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Dear Friends, Please note that we have moved to our own website - www.kenyachessmasala.com where you can get all the latest news on Kenya...

A summary of the year 2015 for Kenyan Chess

The year 2015 will go down as a key milestone in Kenyan chess.   This was the year that Kenyan chess blossomed with a huge number of events ...

6th Rwabushenyi Memorial Chess Tournament

The 6 th edition of the Rwabushenyi Open came to an end on 13 th   December 2015 with IM Arthur Ssegwanyi taking top spot with 7.5/8, fo...

Mikhail Tal's best Games 2 - by Tibor Károlyi

I had the good fortune last week of browsing through Tibor Károlyi’s booked titled “Mikhail Tal’s Best Games 2” published by Quality Ch...

2015 African Youth Chess Championship - further update

You will recall my earlier story about Kenya winning two bronze medals at the just concluded 2015 African Youth Chess Championship held...

Bondo University hosts successful 2015 KUSA Games

This past week saw a lot of sporting activity at Bondo University which is situated in Bondo town in Western Kenya.   The annual Kenya ...

A story by CM Ben Magana - Part 2

The story according to CM Ben Magana "Immediately after Bungoma, there was Tanzania Open across the border. This was a six-day af...

Ripples from Magnus Carlsen felt in the small town of Voi, Kenya

You will all recall that NGO’s have been under considerable pressure from the Kenya Government.   The NGO Coordinating Board has been c...

A recap of the 2015 Rwanda Chess Championship

Kenyan chess suddenly seems so busy. You will recall that Purity Maina was an arbiter during the recently concluded 25th World Seni...