The Dresden Endgame: Richard Polaczek vs Peter Gilruth
It was a reunion of sorts when Richard Polaczek and Peter Gilruth met at the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden. They played chess in the ’80s in Nairobi when Richard lived there as a teenager....
It was a reunion of sorts when Richard Polaczek and Peter Gilruth met at the 2008 Olympiad in Dresden. They played chess in the ’80s in Nairobi when Richard lived there as a teenager....
Richard Polaczek won the inaugural Kenya Open in 1979 at the age of 13. He repeated the feat in 1982 before relocating to Belgium. Polaczek became an IM in 1989 and has represented Belgium...
Mehul Gohil is a two-time national chess champion. He won the championship in 2014 and repeated the feat in 2019. Nobody remembers what he won in 2014, but in December 2019 he drove off...
Larry Kagambi won the first Kenya National Chess Championship in 1990. In 2015 he missed the opportunity to win the Kenya Millionaire Satellite Chess Festival. He lost his last game against the eventual winner...
Humphrey Andolo is Kenya’s most prolific chess champion winning the title in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 1999. His record might not be broken any time soon. Chess in Kenya has become more competitive,...
Saif Kanani has the best Kenyan performance at a Chess Olympiad with a score of 9½/12. He achieved it playing on board 1 for Kenya at the 1980 Chess Olympiad in Valletta, Malta. Kanani...
Let me start by thanking Warren Pollock for an astonishing 104 Game Spotlights over the last 2 years. His articles can still be enjoyed on our website but we hope to see him back...
In a final selection from the second Nairobi Chess Club tournament on Chess.com, we see some nice work on the part of kayfinesse, playing Black. First, in playing the endgame, but perhaps more notably,...
Looking again at the second Nairobi Chess Club tournament on Chess.com, this game shows a couple of important points. First, many club players trade reflexively. This can be a problem — you are never...
Over 300 games were played in the second Nairobi Chess Club online tournament on Chess.com. That means there’s a lot to look at. In this week’s selection, we see a good example of what...