{"id":4612,"date":"2026-06-10T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T11:34:05","slug":"chief-mukuni-international-chess-championship-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/?p=4612","title":{"rendered":"CHIEF MUKUNI INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP LAUNCHED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) has entered into a long-term partnership with Mobile City, a collaboration aimed at strengthening the growth and sustainability of chess in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Chess Federation of Zambia President, Leslie Chikusa, announced the launch of the inaugural Chief Mukuni International Chess Championship, which will be held in Livingstone from July 4 to 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chikusa said the tournament, named in honour of His Royal Highness Chief Mukuni, marks the first major project under the new partnership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chess Federation of Zambia President said the championship will help promote sports tourism by attracting players from approximately eight countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A relationship with a corporate entity and a relationship with a chief guarantees peace, tranquility and an atmosphere that encourages fair competition, love and unity,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Mobile City Marketing Manager, Musambo Minamu, said the company&#8217;s decision to sponsor chess was motivated by the values the sport promotes among young people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chess Federation of Zambia (CFZ) has entered into a long-term partnership with Mobile City, a collaboration aimed at strengthening the growth and sustainability of chess in the country. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Chess Federation of Zambia President, Leslie Chikusa, announced the launch of the inaugural Chief Mukuni International Chess Championship, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[26,25],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-ineverycornerofzambia","tag-zanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4615,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions\/4615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}