The founding father of Ghana Chess Association, the late Ambassador Amoh Asmah was laid to rest at Diabene, Takoradi on 28th February 2015. The burial service, took place at the St. Pauls Cathedral at Sekondi was attended by members of the Ghana Chess Association and other chess enthusiasts in the country. Ambassador Asmah was the…
The blow was hard, the shock severe; we never dreamed your death so near. But only those who love can tell the pain of parting with you without farewell. God give us strength to face this blow, what it meant losing you, no one will know. The birth of Ghana Chess came about in 1970…
Six time Ghana National Chess Champion, Francis Anquandah emerged winner of the Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships that took place at Yaounde, Cameroon from November 21 to 29 2014. He scored 7.5 out of the possible 9 to win the crown. This has made not only him the first Ghanaian to be awarded with an…
Alisa Chess Club was crowned Club Champions at the keenly contested the Inter Clubs Chess Championship that came to an end on 22 September 2014 at the Media Center of the Accra Sports Stadium. This feat however didn’t come easy as they had to win on tally difference after finishing with the same points as…
PRESS RELEASE – 2014 NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Kojo Hasford, defended the National Title when he obtained 7½ points out of 9 games played, while Angela Ayiku won the Ladies’ version in the just ended National Chess Championship sponsored by the Kasparov Chess Foundation, Zoobashop, Indomie, Sterling Project Group, Mobius Architecture and Citizen Scratch Ventures. The…
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Philip Ameku, formerly of the University of Ghana Chess Club, clinched his first major win in a national open championship when he obtained 6½ points out of 7, while Angela Ayiku won the ladies’ version in the September 2012 National Open Chess Tournament organised in honour of our founder, Dr Kwame Nkrumah on Founder’s Day….
Ghana presented a team of 5 players for the 40th World Chess Olympiad that took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27th August to 10 September and for the first time in the history of the game in Ghana two of the players made the title of Candidate Master. Playing among a strong field of grandmasters,…
The Ghana National Individual Chess Championship 2012 was held at the Accra Sports Stadium-Accra from January 2 to January 7, 2012. The system and rate of play was;7 round swiss,90 minutes per player per game for the first round to select the best six players from twelve. The qualified six then engaged in a 5…
The National Chess League took of successfully on Ghana’s Republic day, friday 1st July,2011 in the morning at the Media Center of the Accra Sports Stadium. Six Teams from The Medical School led Henry Ackun,Dansoman(Micheal Amanor) Stadium Club (Lionel Adu) Team Hasford and Team Busumtwi led by veteran Billy Busumtwi and Team Nii Koney. The…
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