Zimbabwe Chess Federation

Chess Federation wihes you all a UHURU Day.

*TEAM ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼🇿🇼 JOINING AFRICA CHESS LEAGUE 2026*

African Chess League» is online competitions between African federations
and Russian partners and friends. It is envisioned that the «African Chess League»
will be part of the broader «Chess Diplomacy» project, through which the Moscow
Region Chess Federation collaborates with federations worldwide.

*To join Team Zimbabwe ACL please*

Step1.
fill in the Google form
https://forms.gle/h5oiFWEKBrzfs6em9

Step 2.
Request to join Team Zimbabwe ACL on lichess on the following link
https://lichess.org/team/zimbabwe-team-acl

Only those who have filled in the Google form in step 1 will be admitted into the team

Step 3.
Join the WhatsApp group for updates and reminders on the playing dates and times.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JFfXCTtEMt7B12DbEpuqVL?mode=gi_t
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*THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THOSE WHO CAN JOIN THE TEAM EVERYONE WITH A LICHESS ACCOUNT IS WELCOME TO JOIN*

AFRICA CHESS LEAGUE JOIN LICHESS TEAM : https://lichess.org/team/zimbabwe-team-acl JOIN WHATSAPP GROUP : https://chat.whatsapp.com/JFfXCTtEMt7B12DbEpuqVL?mode=gi_t

𝐙𝐢𝐦 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠

After being crowned champion for the 2026 ZCF Easter Open held in Masvingo at Flamboyant Regency Hotel, Tapiwa Jeje has set his sights on attaining an International Master Title enroute to Grand Master title

“𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒁𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒘𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓.

“𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏.

𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆.

𝑨𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 2 𝒐𝒓 3 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒍𝒆.

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Congratulations to Tapiwa Jele and Tatenda Ndou, Champions of the 2026 Easter Open Tournament held at Flamboyant Regency Hotel in Masvingo. Jele scored an outstanding 8/9pts in the Open Section and Ndou scored 5.5/7 pts in the Ladies Section to take the trophy home. Congratulations, Makorokoto, Amhlophe 🎉🎉

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Congratulations for this achievement Christian Brothers College - Bulawayo! Zimbabwe Chess Federation is grateful for the outstanding work CBC continues to do in promoting chess in education and chess as a sport in Zimbabwe. Please keep up the good work!! Gens Una Sumus.

International Recognition for CBC Chess

Christian Brothers’ College has been awarded the FIDE International Chess Bronze Emblem (2025) — a globally recognised honour presented to schools that actively promote the development of chess within their communities.

This recognition celebrates CBC’s commitment to chess education, competitive excellence, and community engagement, reflecting the College’s efforts to grow the game both within the school and beyond its gates.

Through tournaments, mentorship, and outreach initiatives, our chess programme continues to inspire strategic thinking, discipline, and sportsmanship among young players — while helping to strengthen the wider chess community.

We congratulate our players, coaches, and organisers who continue to build and sustain this thriving culture of chess at CBC.

BEWARE OF SCAMMERS‼️‼️‼️

Impersonation to trick people out of their hard earned money is now a growing problem in our country. Whenever you are contacted by anyone from the Federation please check the name on ecocash(for econet numbers) and if they request money DO NOT PAY ANY MONEY INTO A PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

All those under 18 (minors) please refer anyone who contacts you for any opportunities to your parents or guardians to avoid predators who take advantage of your innocence.

For transparency and ease of authentication all Federation officials will contact you with econet numbers with verifiable account names or the Federation's official office number.

Yours in chess

Tapiwa Gora

ZCF Executive Director

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

The ancient city of Masvingo will this April host the Zimbabwe Chess Federation (ZCF) Easter Open Tournament at Flamboyant Regency Hotel for a high-stakes.

𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: April 3 to 6

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 & 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:

𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: $𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟎

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬: $𝟒𝟎.𝟎𝟎

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐔𝟏𝟒): 𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬: $𝟓.𝟎𝟎

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙡 1, 2026. 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

Minerva Risk Advisors and the Zimbabwe Chess Federation today honored the country's inmate chess team at Chikurubi Maximum prison for their outstanding representation at the 2025 continental and intercontinental tournament.

The team received food hampers and official Zimbabwe chess team regalia courtesy of Minerva Risk Advisors.

_"We are proud to support these talented individuals and will continue to sponsor Chess in Prisons tournaments,"_ said Lydia Tanyanyiwa, CEO of Minerva Risk Advisors.

The Zimbabwe inmates chess team won top spot in both men's and women's categories at the African Continent Championship, with the men's team also securing 4th place in the online Intercontinental Championship.

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🚨 *ZIMBABWE OPEN CADETS AND YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026*‼️

REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2026.
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*Zim Open Cadets and Youth Championships dates named*

The Zimbabwe Chess Federation is thrilled to announce the upcoming Zimbabwe Open Cadets and Youth Chess Championships 2026, set to take place from 20-22 February 2026 at the prestigious Dominican Convent High School in Harare.

This tournament is a significant event on the chess calendar, attracting young talents from
across the nation.

In line with its commitment to fostering chess in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Chess Federation has been intensifying efforts to increase the number of tournaments and programs specifically targeted towards junior players of school-going age.

This initiative aims to ensure that the country cultivates a rich pool of chess talent for the future. School children serve as excellent ambassadors for the game, as they can introduce and teach chess to their peers more effectively than adults, helping to spread the love for chess rapidly within their communities.

The tournament promises to deliver fireworks as participants from all provinces and corners of Zimbabwe collide for honours in this national competition, showcasing the depth of talent and passion for chess in the country.

Event Details:

Location: Dominican Convent High School, Harare
Date: 20-22 February 2026

*Sections:*

Open Section

Girl’s Section
Age Categories: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 (totalling 12 sections)

Participants: Each section will have a maximum of 100 participants.

Format: The competition will be a 9 Rounds Swiss Format.

Time Control: 45 Minutes per player with a 30 seconds increment from move 1.

*Purpose:*

The championships will serve as a qualifier for several international tournaments,
including:

Africa Youth Chess Championships in May 2026, Uganda FIDE Cadet World Chess Championships in November 2026, Batumi, Georgia.

FIDE World Youth Chess Championships in June 2026, Italy

Eligibility:
Players born on or after the following dates are eligible to register for the tournament:
Under 18: 1 January 2008
Under 16: 1 January 2010
Under 14: 1 January 2012
Under 12: 1 January 2014
Under 10: 1 January 2016
Under 8: 1 January 2018

*Registration Information:*

Registration Fee:

US$15.00 for affiliates
US$30.00 for non-affiliates
Players must register with the ZCF office by Monday, 16 February 2026, at 1600hrs to ensure appropriate tournament conditions.

Registration will be on a first come, first served basis for the available spots.

Players may be asked to produce a certified copy of their birth certificate or passport copy at any time during the event.

After the registration deadline, the ZCF reserves the right to refuse or decline late registrations. If spots are available, late registration will incur a fee of US$40.00.

*Call to Action:*

*The President of the Zimbabwe Chess Federation, Todd Mapingire, encourages all eligible cadet and youth players to register for this exciting opportunity. “This tournament not only provides a platform for young players to showcase their talents but also serves as a crucial stepping stone towards international competition.*

* It presents a unique opportunity for young players to earn the right to represent Zimbabwe on prestigious regional, continental, and international stages, while simultaneously exploring the beauty of the world as they travel to other countries.”*

Accommodation:

Accommodation shall be offered at VERITAS Cottages with the following rates:

Bed with linen: US$20.00 per night
Bed without linen: US$15.00 per night
Dinner: US$10.00

Participants who require accommodation should book well in advance.

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