Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:02:37 +0000 The desire to keep the winning flame burning has forced the Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) to consider engaging a Russian chess grand master to drill the country’s ten players set to compete at the 2012 World Chess Olympiads next week in Turkey. Four top Russian chess grand masters have been lined up and the federation is negotiating for one of them to be attached to the team that leaves the country for Turkey on August 25 in time for the Olympiads that start on August 29. CFZ tournament director said the federation was keen on maintaining the country’s relatively good performance at the World chess stage hence the decision to engage chess experts to assist the players. “We have been performing well since we first qualified for the Chess Olympiads and there is need to keep the momentum moving by attaching a chess expert to the team,” he […]
