-bah-wins-gambia-national-open-chess-championship We have the Kawuma chess family in Uganda, the Magana chess family in Kenya...now meet the Njobvu chess family in Botswana: thevoicebw/2014/03/07/another-chess-family-set-to-emerge/ Of course, you cannot rely on Chess Kenya to give you updates on behind the scenes moves...but here is an update from TZ press on the migingo-styled match between Kenya and Tanzania: ippmedia/frontend/index.php?l=66052 The Scramble for Africa heads to Togo and Cameroon: thechessdrum.net/blog/2014/02/26/ilyumzhinov-in-togo-and-cameroon/ More on Kirsan in Cameroon: allafrica/stories/201402250854.html An example of how chess is rising in the Cape province in South Africa: groundup.org.za/content/gugulethu-chess-rising Somalia will be at the Olympiad?! Well, I cant speak or read somali but be assured that chess in somalia is alive and very active. Just take a look at the website of the Somali chess federation: somchess.net/
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 05:34:53 +0000
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