Ahmed Adly and Jesse February win African Chess Championship
The Egyptian Chess Players dominated the 2021 African Individual Chess Championship, taking four top places in the open section. The event was held from May 17-28, 2021 in Lilongwe (Malawi). The last championship took place in 2019 before the pandemic. The defending champion, GM Ahmed Adly retained his title in fierce competition with his compatriots. He scored […]
“The Queens’ Festival”: Connecting Women in Chess
The Global Women’s Online Chess Challenge “The Queens’ Festival”, a series of continental and global women’s online chess tournaments and educative side events, will start on June 11, 2021. The festival organized by the FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess in cooperation with the FIDE Events Commission and with the support of the Asian Chess Federation, African […]
Round 6: Valentina’s vultures
Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) and Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) are the co-leaders going into the rest day of the Gibraltar leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix which took place at the Caleta Hotel on 27 May 2021. Zhansaya and Mariya drew their game to move to 4½ out of 6, and are followed by Kateryna Lagno (RUS) on 4. The round […]