2025 FATHER GRIMES NATIONAL SCHOOLS TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: The Legacy Continues, Champions Bound for the USA 🇺🇸
The 2025 Father Grimes National Schools Team Chess Championship, Uganda’s largest and most prestigious inter-school chess competition, was successfully held from May 4th to 8th at Our Lady of Africa
UGANDA FIDE MASTER HARUNA NSUBUGA AND WOMAN CANDIDATE MASTER SHAKIRA AMPAIRE- Set to Represent Uganda at the 2025 African Individual Chess Championship in Egypt
Uganda’s top chess talents, FIDE Master (FM) Haruna Nsubuga and Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Shakira Ampaire, are set to represent Uganda at the 2025 African Individual Chess Championship. The prestigious
DAY TWO: A GRAND OPENING, GLOBAL REACH, AND A BATTLE OF BRAINS — FATHER GRIMES NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
The sun rose on Day 2 of the Father Grimes National Schools Chess Championship 2025 with the official grand opening ceremony, a tribute to a man whose vision continues to
DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS: A NATION GATHERS TO HONOR A LEGACY — FATHER GRIMES NATIONAL SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 BEGINS:
Today marked a powerful and emotional beginning to the Father Grimes National School Chess Championship, the very first edition held in memory of Rev. Father Damien Grimes (1931–2024) — the
MEET SANA OMPRAKASH :Uganda’s National Chess Champion, African Chess Champion & Woman FIDE Master.
FIDE CHESS PROFILE: SANA OMPRAKASH Full Name: Sana Omprakash Date of Birth: 19th November 2008 (17 years old) Chess Federation: Uganda FIDE Titles: (Woman FIDE Master (WFM)) – Earned at
THE KANTINTI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 2025 UNITES CHESS TITANS ACROSS BORDERS: IM Arthur Ssegwanyi and WFM Sana Omprakash Crowned Champions
The 2025 Kantinti Memorial Tournament was a grand spectacle, uniting some of the finest chess minds from Uganda, Sudan, and Somalia in a fitting tribute to the late Olympian Shadrack
WCM TAKALI MILLY WINS THE QUEENS OF CHESS RAPID CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 – 4th Edition
On the 8th March of every year the chess community in Uganda gathers at Gloria Gardens, Namugongo, to celebrate International Women’s Day with the prestigious Queens of Chess Rapid Tournament
KIREKA CHESS CLUB WINS THE 2024 /25 PREMIER BET UGANDA CHESS LEAGUE TITLE FOR 7TH CONSECUTIVE TIME.
The Premier Bet Uganda Chess League 2024/25 concluded in spectacular fashion, with Kireka Chess Club securing its seventh consecutive league title edging out fierce competitors Mulago Kings Chess Club and
CELEBRATING CHESS STARS AMONG MAKERE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES – Class of 2025
The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) proudly celebrates the achievements of several members of the chess community who graduated from Makerere University during its 75th Graduation Ceremony. Held from January 13–17,
