Masaiti overcomes obstacles to make chess cut

Over the weekend, the Botswana Chess Federation (BCF) held the final national team selection at the National Stadium for the team that will represent the country at the 2022 World Chess Olympiad in June. The tournament will be in Chennai, India. The event was to be held in Moscow but the war in Ukraine made that impossible.

Masaiti, who is based in Texas, USA, faced a backlash as some players felt that she did not deserve to play in the qualifiers. The discontent led to senior women chess players protesting and boycotting the qualifiers.