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Chess heroines rise above the odds

DETERMINED: Naledi
DETERMINED: Naledi

-Teen champs defy odds to represent the country

-BNSC too broke to sponsor chess players

Determined Junior National Chess team members, Woman Fide Master (WFM) Naledi Marape and Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Natalie Banda, have refused to let broke Botswana National Sports Commission (BNSC) deter them from representing the country in the prestigious Africa Chess Championship.

Marape (15) and Banda (14) will from next week, May 17th-28th represent Botswana in the Africa Individual Championships to be held in Lilongwe, Malawi, after their parents dug deep into their pockets to raise the...

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