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Kenya set to host Africa schools event next month

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Students in action at the national chess championships in Mangu. [Courtesy]

Smarting from a successful national schools' chess extravaganza, focus now shifts to Kenya hosting the prestigious 2025 African Schools Individual Chess Championships (ASICC) in Mombasa next month.

It is all systems go for the battle on the boards as co-host Chess Kenya Federation (CKF) prepares to send one of the largest contingents ever. Hundreds qualified to the coastal meet from the April 4-8 Kenya National Chess Championship held at Mang'u High.

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