Botswana Chess Championship
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The Botswana Chess Championship is organized[when?] by the Botswana Chess Federation, which was founded in 1982.
Sponsors
Botswana Chess Championship has been sponsored by IBM. Metropolitan Botswana is the longest official sponsor of the event. Its partnership with Botswana Chess Federation started in 2006 up to date.
Winners
Year Champion 1978 Alfred Eddie Basa 1981 Graham Blackburne 1982 Pete Hamely 1986 Gotile Madikwe 1987 Dabilani Buthali 1988 John Hutchison 1989 John Hutchison 1990 John Hutchison 1991 John Hutchison 1992 Gosekelwe Moseki 1993 Nedjo Stevanovic 1994 Nedjo Stevanovic 1995 Nedjo Stevanovic 1996 Ignatius Njobvu 1997 Nedjo Stevanovic 1998 Ofentse Molale 1999 Ofentse Molale 2000 Ignatius Njobvu 2001 John Hutchison 2002 Ofentse Molale 2003 Ignatius Njobvu 2004 Providence Oatlhotse 2005 Phemelo Khetho 2006 Phemelo Khetho 2007 Phemelo Khetho 2008 Providence Oatlhotse 2009 Providence Oatlhotse 2010 Barileng Gaealafshwe 2011 Abel Dzilani 2012 Providence Oatlhotse 2013 Ignatius Njobvu 2014 Phemelo Khetho 2015 Providence Oatlhotse 2016 Barileng Gaealafshwe 2017 Barileng Gaealafshwe 2018 Providence Oatlhotse 2019 Phemelo Khetho 2020 Thuso Mosutha 2022 Moakofi Notha 2023 Gomolemo Rongwane