Botswana Chess Championship
The Botswana Chess Championship is organized[when?] by the Botswana Chess Federation, which was founded in 1982.[1]
Sponsors
[edit]Botswana Chess Championship has been sponsored by IBM. Metropolitan Botswana is the longest official sponsor of the event. Its partnership with Botswana Chess Federation started in 2006 up to date.
Winners
[edit]Year Champion[2] 1978 Alfred Eddie Basa 1981 Graham Blackburne 1982 Pete Hamely 1986 Gotile Madikwe 1987 Dabilani Buthali 1988 John Hutchison 1989 John Hutchison 1990 John Hutchison 1991 John Hutchison 1992 Gosekelwe Moseki 1993 Nedjo Stevanovic 1994 Nedjo Stevanovic 1995 Nedjo Stevanovic 1996 Ignatius Njobvu 1997 Nedjo Stevanovic 1998 Ofentse Molale 1999 Ofentse Molale 2000 Ignatius Njobvu 2001 John Hutchison 2002 Ofentse Molale 2003 Ignatius Njobvu 2004 Providence Oatlhotse 2005 Phemelo Khetho[3] 2006 Phemelo Khetho[3] 2007 Phemelo Khetho[4] 2008 Providence Oatlhotse[5] 2009 Providence Oatlhotse[6] 2010 Barileng Gaealafshwe[6] 2011 Abel Dzilani[7] 2012 Providence Oatlhotse[8] 2013 Ignatius Njobvu[9] 2014 Phemelo Khetho[10] 2015 Providence Oatlhotse[11] 2016 Barileng Gaealafshwe[12] 2017 Barileng Gaealafshwe[13] 2018 Providence Oatlhotse[14] 2019 Phemelo Khetho[15] 2020 Thuso Mosutha[16] 2022 Moakofi Notha[17][18] 2023 Gomolemo Rongwane[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIDE Directory: Botswana / Botswana Chess Federation". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Campeonato Botswana". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ a b Boiktuswane, Kenneth (15 March 2006). "Khetho Defends National Chess Crown". Mmegi. Gaborone. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Boiktuswane, Kenneth (12 April 2007). "Khetho and Lopang retain Botswana chess titles". Mmegi. Gaborone. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "2008 Botswana National Championship". The Chess Drum. 27 March 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Barileng Metropolitan chess champion". Daily News Botswana. Gaborone. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Koothupile, Botlhale (28 April 2011). "Dzilani is the new metropolitan chess champion". Sunday Standard. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "2012 Botswana Nat'l Championships". The Chess Drum. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Metropolitan Chess Championship Comes To An End". Mining and Travel Review. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Shabani, Thamani (23 April 2014). "Onkemetse, Phemelo are Metropolitan champs". Daily News Botswana. Gaborone. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Keetile, Portia (8 April 2015). "Oatlhotse Metropolitan champion". Daily News Botswana. Gaborone. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Kolantsho, Calistus (30 March 2016). "Gaealafshwe upsets Oatlhotse to take crown". Mmegi. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Sejabosigo, Jeremiah (2 May 2017). "Gaealafshwe retains metropolitan trophy". Daily News Botswana. Gaborone. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Sejabosigo, Jeremiah (10 May 2018). "Chess team in Zambia". Daily News Botswana. Gaborone. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Masanako, Neo (7 May 2019). "Ladies chess team shines in Madagascar". The Midweek Sun. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ Chipepo, Cosmos (12 August 2020). "Mosutha sanitizes all opposition to be crowned Botswana Chess King - Africa Chess Media". Africa Chess Media. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Kolantsho, Calistus (10 April 2023). "Metropolitan National Chess elimination produces upsets". Mmegi. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "2022 Metropolitan National Chess Championship Finals Open Section Gaborone, Botswana". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "2023 Metropolitan National Chess Championship Finals Open Section". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.