Join the South African Chess Hub celebrate Mandela Day 2024 on 18 July 2024!!

Make A Donation

We invite you to make a financial donation towards acquiring chess sets for under-privileged schools. You can make a donation below or simply EFT your chosen donation amount to the following account:

• Nedbank Current Account
• Accountholder: Promoting Pawns Chess Foundation NPC
• Branch code: 198765 (Claremont)
• Account number: 1204066957
• Reference: Mandela Day

We will keep donations open until 31 July 2024 and do the handovers in August 2024.

Follow our Facebook page for updates in August 2024 when we do the handovers – https://www.facebook.com/SAChessHub/

FREE Online Chess Lesson

Spend your 67 minutes this Mandela Day learning and improving at chess. Invite a friend or relative and teach them the wonderful game of chess!!! We have partnered with FIDE Instructor Reuben Salimu (African Chess Lounge) who will be presenting a FREE chess lesson at 18:00 on the following platforms:

Twitch:  https://www.twitch.tv/aclchess 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/africanchesslounge

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Aclchess

FREE Lichess Arena

The FREE lesson will be followed by a FREE Lichess 6+7 Arena at 19:15 with R100 cash prize for the winner and two R100 lucky draw participants (must play minimum of 2 games):

Lichess Arena Link:  https://lichess.org/tournament/pIH1lyzY   (no registration required)

Prizes are subject to fair-play/anti-cheating review and will be withheld if there is any suspicious activity. We  retain the right to report players suspected of breaking fair play rules.

For more information, please contact Paul Wilson on 0834618742.