South Africa hosts the Commonwealth
Graham Jurgensen has written a report on ChessBase about the ongoing Commonwealth Championship taking place in Ekurhuleni, South Africa. The tournament began June 25th and has drawn over 700 participants including top-seed GM Nigel Short and a strong Indian contingent. There are fifteen countries represented at the event with 309 South Africans, 24 from India and 19 from Botswana. The tournament runs until July 4th.
Main Site (Chess South Africa)
Standings (chess-results.com)
Games (PGN)
ChessBase report (Graham Jurgensen)
Video by Vijay Kumar.
What a pity Henry Steel, Kenny Solomon, Amon Simutowe, Robert Gwaze and Ahmed Adly is not playing. Would have been great to see them clash with the likes of Nigel Short and the other GM’s. We might have gotten our first African Commonwealth Chess Champion… but there is still hope! Go Africa!