6 SEPTEMBER 2016 Botswana: Parents Key to Sport Development By Tiroyaone Ramooki Gaborone — Parents play an important role in development of sports, Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC) chief executive officer, Falcon Sedimo has said. He was speaking at...
African Individual Chess Championships 2016
The 2016 African Individual Chess Championships were held from 17-26th of July with the Classical, Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue was the TICK hotel in Kampala, Uganda. In the classical event there were a total of 30 players...
IM Ssegwanyi aims to win African Championship
Ssegwanyi eyes African title 21 Jul 2016 Marion Malinga Following his notable start to the African Individual Chess Championship, Uganda’s International Master Arthur Ssegwanyi has his sights set on the title. Having collected three points out of the possible...
Young Namibian Chess Players to Compete in SA
Young Namibian Chess Players to Compete in SA Namibia’s best young chess players are set to participate in the week-long African Junior Chess Championships slated for August in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The players were chosen following the Closed...
Double Header Chess Weekend in Africa
Double treat for chess enthusiasts It is a double-header weekend for chess players and fans as Gaborone International Open and African Youth Chess Championships finals both get underway at Oasis Motel in Tlokweng. By CALISTUS KOLANTSHO Fri 24 Jun...
Sharpen Young Minds Through Chess in Botswana
Botswana: Chess Champ Drills Young Minds By Kebalepile Phuthego Francistown — Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) on Saturday June 4engaged the 2015 Junior Champion, Otsile Mapini to impart some chess skills to youngsters under the Francistown Debswana Re Ba Bona...
FIDE Zonal Championships in Africa
Zone 4.3 Championships FIDE Zone 4.3 Championships have come to an end and the winners are both from South Africa. In the Open Section Ryan Pierre van Rensburg won with a score of 7/9 and thus getting the right...
Zonal 4.4 Chess Championship
Report by Jamie Kenmure We all know that Africa has now got 4 zones compared to the 3 before. The zonal championship for new zone 4.4 is beginning today. It is open to all Federations belonging to zone 4.4...
2016 Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championships
Under the auspices of the African Chess Confederation, the Tanzania Chess Association has the honour of inviting Zone 4.2 Federations affiliated to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to participate in the 2016 Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championships. The event...
UCF needs sh300m to host Africa Individual Chess Championship
UCF needs sh300m to host Africa Individual Chess Championship By Vision Reporter 21st January 2016 The Uganda Chess Federation (UCF) is need of sh300m to host the Africa Individual Championship starting May 20 to 31 in Kampala. UCF president...