Botswana chess stars keep title at home

Mpene won the Open Section after he registered a 100% score before the start of round seven of the competition held over the weekend at the Learning Centre. Mosweu made the country proud when she won the women's title. Mpene and Mosweu pocketed P2,000 each, a trophy, gold medals, and chess sets.

Tournament organiser, Vincent Masole told Mmegi Online that the tournament, initially called National Youths and Cadets had grown. “In the first edition we had four countries playing, so we decided to change due to the interest of other countries.