January 29, 2025
#TuksChess: UP alumna René Pienaar elected as Tshwane Chess Federation president
René Pienaar, the newly elected president of the Tshwane Chess Federation, envisions a brighter future as more children learn to play chess. "Chess offers so...
November 30, 2024
#TuksChess: Anje van Jaarsveld aims for checkmate at USSA tournament
Personality, patience, fighting spirit, hard work, and confidence—these are the hallmarks of a chess champion. Anje van Jaarsveld, a second-year BCom Law...
November 20, 2024
#TuksChess: Michal Oosthuizen gears up for battle at the 2024 USSA Chess Championships
The 19-year-old Michal Oosthuizen, a first-year BCom Investment Science student at UP-Tuks, is preparing to "go to war" for Tuks at the upcoming 2024 USSA Chess...
February 01, 2023
#TuksChess: Pieter Reyneke is on a mission to play that one perfect chess game
The challenge to be in a quest for perfection is the reason why the Tuks law student, Pieter Reyneke, took up playing chess. He is the first to admit that up to...
June 17, 2022
‘UP changemaker is breaking international barriers through chess’
This Youth Month, Tukkievaria celebrates UP’s changemakers who are under 35. One such star breaking barriers in the chess world, is TuksChess chairperson and...
February 02, 2021
Plant pathologists are excellent problem solvers
Scarce skills in Natural and Agricultural Sciences Focus on a plant pathologist: Dr Mahlane Godfrey Kgatle - Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and...
January 29, 2021
#TuksSport: Mr Steven Ball, new TuksSport Director wants student-athletes to strive to make a difference
Many years ago, a young boy in Ladysmith loved nothing more than to do all kinds of sports and dive into swimming pools. Like many youngsters, he had hoped to...
September 11, 2020
#TuksChess: Masiya faces double challenge at TuksChess
From "pawn to king" is how Mfundo Masiya role at the TuksChess Club changed. Last December, Masiya was on a mission to make the "right moves". He knew if he did...
December 09, 2019
#TuksChess: TuksChess team completes USSA hat trick
Tuks's chess players can honestly claim to have ruled the roost during the USSA Tournament in Grahamstown. Not only is the team the overall champions for the...
November 22, 2019
#TuksChess: Masiya’s maverick tactics could help Tuks defend USSA chess title
The first time the Tuks player Mfundo Masiya dared to try and touch one of the pieces on a chessboard, he got scolded it however did not discourage him instead...
November 19, 2019
#TuksChess: Twins want to help Tuks complete a hat trick in chess
The one challenge the Tuks computer engineering students Cornelius and Waldi van der Linde can't resist is problem-solving that is why they have taken to...
November 06, 2019
‘Chess can change lives,’ says UP TuksChess champ Godfrey Kgatle
TuksChess club chairperson Godfrey Kgatle hasn’t stopped thinking about chess since he got hooked on the game as a youngster. “Chess helps build a strong...
September 10, 2018
#TuksChess: Studios @Burnett and Radiography crowned new TuksChess Kings and Queens
On the 7 th of September 2018, TuksChess invited University of Pretoria residences and faculties to a thrilling TuksRes Chess League at the Olienhout-Boekenhout...
July 09, 2018
#TuksChess: Tuks puts the other universities again in checkmate during USSA’s
The Tuks chess team managed to put the other teams in check mate during the USSA Tournament in Secunda to ensure they get to take the overall honours. It is the...
June 25, 2018
#TuksChess: Tuks players aim to checkmate other teams to retain USSA title
The Tuks Chess Team will from next Monday in Secunda be set on making all the right moves to ensure they retain the USSA-title. Godfrey Kgatle (team manager and...
April 23, 2018
#TuksChess Clinic –Basic Endings
TuksChess had their second clinic this year at Sci-Enza (University of Pretoria, Main Campus) on the 21st April 2018. The focus of the clinic was on end games...
October 17, 2017
#TuksChess: Social Tounament with good chess, good people and good food
TuksChess who is the current University Sports South Africa (USSA) Chess Champions hosted the TuksChess Social Tournament on Saturday, the 14th October 2017 at...
August 01, 2017
#TuksChess: Mopanie and Erika crowned Chess Kings and Queens at the TuksRes Festival.
TukRes initiated a fun-filled Inaugural Res Festival where the residences of the University of Pretoria locked horns in various sporting codes on Saturday, 29th...
July 24, 2017
#TuksChess: Nelson Mandela day at Sci-Enza
As part of the Nelson Mandela Day initiative, Sci-Enza and TuksChess invited a group of young boys called Grooming the Boys to Sci-Enza for a chess and science...