Born in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, IM <Kudzanai Mamombe> began his trek to African chess stardom at age 11 when he learned to play chess. Kudzanai, which means, "respect each other," has made an impact on the African continent having won the African Junior in consecutive years in 1990 and 1991; having won the National Championship of Zimbabwe an impressive seven times (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000); having represented the Zimbabwean National Team in the Chess Olympiad on five occasions (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000). He has won more than 40 tournaments.

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