Following Pakistan’s successful participation in the Freedom Asian Chess Initiatives (FACI) 2025, applications have now officially opened for the FACI Project 2026, offering renewed opportunities for ...

Lagos, Nigeria – There was a glint in Tunde Onakoya’s eyes that concealed the chess prodigy’s exhaustion as he made it to the 60-hour mark – breaking the world record for the longest marathon chess ...

Eight months into the year, the strength of Guyana’s player-development invisible programme was in evidence during the Forbes Burnham Memorial Chess Tournament. We saw Anthony Drayton, Taffin Khan and ...

It marks the date of the establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in 1924. The United Nations recognizes that sports, the arts, and physical activity have the power to ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on the ...

Usually the preserve of the country’s elite schools, the sport has transformed the lives of students from poor families in a small rural town While the international chess community reels from a major ...