Congratulations 2007 African Champions!
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IM Robert Gwaze (Zimbabwe) and WIM Mona Khaled (Egypt) are crowned as the 2007 African Champions in Winhoek, Namibia. FIDE Vice-President Lewis Ncube offers official congratulations. Photo courtesy of Namibian Chess Federation.
Again, what Musariri wrote above here is in line with what we have been saying all along. The treatment that most of our African Chess players receive from those who are supposed to be in charge of their welfare (chess career/sponsorship to tournaments if you will, etc) is very poor. In fact this epidemic should become a subject of open discussion /investigations among chess commentators. In spite of the circumstances and the shoddy treatment that players find themselves, some are still able to rise to the top but not too many of them do make it. Can you then imagine what would have happened if the opposite were to be true. I think we need to devote some time in the future to this endemic problem.
Hi Robert. Met your coleague Elijah and he told me to go and suf the net for you. Its a bloody good thing you won the all-African-competition last year. Its difficult to comprehend anyone else actually sharper than some of our Zimbabweans.
I am Nirmal Chouhan and just assisting Elijah in educating the kids at Westridge primary school. I also assist at the high school but unfortunatelly they are no games going on.