Francistown to select chess players for Botswana Games

Gaborone hosts the Botswana Games in December. Players under the age of 19 drawn from schools around Francistown will compete in the selection tournament and 10 would make the final squad.

Tournament organisers' spokesperson, Kabelo Masale, said although only 10 would make the cut, some reserve players would be selected based on their skill and talent. "It is not that 10 is a fixed number, if there are some players who show skill we are also going to take them to the Gaborone camp," Masale said. A side selected from the north, which includes Francistown, won the competition at the last Botswana Games in 2009.