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Banda scales chess heights

Friday, September 15, 2023 | 30 Views |

Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Natalie Katlo Banda comes across as calm and collected but on the chess board, she is a fierce competitor.

She made history recently when she won a gold medal in the Under-16 years girls’ category at the Africa Youth Chess Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. Banda is also the 2023 Metropolitan national women's champion.

She will now represent Africa at the 2024 World Youth Chess Championship. Her father introduced her to the board game when she was six-years-old. “He taught me and my younger brother.

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