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Chess: Kenya win big at African championships held in Mombasa

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Joyce Ndirangu [right] and Mongeli Shasha play during African amateur individual chess championship held at Continental Hotel in Mombasa. 4th December 2022.[Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Kenya topped medal standings during the African Amateur Chess championships that ended on Saturday at the Mombasa Continental Resort.

Kenya won three out of the six gold medals available, which saw them provide the highest number of Africa's representatives to next year's World Amateur Individual championship in Greece.

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