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For lovers of chess, Deborah Quickpen is the rave of the moment, an exciting young player who has been dubbed the new chess Queen.

Chess player Hamed Wafa, 15, clinched the Under-20 African Chess Championship in Mauritania with a score of 7.5 points, 1.5 points ahead of second-placed Tarik Hallal from Algeria. With the victory, Wafa also gained the title of International Master (IM), according to the Egyptian Chess Federation. IM is the second-highest title in the chess world

WOMAN Fide Master (WFM) Lorita Mwango has kept alive her dream to be Zambia’s first ever Woman Grandmaster (WGM) owing to her performance at the on – going Africa Individual Chess Championship. Mwango’s unbeaten run has seen her jointly lead the table with four other players who are also on four points. After playing five rounds, Mwango has managed three wins and two stalemates, her latest being on Sunday afternoon when she held Egyptian WGM Shahenda Wafa. Mwango started the event on fire wining her first three games before recording two consecutive stalemates. In Round One, she proved ...

€29.90 Arab-African Online Individual Chess Championship 2021 Recently we have reported on the Africa Online Individual Championship https://en.chessbase.com/post/africa-online-individual-chess-championship-2021  Now, a title African-Arab Online Individual Championship might sound slightly confusing. Such a Championship indeed took place from 25th to 27th February, 2021. It was a brain child of the President of the Arab Chess Federation, Mr Saud bin Abdul Aziz Al Mualla who was also Head of the Championship’s Organising Committee. On his initiative, prompted by the curren...

€29.90 In the times of the pandemic, the OTB (over the board) competitions are sorely missed, however, the opportunity to play online has its advantages as well. While playing face-to-face is a unique experience, playing from home can spare time and finances for travel and accommodation. Thus, many more players can participate in tournaments who otherwise may have been prevented. But, there is another hurdle to overcome – you need a computer and a reliable internet connection and you have to get familiar with the rules and peculiarities of online chess, such as the possibi...