{"id":2919,"date":"2021-09-04T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-ready-for-virtual-chess-olympiad"},"modified":"2021-09-04T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T08:06:00","slug":"lesotho-ready-for-virtual-chess-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-ready-for-virtual-chess-olympiad","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho ready for virtual Chess Olympiad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) has announced its squad for the upcoming International Chess Federation (FIDE) Online Chess Olympiad to be held from July 22 to August 30.<\/p>\n<p>According to CFL\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Selatela Khiba, the country will be represented by 12 players in total.<\/p>\n<p>Khiba indicated that the squad consists of six first choice players and six substitutes.<\/p>\n<p>First choice players are CM Tokelo Klaas, Khanyapa Theko, WCM Maboloka Leboela, \u2019Malehloa Likhomo, Lebajoa T\u0161ephe and Bonolo Ntsielo.<\/p>\n<p>The substitutes, Selatela indicated, are CM Joang Molapo, Sechaba Khalema, Naleli McPherson, WFM Lieketseng Ngatane, Letlotlo Lebakae and \u2019Malillo Phera.<\/p>\n<p>CFL Secretary General, Moshe Mokone, said this is going to be the first time the Chess Olympiad is played Online in the history of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>He said this was due to the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first place, this year\u2019s Chess Olympiad was set to take place in Russia but because of the COVID-19 the International Chess Federation decided that the competition be held online,\u201d said Mokone in an interview with Public Eye on Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is going to be the first time Chess Olympiad is played Online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Mokone, however, said this is not going to be the first that an international chess competition is played Online.<\/p>\n<p>But he said players used to be reluctant to participate in such online competitions before, as most of them prefer to play it in a contact way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis this time around there is no chance of choosing between online and contact chess because of the COVID-19,\u201d Mokone said.<\/p>\n<p>The last Chess Olympiad was held in Georgia in 2018, as the competition is held biennially.<\/p>\n<p>Mokone said Lesotho players\u2019 performance at the competition in 2018 was not too bad as some of them came home with chess titles from Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Team Lesotho is led for this year\u2019s Chess Olympiad by Mona Mphetole as the captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Chess Federation of Lesotho (CFL) has announced its squad for the upcoming International Chess Federation (FIDE) Online Chess Olympiad to be held from July 22 to August 30. According to CFL\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Selatela Khiba, the country will be represented by 12 players in total. 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