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 ...

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 ...