Our Potential Grand Masters
The listed players have been accessed and we believe they have what it takes to be world class Grand Masters

Anwuli Daniel
International Master
Nigeria Youngest Most Achieved Player
Born in 1997, Daniel
(FIDE ELO 2365) at the age of 18. He then obtained his second IM norm; earned in April 2016 during the 18th Dubai Open in the UAE, where he defeated GM Ankit Rajpara, GM Arun Prasad and drew with GM Can Emre in three consecutive rounds. He also represented Nigeria at the World Chess Olympiad in Baku in Azerbaijan and recently placed 4th in the U/2400 category at the 3rd Millionaire Open in Atlantic City, USA. During the 3rd Millionaire Open, he defeated GM Alexander Ivanov and GM Conrad Holt in consecutive rounds to make the
At the age of 22 Daniel achieved his International Master title after winning the Zone 4.2 chess championships in Accra 2019. In year 2020, Daniel became the official Nigeria National Champion.

Abdulrahman Akintoye AbdulRaheem
FIDE Master
2018 Nigeria Most Outstanding Player
With an international Chess Rating of 2268, “Triple-A”, as he is popularly called, is currently ranked ‘lucky number 5’ in Nigeria and is undoubtedly the most outstanding chess player in the country at present, having won all the major Nigerian chess tournaments of the year 2018. A lawyer, who has temporarily given up the practice of law for what he describes as his calling to excellence at the game of chess, who’s
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Akintoye has had stunning results since he decided to focus on chess at the beginning of the year 2018. He moved from a rating of 2148 to 2258 within a year gained over one hundred (+100) rating points in spite of the rarity of tournaments in Nigeria. He won the CPAN C4 CHEVRON CHESS CHALLENGE 2018 convincingly with a near perfect score of 6.5/7 ahead of several international masters, tied for first place in the NATIONAL FRIENDS OF CHESS TOURNAMENT 2018, and participated in the Grand Finale of the Mind Games International Chess Competition, which he again won ahead of several international masters. In January 2019, he decided to go for his first Major International Tournament at the Gibraltar international chess festival where he performed well winning the Challengers A category and recording an important 5/10 in the Masters Section, defeating several higher rated players in the process.

First Malogy LTD U-20 National Tournament
Date: April 13th – 16th, 2018
Category: – under 10yrs
Position: 1st
National Youth Games, Ilorin, Kwara State
Date; 10th to 17th September 2018
Category; Under 15yrs
Position; 1st (Team Gold), 2nd (Board Silver)
GOODNESS EKUNKE
A promising young star:
Born 19th August 2010, 8-year-old Goodness Ekunke in the CPAN Chess League Season 3, played for Team as their U16 player. Goodness Ekunke is unarguably the best Chess player in Nigeria under 10 years and one of the best prodigies ever seen in Nigeria Chess.
His other antecedents include but not limited to:
OSFI Board Game Tournament
Date: September 7 – 9, 2017
Category: – under 10 years
Position: – Joint 1st
First A.N.G.E.L.S Chess Tournament.
Date: – Saturday 22nd
Category: – under 10 years
Position – 1st
First Sir Mike Okiro Chess Tournament
Date: – November 18th – 19th, 2017
Category: under 12yrs
Position: 2nd
Junior National Friend of Chess Tournament
Date: – November 25th – 26th, 2017
Category: under 10yrs
Position: – 1st

DEBORAH QUICKPEN
Youngest Nigerian to participate in a National Sport Festival
At age 6, Deborah was the youngest participant in the 2018 National Sports Festival, which held at Abuja in 2018. Currently under the tutelage of Nigeria’s second-highest rated Chess player Kigigha

IGWUBOR KIKOSEM
2018 U20 National Champion
Came to

ADARAMAJA TEMITOPE
2018 U20 National Girls Champion
Playing her very first National tournament in the year 2017, Temitope has grown to become one of the finest chess playing young girls in the country at age 14. She had a remarkable 2018, where she finished 1st position (female section) at the 1st

Okeke Isaac
Candidate Master
Having a rapid rise in the chess industry is the story of Okeke Isaac, who only started playing chess in 2017 and has become one of the most known junior names in the game, not just because he can talk, but also because he plays some good chess, claiming some very important wins, showing serious improvements as time goes by and never afraid to face a top player. Isaac participated in the 2017 edition of CPAN/Chevron Chess Challenge, where he finished with 3 points out of a possible 7. But from this event, he gained valuable experience, which helped him to overcome his peers at other age category tournaments in the same year, which includes: The 2017 OSFI Chess Tournament U-14 section, where he finished as overall 1st place winner, The Mike Okiro Rapids U-16 section, where he also picked up the 1st place prize and joint 1st position at The National Friends of Chess Junior U-16 event. Starting out 2018 as the Best Junior U-16 player at The Household of David Rapid Tournament was no mean feat, finishing with 5.5/9 among top players in the country and fishes alike. Representing Ogun State at The National Youth Games, 2018, was an important push for him, considering his 3 Gold Medal haul at the event, where he picked up the Board Gold Medal, helped his team to Gold Medal and defeated everyone in his wake to clinch the Blitz Gold Medal at the event. The Chess Heights Rapid event is one of the most popular rapid events in the country, holding almost every other month, and Okeke Isaac can boldly say that he finished in 3rd position at the August 2018 edition of the event, which boasted of various top Opens players. He also participated in the Ogun State Closed Trial of 9 players (inclusive of himself) Round Robin, where he qualified to represent the state, as part of the team of players that would participate at the National Sports Festival, 2018 (picking up 3 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss). He did participate at the National Sports Festival, where he played 5 games and had 4.5/5 at the event. At the end of the CPAN Chess League, 2018, Okeke Isaac had helped his team to a 4th place finish on the table. He is also a back to back National Champion of the Redeem National Chess Event. Seeing all these efforts by the young man, the #GoForANigerianChessGrandMaster team believes that he is one of the talents to help spur Nigeria into achieving her aim of the very first Grandmaster

AZUMI AISHA
Born on the 22nd of November, 2002, Suleiman Azumi Ayisha, a Kogi State
OTHER NOTABLE TALENTED YOUNG CHESS PLAYERS ARE NAMELY
- Abimbola Osunfuyi
- Michael Osadebe
- Toritsemuwa Ofowino
- Joy Evaristus
- Akintoye Deborah
- Amoako Phillip Selikem Yao
- Ogbiyoyo, Perpetual Eloho
- Femi Balogun
- Abiola Akinseye
- Okemakinde Toluwanimi
- Jonathan Oyelabi
- Benson Maud
- Desouza Ivana Cloudia
- Tchouka Yakini
- Kueviakoe Folly Cedric
- WCM Felix Tobi
- Aduamah David Kofi
- Adu-Poku Kwabena
- Niamkey Elijah Pharell
- Foua Arroll Junior