After participating in the 2019 Rwabushenyi Memorial Open in Kampala, Peter Gilruth sent in two games. This second selection is the more instructive of the two. (The other selection is here.) Endgames tend to...
The Rwabushenyi Memorial Open Chess Championship, hosted in Kampala, has become East Africa’s premier event. As usual, there was a group of Kenyans participating in the 2019 version. While a Kenyan still hasn’t lifted...
Long-standing Nairobi Chess Club member Mehul Gohil won the 2019 Kenya National Chess Championship in December with an unbeaten record of 7 wins and 2 draws. The most recent edition featured a large boost...
The biggest upset at the 3rd Jamhuri Cup came in round 1, when top ranked Peter Gilruth lost a tricky positional game to Harmony Odhiambo. Both players would end up tied for second with...
While four players shared the top spot of Group B at the 3rd Jamhuri Cup, Meerabbas Afzali won the group on tiebreaks. This was his best game — a deliberate attack against one of...
James Panchol continued his winning ways by taking down the 3rd Jamhuri Cup with a perfect score over four rounds. His closest match was this second round clash, where what appeared to be a...
Last weekend, 14 players participated in the 3rd Jamhuri Cup. This small classical tournament was either an alternative to or preparation for the Kenya National Chess Championship. We’ll look at a great game from...
Among the best known quotes regarding Chess is Emmanuel Lasker’s, “When you see a good move, look for a better one.” Which is great advice, with a couple of caveats. First, you still have...
Continuing our look at the open section of the chess.com online tournament celebrating 50 Nairobi Chess Club members, this is a game from the winner. It’s a nice example of how to use an outpost...
In addition to our regular tournaments, over the past year we’ve been running some “postal” tournaments using chess.com. As the highest section of the tournament we started to celebrate reaching 50 members has finished,...
