The chess community in Western Province has a new champion chess club. MRL Chess Club won the Premier division of the Chess Western Province league in Saturday 16 September at the Western Cape Sport School in Kuilsriver. The team was in sublime form and if we look at their results one can only applaud their […]
It is with great pleasure that I could be witness to Chess taking centre stage the recent Western Cape Sport Awards ON Saturday 16 September 2017. The venue was glittering affair and was held at the Century City Conference centre with the Minister of Sport Ms Anroux Marais being the Keynote speaker.
I attended the 3rd TCS international conference and 6th FASC congress in Arusha, Tanzania from the 11-15 September 2017. The town of Arusha is situated in North Tanzania and is about 200 km away from the largest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro which boasts an impressive height of about 5800 m.
The first inter-provincial Team Championships took place in Bloemfontein from 29 August 2017 to 03 September 2017. The venue was the Bains Lodge. The event was hosted by Chess Free State and together with Chess South Africa they ensured a classy and well-run event.
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As many of you know I love reading and try to stay up to date with the latest novels and literature relating to chess. At the beginning of July 2017 I bought a book entitled Deep Thinking by Garry Kasparov. I had heard about the book and when I saw it available at a local […]
This weekend is the start of the World Cup in Georgia. Africa has a number of representatives.
The annual Chess Western Province league is a veritable festival of chess. One of the greatest things that I enjoy about get league is that it brings a diverse group of people together from all walks of life and all communities. The league has been played since 1907 in Cape Town. The statistics are very […]
On the 9th of August 1956, 20 000 women marched to the Union Building in Pretoria to protest the pass laws that were enacted at that time. The march became symbolic of the strength of women and since the advent of democracy in South Africa, 9 August has become known as women’s day and the […]
The Chess Western Province league brings together players and clubs from all communities in the Western Cape. We have players who have travelled from as far afield as George (George Loverlot) to Paarl the Drakenstein Dragons. We also have noted a fair number of doctors in the house.
