*Crossville, TN — Orrin Hudson, a chess champion, community activist, and motivational speaker from Stone Mountain, Georgia, has been named the first “Chess Life” cover contest winner. Hudson appears ...

Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate Tunde Onakoya has broken the record for the longest chess marathon after playing for an extraordinary 60 hours nonstop under the bright lights of ...

KCB's Hugh Misiko (left) and Chol Mach Nhial shake hands after a Kenya National Chess League match in Kisumu County on May 18, 2025. [Washington Onyango, Standard] School players from 11 African ...

At 12 years old, Iowan Mann has already shown that bold moves can change the course of a game and a future. The Laerskool Westwood learner represented South Africa at the African Youth Chess ...

Jessica Hyatt says she began playing chess for the very first time on a computer game at the age of 3. "It was one of the games that I fell in love with," says Hyatt, who is now a world-renowned ...

Danie van der LithCAPE Town is preparing to take centre stage in the international chess calendar when the Moja Chess Extravaganza 2026 comes to the Bellville Velodrome from 25 to 30 April.The six-day ...