Chess team ready for Olympiad Botswana men and women’s chess teams yesterday jetted off to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 42nd Chess Olympiad, which starts on Thursday and ends on September 14. ByCALISTUS KOLANTSHO Wed 31 Aug 2016, 15:10 pm...
Dissatisfaction with Botswana Federation Financial Report
Botswana: BCF Affliates Call for Another Report By Portia Ikgopoleng Gaborone — Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) affiliates have summoned the federation executive committee to resubmit a financial breakdown for the 2015 financial year. Affiliates expressed their dissatisfaction with the...
Sharpen Young Minds Through Chess in Botswana
Botswana: Chess Champ Drills Young Minds By Kebalepile Phuthego Francistown — Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) on Saturday June 4engaged the 2015 Junior Champion, Otsile Mapini to impart some chess skills to youngsters under the Francistown Debswana Re Ba Bona...
Naledi Marape, new young talent from Botswana
Young chess sensation wins silver in Zambia The Botswana team has managed to bring back only two medals; a silver and bronze, from the 2015 African Youth Chess Championships in Lusaka, Zambia. ByCALISTUS KOLANTSHO Mon 14 Dec 2015, 12:49...
Chess in Botswana
Botswana international open chess championships In Sports September 25, 2015 LEONARD MATOTA Botswana Chess Federation (BCF )will host Botswana International Open Chess Championships from 30th September to the 4th October 2015 at Legae Academy. Botswana International Open is renowned...
FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar in Gaborone, Botswana
From 24th to 28th August 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Gaborone, Botswana, by the Botswana Chess Federation and under the auspices of FIDE. The venue of the Seminar was the Oasis Hotel, Gaborone, Botswana. The Lecturer...
Marape shines at African Schools Championship
Marape shines at African schools chess tourney Chess wiz kid, Naledi Marape continues to prove her mettle after she won gold for Botswana at the just-ended African Schools Championships in Tlokweng. By CALISTUS KOLANTSHO Wed 02 Sep 2015, 11:43...
Oatlhotse eyes $1 million
Botswana’s only International Master, IM Providence Oatlhotse recently competed and won the Tsogo Millionaire Satellite Chess Tournament in South Africa. The event was a qualifier for the Millionaire Chess Tournament to be hosted in Las Vegas USA where the...
Olebile Defends Chess Title in Botswana
By Esther Mmolai Maun — FIDE Master (FM) Thato Olebile was crowned champion of the Maun International Open chess tournament for the second year in a row on over the weekend. Olebile, who won the Gaborone International Open earlier...
Chess future promising in Botswana
Chess Future Promising 23 JUNE 2015 By Segametsi Kebonang Lobatse — Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) chairperson, Solly Reikeletseng, says chess has a brilliant future in both play and administration. Speaking at the Botswana Chess Federation annual general meeting...