Nigeria to host FIDE Zone 4.2 Chess Championship

The Nigeria Chess Federation has announced that it will host the International Chess Federation Zone 4.2 championship for the first time in Lagos this year, from Match 31 to April 9.

The FIDE Zone 4.2 Chess Championship will bring together 12 West African nations in a fierce showdown for regional supremacy at the Citiheight Luxury Hotel in Ikeja.

Nigeria’s Abdulraheem Akintoye is the defending champion of the tournament after he produced a…