Maseru, Feb. 19 -- Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) participated in the 2021 African Online Individual's Chess Championship (AOICC) at the beginning of this month.

The tournament was scheduled to commence on January 25th to 29th 2021, however due to various challenges faced by many federations in securing effective transfer of tournament fees that let to delayed registration, it was later postponed with one week .

Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) Public Relations Officer (PRO) Selatela Khiba, speaking in an interview with Informative Sport on Wednesday, stated that the purpose of the tournament was for the African Chess Confederation (ACC) to acquire champions that will represent the African continent in the chess world cup to be held...