GHANA’S CHESS TEAM HEADS FOR KENYA
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GHANA’S CHESS TEAM HEADS FOR KENYA

Ghana Chess Team heads to Kenya to participate in the Africa Schools Individual Championships.

2021 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Qualifiers)
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2021 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (Qualifiers)

The National Chess Championship, commonly referred to as Nationals in the chess community, is an annual chess tournament that sees the participation of the nation’s finest players. These players battle it out for the title of National champion as well as a spot on the National Men and Women’s Chess Teams. The defending champions for…

Tears and Laughter
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Tears and Laughter

It was a very emotional opening day filled with mixed feelings as some players exited the playing arena with broad smiles while others met their coaches in tears. These emotional times show us just how passionate these young ones are about the lovely game.  #AYCC2021 #ghanachess #africanchess                                                                          Article by Der Schwarze Konig

Mawuli The Wonder Boy
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Mawuli The Wonder Boy

Ghana’s rising star, Mawuli Richardson (1473) of the Knightmare Chess Club, Tema caused a major upset in the second round of the ongoing African Youth Chess Championships as he beat Egypt’s Wafa Hamed (2024) in an amazing game despite the enormous rating gap between them ending the day with a perfect score of 2/2 and racking up an amazing 36.80 rating points to place second in the U14…

Isaac Okeke: Perfect first day
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Isaac Okeke: Perfect first day

Number 1 seed for the U18 category: Nigeria’s Isaac Okeke shows strong mental fortitude as he wins his tiring first game against Le Roux Emile (RSA) after 73 moves and goes on to beat his second opponent Mcligeyo Robert (KEN) in another equally exciting game to finish the first day with a perfect performance 0f 2/2.  #AYCC2021 #ghanachess #africanchess                                                                           Article by Der Schwarze Konig

The Black Stars shine
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The Black Stars shine

The Ghanaian U12 squad made Team Ghana proud as they put up a phenomenal performance in both rounds with 3 of them (Samuel Pierrebourg, Amoako Philip Selikem Yao, and Prasanna Lokesh Chandankhede) finish with a 100 percent win rate to place first, second and third respectively, at the end of the first day.                                                                           Article by Der Schwarze

AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: PRESS RELEASE
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AFRICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS: PRESS RELEASE

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National Youth Online Chess Championships 2021

The National Youth Chess Championship is an annual event where the youth in the age categories of Under 18yrs, Under 16yrs, and Under 14yrs compete over the chessboard for the National Prize of National Champion in their respective categories. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event was held online (First of its kind). Below…

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CHESS OLYMPIAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Multiple Chess Olympian and former GCA Vice President CM Edward Thompson was on Friday 7th August, elected as the Chairman of GCA’s newly formed Technical Committee. Mr. Ambrose Amexo, former GCA Treasurer and a FIDE Arbiter was also elected was elected as the secretary of the committee during the committee’s meeting on Zoom’s video conference…

Online Chess Olympiad
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Online Chess Olympiad

Ghana Set To Play Online Chess Olympiad PRESS RELEASE: GHANA CHESS ASSOCIATION Ghana National chess team is set to participate in the first ever Online Chess Olympiad organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) from 24th July to 30th August 2020. Ghana will play from 31st July to 2nd August in pool E alongside 9…