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Starting this week is the 1st Bayelsa State Board Games National Championships in which chess, scrabble and draughts are the games featured. The games will be taken place at the prestigious Glory Land Cultural Center located in Yenagoa - the serene capital city of Bayelsa State of Nigeria. The chess event is sponsored by Galaxy Group Ltd. Galaxy Group Ltd is one of Nigeria's foremost companies in the electrical, civil and dredging industries.

The1st Bayelsa State Board Games National Championships promises to be a very exciting with the expected participation of our leading national champions (male and female) and the Olympiad Qualifiers who are bound to represent Nigeria at the forthcoming Chess Olympiad in Germany. Bayelsa State is a powerhouse of chess in Nigeria with the state already providing three (3) of the chess players that will represent Nigeria at the 2008 Chess Olympiad.

Nigeria top masters Femi Oluwaseyitan and Bunmi Olape blitzing away with Ajibowo watching intently.

 

On these pages we bring to you up to date results, games and images from the tournament. For more information including registration and other details, click here

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News

*** Galaxy Group Ltd sponsors chess championship. Galaxy Group Ltd has agreed to sponsor the 1st Bayelsa State Board Games National Championships.

*** Nigeria Arbiters Forum Live on the Internet. The Nigeria Chess Arbiters Association has kicked off the Nigeriachessarbters group on the yahoo website. All arbiters in Nigeria are advised to register online to have access to information updates on chess and arbiters in Nigeria.

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