Media hailed for chess development

Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) president, Tshepo Sitale said it was the media coverage, which has attracted sponsors such as Metropolitan to chess. He said the time of complaining about minority codes not getting media coverage is history. "Our language concerning the media has changed these days. We do not take your support lightly. I thank you from the bottom of my heart," Sitale said.  He said the fact that Metropolitan has sponsored chess for four years is testimony that the BCF is doing something right.

Africa Chess Union (ACU) president, Dabilani Buthali said people are taking note of chess because of the coverage it receives from the media. He recalled that in 1984, the editor of a top Botswana newspaper asked what chess is when he told him that he wants to start writing a column about the game. "He told me to leave the column I had written and my photo just in case there was a space but just as I expected, the piece was never published," he explained.