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African Chess History
The history of chess in Africa: early clubs, pioneering players, and the record of the game on the continent.
African Chess History
The 1998 Elista Olympiad: the day Nigeria won chess gold
Odion Aikhoje’s 6½/8 on board two made Nigeria’s 1998 Elista story a landmark: an individual Olympiad gold that still shapes the country’s chess...
African Chess History
Chess in Africa Before the Modern Era: What the Record Shows
Chess reached Africa through the medieval Islamic world, but the surviving record is uneven. Here is what the evidence supports—and what it does...
