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Tournament Report: The tournament took place at Oshwal Academy Mombasa on the 22nd September 2018. This was the 4th edition of the Lighthouse Inter Schools ...
I’m in the business of playing a game with young people. Let me clarify that. I’m in the business of not only playing but teaching a game that is a ...
Lighthouse Inter Universities and Colleges Teams Chess Championship 2019. & Minds on Fire Blitz Open Chess Tournament 2019. Chief Arbiters Report: The ...
Kids filled with both anxiety and eagerness waited in angst for the melodious Damacrest choir to finish the anthem ,so that they could set the ball rolling. ...
The players step into the hall and the air gets charged with excitement and a hint of trepidation. As a chess enthusiast watching from the sidelines ,the ...
It’s now White’s turn to move, he stares at the board and l know that his mind is reeling with candidate moves and the big question on everyone’s ...
In the classic animation, Tom cat and Jerry mouse , Tom usually goes through a series of faults and failures all the while trying to out-maneuver Jerry. ...
After the games are over and the formalities of the closing ceremony mark the end of a tournament . What happens? A question not many ask, not unless it’s ...
As we marked the world international chess day on the 20th of June, I couldn’t help but think about chess and it’s many benefits. Leave alone the textbook ...
Like all great affairs worth the name, sneaking around with Chess is demanding. She is a mistress who has made men crazy. Family nights have become dates ...
The love is never mutual. It may be classified under thug love, tough love. It may bend to your will, but only if you are conniving. It may need coercing ...
Just like women love diamonds, so does chess. Specifically, diamonds in the rough. It flourishes in the hands of a young eager lover and clinches on to ...
Bernice Wambui Gikandi in historic winBernice Wambui Gikandi of Lighthouse Chess Club made Kenyan chess history ...
The Maasai people seem to have originated from South Sudan and what is now Lake Turkana and spread southwards into northern, central, western and southern ...
REAMBLEThe East Africa Open Chess Championship started in 2018. Lighthouse hosted two editions in 2018 and 2019 then in 2020 it could not happen because ...