CHEWE KALIWILE
Lusaka
INTERNATIONAL Master (IM) Chitumbo Mwali’s hopes of winning the Africa Individual Chess Championship and subsequently earning a Grand Master (GM) Norm on Monday suffered a setback after registering the first defeat.
Mwali lost to Algerian GM Bilel Bellahcene in round seven and dropped to fourth position with five points, 1.5 points behind leader GM Amin Bassem of Egypt.
Prior to meeting his Waterloo, Mwali registered four wins and two draws.
Bellahcene climbed to second position with 5.5 points, level with Angolan IM David Silva but the former has a better tie-breaker…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
Algerian ends Mwali unbeaten run
- March 20, 2024
- 6:36 am
