Fawole John Oyeyemi
Oyeyemi Fawole | |
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| Full name | Fawole John Oyeyemi |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Born | 4 March 1985 (age 40) Ile-Ife, Osun State |
| Title | FIDE Master (2016) |
| Peak rating | 2214 (August 2014) |
Fawole John Oyeyemi (born 4 March 1985, in Ile-Ife, Osun State) is a Nigerian chess player. He won the Nigerian Chess championship in 2013[1] and has a FIDE (World Chess Federation) peak rating of 2214. He held the title of Nigeria National Chess Champion Junior and Open in 2003 and 2013 respectively. Fawole is a FIDE Certified Chess in Education Lecturer, FIDE Instructor, US National Master and US District Coach.[2]
In 1998, he learned how to play chess and participated in his first chess tournament in 1999. In 2002, he won the Open II category of the NBL Chess Championship in Lagos. The following year, he became the National Junior Chess Champion by winning the Agusto & Co under 20 Chess Championship. Following his achievement in 2003, he started playing in the (Masters Category) highest level in Nigerian chess.
Fawole is Nigeria's 11th Junior Chess Champion and Nigeria's 36th National Chess Champion.
Fawole lives in New York and is the founder of BruvsChess Media, a platform dedicated to promoting chess news and activities across Africa and beyond.[3] He also holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) and earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Abuja. In 2017, he introduced chess to children at an Internally Displaced People's (IDP) Camp in Gwarinpa, Abuja, where he volunteered in partnership with the Arm the Child Foundation.
Fawole is the convenor of the annual John Fawole Chess Awards, also known as the Nigeria Chess Awards, established in 2016 to recognize outstanding achievements in Nigerian chess.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fawole Wins 36th Nigerian Breweries International Open Chess Championship – NBPLC NEWS".
- ^ "US Chess MSA – Member Details (General)". www.uschess.org.
- ^ "BruvsChess Media". bruvschessmedia.com.
- ^ "The John Fawole Chess Awards". thejohnfawolechessawards.com.
- ^ "Nigeria Chess Awards". nigeriachessawards.com.
- ^ "Fawole, John Oyeyemi FIDE Chess Profile – Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "FM John Oyeyemi Fawole coaches chess students". lichess.org.
- ^ Cephas, Omaku (7 April 2014). "Chess: NCF Invites 50 Players for Chess Olympiad Trials".
- ^ "Gibraltar 06: Ivanchuk leads solo". Chess News. 4 February 2014.
External links
[edit]- Fawole John Oyeyemi rating card at FIDE
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