After Consultations, I am thrilled to announce that Mr. Sunny Eyenghe will be taking over from Dr. Lanre Seye Oluwalasinu as Chairman—Panel of Judges for The John Fawole Chess Awards. Many Thanks to Dr. Seye Oluwalasinu who has served as Chairman—Panel of Judges since the inception (2016) of…
We are excited to announce that The John Fawole Chess Awards will be held virtually on the 12th day of December 2020. The John Fawole Chess Awards started in 2016 as an online voting Award until 2019 where it made its first successful live appearance at Chevron Recreation Center, Gbagada Lagos…
Compliments of the season to us all. This is the report of the panel of judges on the maiden edition of #TheJohnFawoleChessAwards2016. The goal of this award is to recognize individuals or groups of individuals with outstanding performance and contribution to the advancement, recognition, and promotion of chess…
The John Fawole Chess Awards started in the year 2016 by FIDE Master John Oyeyemi Fawole, a former National Chess Champion (FIDE Instructor & US National Master) and a superb advocate of chess in Nigeria.