Julian Isaak the 2010 Junior Champion of Namibia won the Kehat Beukes Memorial

TWCA students are trendsetters. Julian Isaack made it number 5 when he blew away Candidate Master Eichab after an apparent blunder by the latter. Read more about this youngsters sterling performance...

Immanuel Gariseb is the TWCA Champion for 2011

He did it. Read more about the 2011 TWCA Chess Champion later...

TWCA B TEAM CROWNED SCHOOL TEAM CHAMPIONS 2011

Saturday, 1 October 2011, The Weekend Chess Academy made history when the B Team won the 7^th  Namibia National School Team Chess Championships 2011 with 11.5/20. The Champions are, Matjiua Kajovi, Ethan Pretorius, Tjitjiri Tjaronda and Abhinav Lahiri. The team had to win their last match against Kolin Foundation B Team to capture the title and they surely did. In Second place came The Weekend Chess Academy A team with 9.5/20. The TWCA A team (Immanuel, Christo, William and Julian) also had to win their final match in the last round to win the silver Medals. In third place we had Kolin Foundation A team also with 9.5/20. 

Kolin Foundation lost their match against the TWCA A team and was placed 3^rd because of the first tie-break being direct encounter. 

In the Primary section the Zandell Chess Academy Primary A Team took the gold with 23.5/28. They are; Etu Nangula, Mutago Hochobeb, Mubasen Hochobeb and Eu-Word Brendell. It was a horse race between ZCA and TWCA Primary A team (Nicola, Camy, Vetueza and Krishanu the 2010 Primary School Team Champions) who were leading the event from round one but conceded one point to many in the last round and ended with a 23/28 score in second place.

Van Rhyn Primary A team came in third place with 12/28. They had the same points then the ZCA B team but won on they match in round 2 and was placed 3^rd because of the direct-encounter tie-break. The chess coach from Van Rhyn Primary wowed to capture the primary school title this year but they were outclassed by the top teams.

TWCA Coaches: Max, Goodwill and Edmund are proud to share the glory and honor with our teams. We will do it again for 2012 and 2013. TWCA are going from strength to strength. 

In total we won 12 medals of 24 4 Gold and 8 Silver. Congratulations to the kidos. You are the best!!

TWCA students performed superb at 4th Bank Windhoek Namibia National Junior Chess Championships 2011 - Captures 3 out of 6 Medals...

Congratulations to the Junior Champions Silvestor Nanyala from Unam and Lishen Mentile from ZCA for their excellent performance. The coaches of TWCA are very proud of our students. Our goal is simple. We teach chess to children to ensure that they win at least 1 or 2 games at their next tournament. Well, the kidos are fighthers and have always come back with a medal after every tournament. Congratulations to all of them Immanuel Gariseb got a Silver medal for his 5.5/7 score in second place behind the Junior Champion Silvestor Nanyala.

Stephne Swartz also got a silver medal with 4/7 behind Lishen Mentile. Then we had Nicola Tjaronda also with 4/7. Well done kidos. You are the best!!

Worth mentioning was the sterling performance of Christo Retief. If he defeated Nanyala in the last round he would have been the Junior Champion. Unfortunately, he could not pull it off, but there will be a next time for sure and Christo will be better prepared. He has good prospects for 2012.

That was not all. We also have the following stars who took the top spots 4th Julian Isaak, 5th Christo Retief, 6th William Kamberipa and 7th Matjiua Kajovi. The other star is Camy Nitzborn in 4th place behind Nicola Tjaronda also with 4/7 in the girls section.

Then we have Jack Tjaronda, Tibor Trepper and Joshua Britz all who came to test their skill level against the best. Welldone, Welldone. You all gained valuable experience and we trust that you will have much fun next time. Chess for fun, Chess to win!!

The top 15 Juniors in Namibia with 8 from TWCA

4th Bank Windhoek Namibia National Junior Chess Championships 2011

Final Standings after round 7.

Place Surname Name Score Tiebreaks

Progr. Score M-Buch.

1 Nanyala Silvestor 7 28 23

2 Gariseb Immanuel 5.5 23.5 19

3 Handjaba Mclean 5.5 21.5 20

4 Isaak Julian 5 23 22

5 Retief Christo 5 22 19

6 Kamberipa William 5 21 21

7 Kajovi Matjiua 4.5 17.5 17.5

8 Neib Michael 4.5 17 18

9 Tjingaete Hange 4 20 20

10 Mentile Lishen 4 19 18

11 Swartz Stephne 4 18 18

12 Tjaronda Jack 4 17 20

13 Tjipetekera Samuel 4 17 18.5

14 Cloete Josua 4 17 18.5

15 Tjaronda Nicola 4 16.5 17.5

We would also like to thank our Parents for supporting the kidos. They are the future of Namibia. Thanks for investing in their future!!



TWCA Dominates 4th Bank Windhoek Namibia National Junior Chess Championships once again with Female Champion and 8 medals

The Weekend Chess Academy students captured the best female trophy, scored gold in 2 sections, 3 silver in 3 sections and 3 bronze in 3 sections. The only section where we missed an opportunity was the u/12. Our star in that section did not turn up for the event. So, results, results, results in 6 categories of 7.  It does not matter how you look at it, TWCA are once again the top performers.

Here, I want to remind the readers that our objective at TWCA is just to teach children how to win a game or 2 at their next tournament. The medals are bonuses. As the Head Coach of TWCA, I just realize once again that the kidos love chess. They also love to win and they hate losing. So our task is to teach them how to keep their composure and win the won games. What we have observed is that they will outplay the opponent and somehow falter in the last stages of the game.

The junior event is not over as 15 of our students qualified. Once again the most players from one chess academy who qualified for the finals of the Juniors. Last year we won the event when Julian Isaak 15 and Nicola Tjaronda 12, the youngest girl captured both crowns. This year they seems poised to do it once again. However, Stephne Swartz, another raw talent who took a 3 year hiatus from chess is back and she is back with a bang. She will battle for the ultimate prize and the best female prize. At the level that we are progressing TWCA stands to take the titles again.

Our competition will have to up their game as they are still trailing behind.

TWCA would like to congratulate the following winners:

Stephne Swartz for capturing trophy for the best female U20.

Julian Isaak for taking Silver U20

William Kamberipa for taking Silver U18

Jack Tjaronda for taking Bronze U18

Matjiua Kajovi for taking Silver U16

Abhinav Lahiri for taking Gold U14

Nicola Tjaronda for taking Bronze U14

Josua Britz for taking Bronze U10

Krishanu Lahiri for taking Gold U8

TWCA would also like to congratulate those players who qualified for the final event:

Stephne Swartz, Julian Isaak and Immanuel Gariseb U20

William Kamberipa, Jack Tjaronda and Christo Retief U18

Matjiua Kajovi, David Kafo and Kelsey Sabati U16

Nicola Tjaronda, Tibor Trepper, Jafet Kafo and Camy Nitzborn U14

Josua Britz and Simone Swartz U10

The final event will be played from 22, 23 and 24 July 2011 at Dawid Bezuidenhout High School.

Finally, TWCA want to thank those who also participated but did not make it to the top 6. Let TWCA take your hand and improve your chess in 1 year from last to top 6. We can do it together. Chess for fun, Chess to win!!!