Christine Namaganda (born in 1986) is a Ugandan chess player. [1] She attained Woman Fide Master status in 2015. [2]
Namaganda studied for a master's degree at Makerere University. [3]
Namaganda attained fide Arbiter trainer status in 2016. [4] She also travelled to Ivory Coast to train the youth how to play chess. [5] She has represented Uganda in various international tournaments such as CommonWealth games in India, [6] 43rd Batumi Olympiad. [7] She has also won several local women's tournaments, over seven times. [8] She also emerged victor of the women's day tournament, Queens of Chess. [9] [10] [11]
In 2016 she rejected the Uganda Sports Press Association identification of Joyce Kabengano as the Best Female Chess Player of the Year, claiming she ranked higher. [12]
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