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Chess: Kenya bags gold and silver at World Amateurs Chess Championship

Madelta Glenda and Joyce Nyaruai [photo courtesy]

Kenya’s Madelta Glenda is the world amateur chess champion after she won her last game downing Mozah Al-Mamari from the United Arab Emirates.

The University of Nairobi student and Equity Bank chess player clinched 6.5 points to clinch gold as the competition ended in Rhodes, Greece on Monday.

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