In a bizarre turn of events at the Kenya Open Chess Championship in Nairobi, a sneaky man dressed as a woman managed to cheat his way through to the female section of the tournament. The cunning ...

The world of competitive chess had a controversial 2022, and another scandal rose last week at a female tournament in Kenya. Stanley Omondi participated in the Kenya Open Chess Championship dressed as ...

A Kenyan university student, in need of cash, disguised himself as a woman and competed in a chess tournament in Nairobi. A university student, who needed cash, disguised himself as a female chess ...

Stanley Omondi disguised himself as a woman so he could play in the 2023 Kenya Open's female category It was a bold gambit by the 25-year-old Kenyan chess player to disguise himself as a woman to ...

Chess Kenya Secretary General John Mukabi (9th from right) with Sports Journalists Association of Kenya members during a chess media workshop in Nairobi on June 21, 2025. [PHOTO: CK/ SJAK] Sports ...

Chess Kenya (CK) has welcomed the introduction of the game in the secondary schools calendar. Chess and Scrabble were introduced in the Federation of East African Secondary Schools Sports Association ...

It was a bold gambit by the 25-year-old Kenyan chess player to disguise himself as a woman to compete in his country's female open chess tournament. Dressed head to toe in a burka and wearing ...