LPCA Independence Cup 2026 Chief Organisers!* Maybin Chinama and IA Victor Chimbamu.from left to right.
*LPCA Chess Fixture — NIPA, Lusaka*
*MATCH REPORT: SILVEREST PLAZA CHESS CLUB 5-1 LUSAKA CHESS CLUB*
Silverest Plaza Chess Club outwitted Lusaka Chess Club with a clinical 5-1 victory, without losing a single game in the fixture.
*Board 1:* International Master Richmond Phiri was held to a draw by Justine Daka.
*Board 2:* Lemmy Chishala fell to Tito Jilowa.
*Board 3:* Timothy ‘Komodo’ Kabwe lost to the rising Augustine Mtonga, who has been doing well even regionally.
*Board 4:* FIDE Master Geoffrey Luanja, Captain for Lusaka Chess Club, fell to Dalitso Chisopa on board four, much to the dismay of Lusaka Chess Club supporters who were rooting for the complete outclassing of Silverest Plaza Chess Club.
*Board 5:* FIDE Master Douglas Munenga ‘The Gatekeeper’, as he is affectionately known, drew against FIDE Master Chola Musonda in a pulsating fixture which could have gone either way had any of them wanted to push a bit further.
*Board 6:* Maria Banda of Lusaka Chess Club lost to Tanaka Dziyani of Silverest Chess Club.
*Official Result: Lusaka Chess Club 1 — 5 Silverest Plaza Chess Club*
*League Implication:* Lusaka Chess Club now leads with three points. Silverest Plaza Chess Club must ensure that they win all their fixtures, while faltering a game by Lusaka Chess Club would mean that the league would be determined by board points if they are to have the same number of points at the end of the day.
*Chief Arbiter: IA AARON BANDA*
*Deputy Chief Arbiter: CLIFF MULENGA
*Verified by:* LPCA Result Sheet — Round 24 — 01/11/26