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Draughts champion Odhiambo ready for Kenya Open event

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Kenya's Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo (left) after winning silver medal at World Draughts Championship qualifiers in Antalya, Turkey. [Courtesy]

East African draughts champion Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo is set to battle world beaters from Barbados at the 2023 Kenya Open to be held this weekend at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi.

Odhiambo will also face off with the two dreaded Barbadians; John 'Jack' Francis and Ronald 'Suki' King at the historic Mbotela Social Hall on Jamhuri Day in a best-of-ten series to be played on a 3-variation move.

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