Category: Chess News

Match “Nairobi vs Marshall”

20 members of Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) had the privilege to play an overseas online match against the prestigious Marshall Chess Club (MCC). MCC is one of the oldest chess clubs in USA. The...

Match “Nairobi vs Crewe” 2023

18 members of Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) had the privilege to play an overseas online match against the prestigious Crewe Chess Club (CCC) from England. The match took place on March 12th. In fact,...

64th Nairobi Chess Club Championship

64th Nairobi Chess Club Championship Braeburn School, Gitanga Road, Nairobi, is the venue for the 64th Nairobi Chess Club Championship, which runs from 19th to 21st August 2022. Chess players are excited about this...

Rematch against Crewe Chess Club

Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) successfully started the year 2022 with a victory in the first event of its calendar On January 31st NCC played an online match against the English Chess Club of Crewe...

First Big Event 2022

Dear Members, the first event in the Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) Calendar 2022 will be the online rematch against the English Chess Club of Crewe. The previous online match against that club, took place...

Nairobi Chess Club triumphs over Crewe Chess Club

Nairobi Chess Club triumphs over Crewe Chess Club Crewe Chess Club of the United Kingdom went crashing down when they faced Nairobi Chess Club last month during their first online match. The event saw Nairobi...

Nona Gaprindashvili – A Chess Legend

Nona Gaprindashvili – A Chess Legend Nona Gaprindashvili of Georgia (former USSR) celebrated her 79th birthday last week on 3rd May 2020.   It is a well know fact that Mikhail Botvinnik is called the Patriarch of...

62nd Nairobi Chess Club AGM

62nd Nairobi Chess Club AGM Nairobi Chess Club will hold it’s 62nd AGM on 30th November 2019 at the Goan Gymkhana Club from 3pm. The club has hosted 3 FIDE rated events in 2019...