Players

Profiles, interviews and career coverage of Nigerian, African and diaspora players, from first-rated beginners to titled contenders.

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Title Watch

Nigeria has never had a grandmaster. Here is exactly what it takes

The target is two years. The requirement is 2500 and three norms. Between those two sentences sits the whole story of Nigerian chess...

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Women in Chess

Judit Polgar: the woman who beat the world’s best men

Judit Polgar broke through chess’s old boundaries, becoming its strongest woman player and defeating 11 current or former world champions.