RLG 2012 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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 round robin to determine the national champion.
The rate of play was 90 minutes per player. The twelve players selected for the preliminary round were... Read more

WESTERN REGION MINES GOLD AT NATIONAL UNITY GAMES

The last games of the match between The Ashanti Region and The Western Region produced so much fire works that not even the temporary light of at the media center .
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NATIONAL CHESS LEAGUE

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.
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GHANA LOSES TO LIBERIA IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Ghana will host Liberia in a two round contest at the Accra Sports Stadium on February 19, 2011.The friendly is to serve as a warm up for the two chess federations in the upcoming ECOWAS CHESS COMPETITION.
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GHANA, LIBERIA FRIENDLY

Ghana will host Liberia in a two round contest at the Accra Sports Stadium on February 19, 2011.The friendly is to serve as a warm up for the two chess federations in the upcoming ECOWAS CHESS COMPETITION.
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CLASSICAL VARIATION OF THE KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE

Once again the debate on who is who in the Kings Indian/Modern defense continue at the end of year open competition at the media center, Ohene Djan stadium ,Accra on December 27,2010.
Inform Eddie Nii Thompson crushed his opponents with ease and took away the winning prize. Thompson scored 5 out of 5. Read more

"Bobby Fischer" Sackey Returns as Sekou put Thompson to bed

“Bobby Fischer” Sackey resurfaced at the November Open after a two year lull.
He was joint heirs with Ghana number 4 (according to the latest FIDE ranking) Eddie Thompson.Read more

First Straight Win in the competition Round 6, Ghana Wins

Team Ghana posted their first win in the Olympiad with a clear win over U.S Virgin Islands. All four boards recorded wins for the team. Final result: U.S. Virgin Islands 0 – 4 Ghana. Read full story from chess in Ghana

Round 5, San Marino 2.5 – 1.5 Ghana

In the fifth round Kees was rested and Kojo Bonsu played instead. This round saw Nii Koney post his first win at the Olympiad. A must watch game.
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2010 Olympiad starts: Ghana lose to Montenegro 0-4 in Round 1

The 2010 Chess Olympiad takes place from September 21st to October 3rd in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. It is an 11-round Swiss System team event, in which each team has four players with one reserve. There are a total of 143 nations, with 1294 competitors of which 797 are titled.. Read more

Ernesto Barreto : Emerges Champion of September Open

The September open chess tournament came on at the Ohene Djan Sport Stadium at the media centre on the 20th of this Month. The attendance was not so great which saw the event starting later than scheduled.This was due to the rains that fell but the event turned out to be a great success. Read more

Ghana Nigeria Youth Friendly

Host Nation, Ghana gained only 15 points out of the maximum 50 to lose to the Nigeria under 17 Chess Team. This is the first friendly match between the two nations at this level. The competition will be organized annually to populate the GAME OF CHESS within the ECOWAS SUB REGION. Read more

How to solve the FIDE voting and membership dilemma

For several decades the global chess scenario has experienced discussions, laments and complaints about weak chess federations having the same say, the exact same one vote, at the FIDE general assembly, whether they are huge national federations or just mere self-appointed briefcase units... Read more