Maud Benson

Woman Candidate Master || 2X West African Chess Champion || 3xChess Olympian || Mechanical Engineer

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

A true honour to be crowned the 2026 West African Women’s Champion 🏆🧡✨
There was a point I wasn’t even sure I’d make it—but when the will is there, God always makes a way.

[Dan_Chess @Lordweb111]

https://t.co/9pMB2jQjep

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@Lona_Chess Woah🫢🔥.
That would be an amazing opportunity
I will be looking forward to this 💪🏾

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@Lona_Chess Thank you very much. I love your podcast🫶🏾. Truly an honour

[Perpetual Ogbiyoyo @guitargirrl]

Someone once asked me if I ever thought about quitting.

The question genuinely confused me. Quit? That word never lived in my head. There were hard seasons, times life got heavy and I just needed to breathe. But quit? No. Not this…

Today, @promotingqueens turns 3.

And in these 3 years, we have sat across a chessboard with 1,500 girls and women. We have watched them walk in unsure and walk out knowing something new about themselves. We did this with zero grants. No funding. Just people who believed this had to exist.

I am so proud. 🥹 And I am so grateful.🙏🙏🙏

To everyone who has been here since day one I carry every one of you. This is yours too.

We are not stopping until we reach girls everywhere. If something in you stirs reading this join us. As a volunteer, a donor, a partner, or simply someone who believes every girl deserves her seat at the board.

Every girl is a Queen. 💜💜💜

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@Lordweb111 Civil?

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

Jump in the space

[Dan_Chess @Lordweb111]

https://t.co/UaAgDI7FN9

[Dan_Chess @Lordweb111]

https://t.co/gRNU6BW5bA

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@DamienJosh56755 @DAGREATWAX ❤️

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

What’s the most painful loss you’ve ever had in an OTB chess game?
I once played an entire game thinking I’d get an extra 30 minutes after move 30… turns out the increment kicks in after move 40 instead 🤣

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

French Defense: Tarrash Variation

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

What’s your top pick for an aggressive opening for both White and Black?

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

Instead of dwelling on the negatives, focus on the positives, because hardships are bound to happen. That much is beyond your control. But you do become what you allow access into your mind and life.

[Eghosa-Otakhoe @ThatgirlDee_56]

Female chess players are so beautiful guys 🥹
I’ve been seeing lots of them on my TL
I’m really proud to be one of them 😌
To all female chess players out there the lord is your strength 😹
Losing a game is worse than heartbreak 😭😭

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

Thank you, @metrotvgh for this wonderful opportunity to spread awareness of the game of chess on Sports Direct. I did this along side @Anhwere_Nyameba and Ridham🧡.

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@itodo_jeremiah lol

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@Lordweb111 @DrChimela @DamienJosh56755 @NCbassey @StrategyStrange @LUHGEEK_ME Couldn’t follow through because I was held up
Looking forward to the next

[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

Went to an Indian restaurant in Bucharest.

Waiter saw me with the lichess app. Said he is very good at this game and can for sure beat me.

Claims to have "two thousand rating".

What do I do?

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@vacwep 👏

[Maud Benson @_maudbenson]

@ThatgirlDee_56 @Lordweb111 Exactly! It buffles me a lot of the time.