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Nigeria swept the podium at the first world chess championship held on African soil

Nigeria did not just win the first world chess championship staged in Africa. Its players finished first, second and third — and the...

ByAfro RookOctober 10, 2026
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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...

ByAfro RookOctober 10, 2026
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