Maseru, Feb. 26 -- The Arab Chess Federation and the African Chess Confederation hosted an open chess tournament in which Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) members participated.

The games started yesterday and are expected to continue until Saturday.

The Arab Chess Federation had earlier issued the statement which requested all Arab and African chess players to participate in the Arab-African online individual open chess championship 2021. According to the statement, based on the role of the Arab and African chess federations in exercising their missions to raise the level of African players, continue to improve the game of chess, advocate for competitive activity and development of skills in practicing the game and improve communicatio...