Chess: Liberia To Stage African Junior Championship

Chess: Liberia To Stage African Junior Championship Sampson Adedeji Liberia is set to host the 2021 African Junior Chess Championship scheduled to take place this December, BSNsports.com.ng can report. According to the Chess Federation of Liberia, the tournament has two sections - the Open Section for players aged 20 years or less and a Female Section for talented African girls 20 years and below. Each African Federation is allowed to send 3 participants for each section but the host nation(Liberia) will field five players with an option of registering up to 7 participants the organizer has to disclose This year's African Junior Chess Championship is the second major chess event that Liberia has hosted. The competition is slated to run from December 28-January 5, 2021 at the Monrovia City Hall in Sinkor.