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WOMAN Fide Master (WFM) Lorita Mwango has kept alive her dream to be Zambia’s first ever Woman Grandmaster (WGM) owing to her performance at the on – going Africa Individual Chess Championship.
Mwango’s unbeaten run has seen her jointly lead the table with four other players who are also on four points.
After playing five rounds, Mwango has managed three wins and two stalemates, her latest being on Sunday afternoon when she held Egyptian WGM Shahenda Wafa.
Mwango started the event on fire wining her first three games before recording two consecutive stalemates.
In Round One, she proved too strong for Queen Dlamini of eSwatini before dispatching Woman Fide Master (WFM) Shasha Mongeli of Kenya and Peninah Nakabo of Uganda in Rounds Two and Three respectively.