Tag: chess

Malawi’s Top Chess Player Mwale ‘Between Rock and a Hard Place’ to Defend His Chessam Title

December 24, 2020
Malawi’s top ranked chess player, Joseph Mwale – who is based in South Africa – wants to come and defend his Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) National Championship title but is torn between a rock and a hard following the closure of all land borders for two weeks starting from December 23. In an interview,

British man stabs friend in brawl over heated chess match

November 12, 2020
Now he’s in check. A British man was tossed in jail for stabbing his friend three times in a brawl over a heated game of chess, according to reports Thursday. Ian Lewis, 56, was playing his friend, Louise Bailey, when he became so agitated he flipped the board over — and then plunged a knife