BY: Bakang Raphala The dominant chess player Naledi Marape scooped the Outstanding Female Athlete Of The Year yesterday at the 41st Botswana Sports Awards held at Baisago Convention Centre. Upon receiving the award Naledi thanked and expressed special thanks to his father for the support he gives her throughout her career. She said she was Read More
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BY: Kabelo Seleka Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) 2020 Metropolitan Open Chess Champion WCM Besa Basaiti has earned herself an elite scholarship to study in the USA courtesy of the Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC). The BNSC Elite athlete scholarship meant that Besa Basaiti is the first women chess player to be granted one. The chess Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) Public Relations Officer(PRO) says that they intend to invest more in digital technology to boost Botswana`s competitiveness internationally. The sentiments by the youthful PRO follows national team’s participation at the ongoing FIDE World Online Chess Olympiad. The visual tourney started on the 25th of July ending on August 30. Read More
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BY:Kabelo Seleka Candidate Master Thuso Mosutha was crowned 2020 Metropolitan National Final Chess Open section Champion walking away with P10 000.00 cash prize. Thuso Mosutha bossed the competition that Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) staged from the 18th of July until to the 22nd of the same month that attracted 22 competitors amid covid-19 scare. The Read More
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Under the tutelage of coach Ivon Makabe,the online chess Olympiad team is made up of IM Providence Oatlhotse,Gomolemo Rongwane,WGM Tuduetso Sabure,WIM Onkemetse Francis,WCM Refilwe Gabatshwarwe and CM Thabo Elias.
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