Posted in Africa, Zambia on Dec 6th, 2011 No Comments »
News out of Zambia ahead of the African Juniors: THE Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) has selected 36 young players comprising 18 boys and 18 girls to represent the country at next month’s African youth flagship event of the World Chess Federation in Lusaka. The 2011 African Youth Chess Championships to be held at Baobab [...]
Posted in Africa, Zambia on Oct 14th, 2011 3 Comments »
The Chess Federation of Zambia wishes to advise that the 2011 Zambia Closed Chess Championships will be held at the Olympic Youth Development Centre from Saturday, October 22 to Monday, October 24, 2011. In addition to the main event, the Championship section, the tournament will also incorporate youth age group sections for the following ranges: [...]
Posted in Africa, Botswana, Zambia on Oct 3rd, 2011 2 Comments »
International Master Daniel Jere won Botswana International Chess Open convincingly after scoring an impressive eight out of a possible nine rounds. The annual event which took place over the Independence Holidays attracted the strongest chess players from Botswana, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. IM-elect Daniel Jere of Zambia Jere rebounded from a crushing loss to [...]
Posted in Africa, Botswana, Zambia on May 31st, 2011 10 Comments »
MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE Staff Writer (Mmegi-Botswana) Tuduetso Sabure led Botswana women to victory. Botswana women gave their Zambian opponents a 15-5 thumping in a friendly chess match played in Kasane on Saturday. The two teams played four rounds. In the last round, the Zambians were walloped 4-0 as Keitumetse Mokgacha, Onkemetse Francis Thapelo Francis, and Tuduetso [...]
Posted in Africa, Games, Olympiad, Zambia on Oct 5th, 2010 8 Comments »
Stanley Chumfwa on the move against Libya’s Elbaruni Mohamed.Photo by ugra-chess.com. Zambia has had quite a bit to to celebrate in past years, but the men’s performance in the recently-ended 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk is the most recent of its accomplishments. Stanley Chumfwa led the charge of the 121st-ranked Zambian team to reach a [...]
Posted in Jamaica, Olympiad, Tournaments, Zambia on Sep 25th, 2010 5 Comments »
Top Boards (Open) Armenia 2½-1½ Russia 2 Vietnam ½-3½ Georgia Hungary 2½-1½ Russia 1 Poland 2-2 Netherlands Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-3 Ukraine Azerbaijan 2½-1½ Sweden Czech Republic 4-0 Mexico China 2-2 Slovakia Italy 2-2 Cuba USA 3-1 Argentina Round #5 Analysis: Now at the first rest day the field is shaking up as there are [...]
Posted in Africa, FIDE, Zambia on Jul 19th, 2010 No Comments »
In 2006, Bessel Kok sent an emissary to Africa to try to garner support for his “The Right Move” program. English Grandmaster Nigel Short took on the task hoping to win support to unseat Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (pictured left). Short’s trip swirled in controversy as he faced tough audiences both in Botswana and Zambia, camps supporting [...]
Posted in Africa, FIDE, Zambia on Jun 27th, 2010 12 Comments »
FIDE is holding a seminar from July 5th-10th which will serve as administrative training for federation management. Each federation is having their flights and lodging paid for the five-day seminar. The seminar will take place at the Taj Pamodzi Hotel, a five-star establishment. There is an extensive agenda with the guest speakers including FIDE VP [...]
Posted in Africa, Zambia on Oct 27th, 2009 7 Comments »
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has honored Grandmaster Amon Simutowe with the President’s insignia for meritorious achievement. This is yet another great accomplishment for Simutowe who has shed a brilliant light on the nation of Zambia with his ascent to the highest standard in chess. There had been much talk about the manner in which Simutowe [...]
Posted in Africa, Egypt, Tactics Lab, Zambia on Sep 7th, 2009 8 Comments »
There was an interesting (albeit erroneous) document circulating on the Kenyan Chess Forum that was highlighted here yesterday. I removed the story after GM Amon Simutowe stated that it was simply one of many data entry errors in Libya. The report illustrated a game from the 2009 African Championships between Simutowe (Zambia) and IM Khaled [...]
