Malawi’s Chess Association (CHESSAM) has descended into open warfare ahead of crucial presidential elections, after a bitter fallout between the incumbent leader and a former president exploded into a full-blown campaign controversy. Presidential aspirant Mark Ndipita has seized on the chaos, vowing to tear down what he brands damaging “one-man decision making” at the heart […]
Alliance One Tobacco Malawi (AOTM), in collaboration with Pyxus Agriculture Malawi (PAM), has renewed its sustainability partnership with the Chess Association of Malawi (Chessam) through a new K37 million sponsorship agreement. The renewed deal will fund the expansion of after-school chess programmes to a further 10 schools in rural tobacco-growing communities across the country. Launched […]
Malawi chess brainiac, Joseph Mwale, has made it possible for Malawi to be crowned second after he outshone fellow champions from such countries as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Senegal and Algeria. Mwale admitted it had been “a tough tournament” and attributed the success to God. The 2021 African Individual Chess Championship to place at the Golden […]