Pieces fall into place for canny KennyJackie May | 11 January, 2015 23:58 Kenny Solomon, who grew up in Mitchells Plain, has achieved his ultimate goal of a grandmaster chess title, becoming the first South African to hold the...
Against All Odds
South African Boy Defies The Odds To Become Chess GrandmasterJanuary 9, 2015 | Posted by Yanique A chess player who grew up one of eight children in a township notorious for gang violence and drug abuse has become South...
Meet South Africa’s 1st Grandmaster
South Africa gets its first chess grandmaster In October 2012, GroundUp ran an interview with Kenny Solomon. At that time he had become a grandmaster-elect but still needed to jump through some technical hoops to become a full-fledged grandmaster....
Kenny Solomon wins African Championship, becomes 1st South African to earn GM title
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr154093.aspx Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A beautiful game
Chess — the new ‘beautiful game’ for SAby Penny Haw, 29 October 2012, 06:20 KENNY Solomon was seven when his oldest brother, Maxwell, taught him to play chess. But, while he — the sixth of eight children — quickly...
Chess was going to be my career
‘Chess just took me’ October 11 2012 at 01:05pm By Esther Lewis Cape Town – Kenny Solomon has made history and fulfilled his dream by becoming the first South African chess grandmaster-elect. And he dreams of opening a chess academy. Solomon...
It is so enormous for South Africa to have a Grandmaster
SA man reaches exalted Grandmaster statusRebecca Davis17 September 2012 01:58 (South Africa) Kenny Solomon perfectly fits the theory that, other than a few outliers, chess players peak between 30 and 38. Mitchell’s Plain-born Solomon is 32, and following his...