AFTER suffering a fifth round defeat at the ongoing 2023 Africa Youth Chess championship in Egypt, youngster Tumelo Lwenyeka yesterday bounced back to winning with a victory against Egyptian Abdallah Omar in the sixth round. Lwenyeka has so far recorded five wins and a loss heading into the last round, where he is set to face another Egyptian in Ahmed Omar. The Zambian sits on five points, half a point shy of leader Mohamed Adam of Egypt, while Elsorady Mahmoud was tied with Lwenyeka but with an inferior tiebreak. Another Zambian in the same U10 category was Luka Shields, who had three points, while Davan Shaurya had two points in seven attempts. In the U8 boys category, Jacob Kapembwe sat...

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