The first over the board tournament since the Pandemic lock down was initiated was held at Paul Roos Gymnasium. The tournament was a great success and two follow-up tournaments have…

Here is our installment of ACL Checkmate. Hope you enjoy! ACL-Checkmate-Issue-2Download

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A game that I liked (ChessBase 16) [Event "Moscow Championships"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1946.06.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Bronstein, David"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [Annotator "Salimu,Reuben"] [PlyCount "41"]…

It has been such a learning experience for me receiving chess coaching training from Reuben Salimu of African Chess Lounge. I have seen tremendous improvement in my level of play…

We recently held a training session for Level 1 trainers in partnership with Lighthouse Chess Club, our friends in east Africa and we recieved a beautiful testimonial from one of…

Ilse Joubert runs Scroll inscriptions https://www.facebook.com/Scroll-Inspirations-103620801472831/ and they are running a nice competition were you can win amazing prizes. Here is the link for the competition, https://www.facebook.com/103620801472831/posts/154025899765654/'= Enjoy!

Here is the list of coaches who passed Level 1 in the recent training course organised by Chess Western Province in Partnership with ACL. Congratulations to the following candidates Lubabalo…

Most chess players have found themselves so consumed by the position on the board, the tactics brewing in their heads that they forget their surroundings. Usually, these games are played…

The number of books written about chess is tremendous. While that can be great for the chess world, it poses practical issues for many fans. Most chess players have their…