Kenya Championship: Njoroge and Mongeli clinch titles
The Kenya National Chess Championship 2021 ended yesterday at Luke hotel, Nairobi. The nine-round Swiss tournaments (open and ladies sections) were played over five days from December 26-30 and attracted 211 players. In open section saw a dramatic finale as the defending champion Mehul Gohil faced off against Martin Njoroge in a two-game tiebreaker of 15minutes each. Both contenders […]
Vachier-Lagrave and Assaubayeva are the new world blitz champions
In the tiebreak blitz shootout, the Frenchman defeated local superstar Jan-Krzysztof Duda with 2:1. In the women’s event, Bibisara Assaubayeva – the 17-year-old prodigy from Kazakhstan – spectacularly won the Women’s World Blitz Chess Championship, securing the title with a round to spare The open section of the World Blitz Chess Championship ended in a tiebreak […]