Friendly Chess Match Between Malawi Parliament Members and Lilongwe Chess Veterans

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

An interesting chess report in The Maravi Post online says legislators from Malawi Parliament will play a friendly chess game against Lilongwe based chess veterans!

The game is part of preparations for Members of Parliament team, which is expected to travel to Zambia alongside football and netball teams from the national assembly for friendly games against Zambian Members of Parliament.

Leading the MPs against the veterans will be Chess Association of Malawi President and MP for Chitipa East Kezzie Msukwa, who boasts of vast experience in the game, having once been national chess champion during his hey days. Other players expected to feature for the Parliamentarians side include Cabinet Minister Ken Kandodo Banda, Lingson Berekanyama and Hon Lowe. Notable faces in the veterans side include DPP campaign director Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, Ackim Mwale and Mwangi Mwankenenge. Former Reserve Bank Governor Perks Ligoya, who once served as President of Chess Association of Malawi, is also expected feature for the veterans’ team. The game will be played in the spacious Carlsberg Hall of Fame at the Lilongwe Golf Club.

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Zambia chess interview with national champions

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

Daniel Jere has recently won the men’s category of the Chess Federation of Zambia closed championship. This is the 3rd major achievement this year for Jere, who also won himself a silver medal at the September All Africa Games in Mozambique and a Gold Medal at the Botswana Open. The championship in the male category had previously been held by the Gillian Bwalya, who failed to defend his title. In the female category, 18-year-old Epah Tembo emerged winner. Here is a video interview with the winners.

We particularly carried this video to celebrate the 'chess awakening'  that is sweeping (well, almost) Africa at this time. We hope for Africa to join mainstream chess with grandmasters aplenty soon.

You might also like to read our previous post related to a talented young Black chess master.

Nice chess video - The US Chess Scoop on the Marshall

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