Kingsley Osayande

Fide rating 2062

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@NCbassey Congratulations ma 🥳👏

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@voltronsworld Thank you sir

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

This picture was taken in 2022, when I had just started playing chess.
I remember dreaming of getting an 1800+ FIDE rating when I got rated. Reality hit differently. In 2023, my first rating was 1498 Classical and 1506Rapid.
I won't lie,I was disappointed.

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@EOdezime66661 Message me on Whatsapp
07026925920
My WhatsApp number

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@The_Reaper1000 Omo 😂 I couldn't stop laughing

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@ThatgirlDee_56 Thanks 🙏

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@0seazam It was in Benin 2022

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@spanish_agbada Thanks 🙏

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

One of my best game so far in 2026.
I hope to play more Wonderful games 😀🎯
#Chess

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

Need our top 10 to be above 2200

[Chess Culture @Chess2Culture]

125 rated Nigerian juniors.

Five are above 2100.
The average rating of Nigeria's top junior chess players is 2030. 🇳🇬♟️

Nigerian youth chess is not a conversation for later,
it's happening NOW. 🌍

Tag someone who needs to see this 👇
#ChessCulture #AfricanChess #ChessTwitter

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

You can check out that game here

[Chess Culture @Chess2Culture]

@KingslayerGM Here is the link to the Live recording on our YouTube Channel

https://t.co/bPKw2Eb2tv

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

@siggy_hug Thanks 🙏
Hoping to play more of this 🤭🥋

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

Endgames may not be the most exciting part of chess, but they are often where the result is decided. It's a lesson I've learned the hard way, and it's changed how I approach my training. I COULD have won those games above if I had sufficient endgame knowledge 💔😔
#Chess # Engame

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

As a chess player, I always believed there was no need to spend much time studying endgames. My thinking was simple: if I could get a significant advantage from the opening and middlegame, the endgame wouldn't matter.
Recently, that mindset has cost me dearly.

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

My endgame is really bad 😔
Couldn't draw this rook endgame and lost.
#Cyntoco #Fidechess #Rookendgames.

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

I've lost important games and missed valuable opportunities because I couldn't convert winning positions or defend difficult endgames accurately.
The hard truth is that an advantage means nothing if you don't know how to finish the game.

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

All it takes is Dedication and Consistency.

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

But I kept showing up. I kept studying. I kept playing.
From that little boy with big dreams to a peak rating of 2123, and currently 2062 FIDE, the journey has been worth every sacrifice.There is still a long way to go, and bigger goals ahead. Sometimes all it takes

[Kingsley Osayande @KingslayerGM]

This was 2023 😪

[Mayor Of Calabar @Uno_009]

If you can’t go out for the protest, the least you can do is to repost 😢

Please let's repost and share massively😭

#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren
#BringBackOurChildren

[a is for ATTACK @dbestsmiles]

Anyone who does not already realize that our government does not care about us is suffering from a peculiar type of blindness.
Do you not see the urgency with which they act when their political power is threatened?