Jamaica's Duane Rowe against  Botswana's Ignatius Njobvu in a "Blitz Challenge." Players were challenging other countries in a best of three. These pictures were taken in the lobby of the Hotel Acorn Pionero and when I left for my hotel (Mirlos Tordos), it was about 3:00am. They were still playing!

Meanwhile, Pedro Aderito of Angola was blitzing with a Latin American player. The three Angolans watching are Manuel Mateus (light shirt), Eugenio Campos (yellow shirt) and Catarino Domingos (blue jacket).

During Peru vs. Uganda, trash-talking was rampant. John Kikonyongo of Uganda (with the glasses) was hilarious! There were players many countries either playing blitz on surfing on the computers.

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