2003 Test Run of the All Africa games held at the Nicon Nuga Hotel in Abuja , Nigeria. Picture: Grandmaster Zurab Azmaiparashvilli, from the Republic of Georgia. Zurab was the 2003 European Champion and former trainer of the Former chess Champion Garry kasparov. He played Simulteneous chess against 24 Africans from Nigeria, South Africa, Cote d'e vouir and Algeria just before the All African games. The grandmaster won 20 games , drew 3 games and lost only 1 to only Chikwere who was 18 years old at the time.
Pic From left to right is Bimbo Ogunnowo, Onabogun Kolade, Abiye Williams, Christopher Tuboye, Chikwere Onyekwere,Wole Awoyemi and Bomo Kighigha.
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