And Magnus won on time. Good game.

magnus playing white cannot check femi throughout the game. not even checkmate but time advantage. I am proud of my name sake doing Africa proud.

might pull a draw playing white in the second game

If he wins I'll become a theist believing a God truly exist

I think Femi's opening and middle games were cool. His end game wasn't too good; I'm sure time played a huge role in his end game. Because he was running out of time, he made some not too good moves in his end game.
I think he should work on his game time.

Additionally, the game wasn't action packed as I expected. At some point, it was turning out to be a boring encounter; no divine moves. You could easily see that Femi was aiming for a draw, and Magnus was just being careful, sitting back and waiting for a blunder from Femi to pounce on.

Well, let's see how round 2 will look like. I hope it's explosive.

Lalasticala second game is later today femi is the first ever African to play a world champion

Magnus Carlsen ? That guy is a genius but good luck anyways.

FM Femi Balogun is no longer a CM. He's already an IM just awaiting some ratifications by FIDE.
He played Pirc defence very well yesterday with black pieces, but lost d game due to time pressure.
If u love chess and wanna know whats happening in Naija chess world, please search for Chess Players Association of Nigeria (CPAN) group on facebook. Thank u.
Gens una sumus

Please house any chess player in Benin that can help me improve?

Why are Hausas never mentioned in this kind of sport?
Are they so dull or just not interested?
Yet they want to rule the nation
Proud of you bro, whether you win or not am personally proud of you, cheers!

cochtrane:

African champion? Abeg easy o. He's a CM. There are GMs in Egypt o.

okay thanks for the correction. Was the match played online or offline?

switch47:
Lalasticala second game is later today femi is the first ever African to play a world champion

please give me a link where I can watch it life online. Thank you.

YomiBabz:
FM Femi Balogun is no longer a CM. He's already an IM just awaiting some ratifications by FIDE.
He played Pirc defence very well yesterday with black pieces, but lost d game due to time pressure.
If u love chess and wanna know whats happening in Naija chess world, please search for Chess Players Association of Nigeria (CPAN) group on facebook. Thank u.
Gens una sumus

I have gone through the aims, objectives and rules of the group, but how do I join the group? There is no option for joining the group.

AnonyNymous:
Just to buttress my original post. . . One of Magnus Carlsen's best friends wrote a post on Quora about how Carlsen went to party once (something he doesn't usually do) and as a result, he came home drunk. This friend seized the opportunity to try to win against Magnus for bragging rights and he was recording the game. Mind you, this friend is an IM (international master). Magnus still beat him. While drunk.

Now this guy here isn't even an IM yet, he's still a CM and you expect him to have a chance against the reigning world champion since 2013? No way, José.

Link?

No way Femi was gonna win, he was playing against a human chess engine. As proud as I felt on his behalf for making history, my bet was on Carlsen, make una no crucify me sha oh

babyfaceafrica:
abeg magnus is not overrated... He is no 1 in the world for a reason

.....and was eliminated today by a lower rated Chinese

femicyrus:
.....and was eliminated today by a lower rated Chinese

that does not mean he is overrated?.. Burnley beat Chelsea at home?..is Chelsea overrated?