Mudongo moves up the ACC ladder

Mudongo beat Nigeria's Rosemary Amadasun to chalk up her third win of the event and move up to joint second with three points from four games. She is tied with Egypt's Woman International Master (WIM) Mona Khaled. They trail South African WIM Anzel Solomons by a point.

Mudongo seems to have rediscovered the form that made her WFM in 2000, national champion and bronze medallist at the 2002 World Chess Olympiad. Back then, she was hot on the local circuit, but the emergence of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Tuduetso Sabure and national champion Tshepiso Lopang has relegated her to the background. Her current resurgence and confidence is reflected by the fact that she financed her trip to Namibia after Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) said they did not have funds to take her there. The Tonota-born player is set to play Solomons in round five. The game has great significance over who might eventually be crowned the 2007 ACC champion.