 The fifth edition of the Ologeal Chess Festival kicked off today at the Eiffel Resort Centre in the Asian City of Ileife with over 50 players in participation. The event which takes place alongside the Ologeal Festival is aimed at creating awareness of the game of chess and bringing tourism and culture to boost chess in the south-west region of the nation. According to the vice-president of the Nigerian Chess Federation, Prince Adewale Adeinka, chess and tourism can create much needed awareness of chess in Ileife. This is a grassroots development for halls. We are using it to create more awareness why people should actually play chess in Nigeria, as you can see. We have a lot of local chess players who are coming around now. Even people who are not aware of the game of chess. Chess has a lot of benefits. One being that kids that learn how to play chess do better than kids that don't know how to play chess. Individual that plays chess, they walk out their brain. Chess is like a brain stimulant. Chess makes people to learn to grow and to understand what our mum is telling us and listening to what teachers are telling us in school. You get notified about fresh news updates.