Chess is played on an eight by eight grid of alternating black and white squares. Two sets, one white and one black, of 16 pieces are set up on the back two ranks on opposite sides of the board.

Chess in Slums Africa, the charity Onakoya founded in 2018 ... which hopes to distribute one million chess sets to communities worldwide by 2030.

Onakoya, founder of Chess in Slums Africa and co-founder of Great Minds ... a non-profit organisation committed to donating one million chess sets globally by 2030 — the Nigerian chess master ...

Nigerian chess master and founder of the Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya ... organisation with the mission of distributing chess sets around the world, revealed the commencement of the ...

The group began to distribute the chess sets in African countries and globally, with Onakoya’s help. “We believe that we need to reimagine education beyond the four walls of a classroom ...

In one classroom, we saw several grade 4 learners and one grade 5 learner rush to the desks already set up with chess boards and chess pieces ... by and about Africa - aggregating, producing ...

The developing chess culture in South Africa could help create future stars of the sport ... The only real difference is you don't have to set up the pieces," he said. The experts pointed out that one ...

The giant chess piece standing outside the World Chess Hall ... It’s made of Sapele African hardwood and was assembled into oversize rough blocks and sculpted with woodworking tools.