Africa
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Shoker wins subzonal 4.2…Emojong stars
IM Samy ShokerPhoto taken from Wikipedia. When is it possible to get +6 (7.5/9) in a tournament and not win? When you are playing in the African Zone 4.2 and playing in the same field as Samy “The Shocker” Shoker. That’s exactly what happened in Egypt when the French-Egyptian overcame…
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2013 African Individual Championships (Tunis, Tunisia)
The African continental championship has begun in Tunis, Tunisia and three spots for the World Cup qualifying tournament (Tromso, Norway, 10th August-5th September) are at stake. The field appears to be tremendously void of players from Sub-Saharan Africa, most notably from Zambia who announced plans to withdraw a week ago.…
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2013 Zambian National Championships
The Chess Federation of Zambia wishes to advise that the 2013 Zambia Closed Invitational Chess Championships will be held at the Henry’s Courtyard in Mansa from Friday 29th March to 1st March 2013. (Foreign players will be invited) In addition to the main event, the Zambia Closed Invitational Chess Championship…
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Uganda announces new Cabinet!
Dear All, This is to inform you that the Uganda Chess Federation held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday 23 February 2013 and elected new office bearers as follows: President : Vianney Luggya Vice President: Olga Robina Namwanje General Secretary: Christopher Turyahabwe Treasurer: Augustine Lwanga Director Technical: Stephen Kisuze Director…
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2013 Botswana National Championship
The 6th Metropolitan chess championships will take place this weekend in Palapye where the top 20men and top 20 women will crack their heads in a fiercely anticipated chess tournament. The Sponsor The tournament is sponsored by Metropolitan to the tune of P80,000. This is the 6th year that Metropolitan…
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Chess in Togo!
Togo delegation at the General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Daaim Shabazz. Togo is a very modest country of 6.7 million sandwiched between Ghana and Benin. It is a country known primarily for it cocoa, but they are now known for something else… a budding chess community. I met…
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2013 Airfficiency Open (Botswana)
The Botswana chess calendar takes off on a high note as the players brace to lock horns in the first tournament of the year sponsored by Airfficiency. The tournament dubbed Airfficiency Year Opener sets the ball rolling and is highly favoured for setting the tempo for the year. The tournament…
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