Posted in Drum Majors, Norway, Zambia on Aug 3rd, 2009 39 Comments »
GM Bartosz Socko battling GM Amon Simutowe at the Artic Chess Challenge in Norway. Amon Simutowe is in Norway after competing in the African Championship in Libya. He mustered a +1, but was not among the top six qualifiers for the World Cup. However, things are looking well for the Zambian as he has been [...]
Posted in Africa, Netherlands, Zambia on Jul 31st, 2009 4 Comments »
Amon Simutowe of Zambia has earned the coveted title of Grandmaster. This accomplishment is a marvel for a number of reasons, but suffice it to say, it was a long time coming. As a schoolboy, Simutowe was known as “pawn” but ended up becoming an African giant as his talent was revealed. By the time [...]
Posted in Africa, Zambia on Jul 8th, 2009 38 Comments »
Amon Simutowe receiving his certificate for his 3rd GM norm in 2007. Photo by Ben Schulte. It has been two years since Zambia’s Amon Simutowe had earned his 3rd GM norm. After adding a couple more norms, he still had not reached the required 2500 rating barrier. Recently, he had eclipsed the 2500 barrier and [...]
Posted in Europe, Italy, Zambia on Apr 24th, 2009 16 Comments »
Amon Simutowe received his certificate for the third GM norm at the Stimulans tournament in 2007. Photo by Ben Schulte. The fans of Amon Simutowe have been asking of his whereabouts. He has been traveling throughout Europe and competing in tournaments. He has had a couple of good results (including =1st Zagreb Open) which should [...]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Zambia on Sep 21st, 2008 13 Comments »
Amon Simutowe earned his last required norm at the Stimulans tournament last year. He has recently added an extra norm in Italy after scoring 6.5/9 at the Riviera dei Cedri tournament. He scored 2.5/3 from three Grandmasters and played five players over 2500. His performance rating was 2570. The “Zambezi Shark” feels that his play [...]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Europe, Netherlands, Tournaments, Zambia on Jul 24th, 2008 10 Comments »
GM-elect Amon Simutowe is playing in the Dutch Open which has only five GMs including top-seeds Vyacheslav Ikonnikov of Russia and Sandipan Chanda of India. Simutowe has returned to the country of his final GM norm and hopes to put in a solid performance. More details coming. Main Page: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/dieren2008/
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Europe, France, Zambia on Apr 20th, 2008 5 Comments »
Pham Minh Hoang vs. Amon Simutowe Amon Simutowe continues his march toward the final requirement for the GM title by coming clear 2nd in Rhône International Open in Lyon, France. He lost only to the winner, GM Vadim Malakhatko who scored 8-1. He drew with GM Jozsef Horvath of Hungary. Several of Simutowe’s games were [...]
Posted in Africa, Drum Majors, Europe, Iceland, Tournaments, Zambia on Mar 4th, 2008 11 Comments »
Having finished the Málaga Open with a good performance, GM Pontus Carlsson heads to Reykjavik, Iceland to compete in the Reyjavik Open. IM Amon Simutowe will also be in the field. Last year, the Reykjavik Open featured a motivated Emory Tate. Apparently Tate will sit just one out, but Reykjavik Open will boast some powerful [...]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Zambia on Nov 16th, 2007 1 Comment »
I was contacted by a journalist named Omar Bourne a couple of weeks ago. He sought to do a piece on Zambian Amon Simutowe. He apparently had found my e-mail on The Chess Drum and then contacted Simutowe who is currently in Africa. The result is a very interesting article (“Amon: The Chess King”) that may reveal [...]
Posted in Africa, Media Stories, Opinion/Editorials, Zambia on Sep 2nd, 2007 9 Comments »
ChessBase has run an article on GM-elect Amon Simutowe written by me! The article is presented differently on The Chess Drum as ChessBase’s Frederic Friedel has a different layout philosophy. The the articles have the exact same content. Enjoy! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4086
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