Glitch forces chess tourney postponement

The Metropolitan National Chess Championships qualifiers will now be held next month
The Metropolitan National Chess Championships qualifiers will now be held next month

The Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) has decided to postpone the Metropolitan National Chess Championships qualifiers due to technical glitches surrounding the scoring. The qualifiers were supposed to take place over the weekend at Ledumang Senior Secondary School in Gaborone.

BCF spokesperson, Keenese Katisenge said when the competition began they realised an error with the scoring at the end of the first round.

The championship will now be played on March 5 and 6. She said efforts to rectify the problem took longer than expected and an unanimous decision to postpone the tournament was taken following consultations with the participants.

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