Francis� reaps fruits of consistency

What started as a secondary school interest has given Francis fame. She participated in athletics as a junior school student and only played chess for leisure. But her love for the chess board grew when she played her first competitive game in an Under-18 tournament in 2009. She was still a student at Naledi Senior Secondary School.

She burst into the national team in 2012 as part of the squad that represented the country at the Olympiad in Turkey.