There was a three way tie for second position with Elias Musonda, Frank Ngombolo and Mathews Banda all scoring 3.5 points. Libuyu Primary came second with 19 points, while the host school, Holy Cross Primary, amassed 18.5 points to end third.Ī small open tournament was also held in parallel with the schools event and CM Chola Musonda emerged as the sole winner with a score of 4/5. After 5 rounds of play, Zambezi Primary emerged as the overall winners, with a total of 22 points. The children really enjoyed the format which was aimed at giving them some competitive interaction but in a fun and social setting.

Board substitutions were allowed, just to add to the fun. Each school was allowed to field a team of 8 players in every round with the teams fielded on a non-restricted basis as long as each team comprised at least two girls every round. The one-day invitational tournament was a chance for five of the local schools enrolled in the JC Flowers Foundation Chess Initiative to take part in a round-robin tournament to celebrate the first successful year of the program.Ī total of fifty school children took part in the 5 round event which was played as an eight-board round robin.

Project Chess Zambia and the Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa held the first JC Flowers Chess Championships in Livingstone Zambia yesterday.

Kasparov chess