Kenya finished fourth overall in the just concluded African Schools Individuals Chess Championship in Lusaka, Zambia.
The country collected five medals, one gold, one silver and three bronze.
Krishi Shah picked Kenya’s only gold medal after clinching the Under-13 girls title with an unbeaten record.
For winning the title, she was awarded a Woman Fide Master Title. Samesh Arul on the other hand won a silver medal in the boys Under-11 category and with it earned a Candidate Master title.
Brothers Odongo Lwanga Amol and Aguda Lwanga Amol won bronze. Odongo was third in the boys’ Under-9 category while his brother finished third in the boys Under-11.
Kenya’s third bronze medal came courtesy of Reanna Paras Varsani who finished third in the Under 15 girls category and with it was awarded a Woman Candidate Master Title.
Kenya was represented by nine players in the event won by Botswana who picked three gold and three bronze medals.
Hosts Zambia were second after picking seven medals while South Africa finished third with five medals.
Meanwhile, Haruna Nsubuga from Uganda picked five points to win the inaugural Equity Open championships at Luke Hotel.
Nsubuga shared top prize with fellow country man Patrick Kawuma with both sharing the Sh80,000 top prize on offer.
Elsewhere, Chess Kenya will hold its elections in March next year. This is according to a ruling made by the Sports tribunal.
The tribunal chaired by John Ohaga said on Tuesday that there will be a one month recruitment exercise next month before a notice of elections is given out.
The association has been embroiled in wrangles since March when a Special General Meeting was held to remove current officials.
The officials, however, went to the tribunal and were reinstated as the said meeting was ruled to have been improperly held.
