Xenophone Julius, Best scholar, Goodwill Khoa overall 4th at Kehat Beukes Memorial 2009

This weekend 26-27 December 2009, the 4th Kehat Beukes Memorial Chess Tournament was held at Klein Windhoek Guest House. The event was sponsored by Klein Windhoek Guest House and the Beukes Family and Friends. National Chess Champion Charles Eichab won the event for a second time with 5.5/7 followed by Toivo Nangula in 2nd place also with 5.5/7.

Chipande Ingwe came 3rd with 5/7 followed by Goodwill Khoa in 4th place also with 5/7. Worth mentioning is the performance of Toivo Nangula, Chipande Ingwe who each wrestled a point from Candidate Master Otto Nakapunda and Goodwill Khoa who checkmated Candidate Master Charles Eichab in the final round.

On the scholar side it was a horse race between Xenophone Julius and Calvin Eixab. However, Julius proofed that he

is the better player after he defeated Eixab in their final round encounter. For his effort Julius walked away with N$500.00 and Eixab got N$ 300.00 for second place. Abigail Julius the only girl was the third best scholar. She is defintely a candidate for the chess olympics in the near future.

Goodwill Khoa is the junior coach at TWCA and Xenophone and Abigail Julius are both students at The Weekend Chess Academy. With that we can only confirm that the chess lessons are helping.

Total prize fund was N$5,000.00 and was split as follows.

Open Section:

1st Prize - Charles Eichab = N$1,700.00+Two nights at the Guest House.

2nd Prize - Toivo Nangula = N$1,200.00

3rd Prize - Ingwe Chipande = N$800.00

4th Prize - Goodwill Khoa = N$500.00

Best Scholar:

1st Prize - Xenophone Julius = N$500.00

2nd Prize - Calvin Eixab = N$300.00

TWCA are working very hard to do better in 2010 on all sections.

In the group picture at the back is Ingwe Chipande, Toivo Nangula, Goodwill Khoa and Charles Eichab (Champion). In front is Xenophone Julius and Calvin Eixab.

TWCA coach and students make an impact at Namibia National Chess Championships 2009

On Monday, 14 December 2009, Charles Sidney Eichab became the Namibian Chess Champion for 2009 and a third time in Namibia.

The Namibia National Chess Championship was held at the Centaurus Secondary School from 9 December to 14 December 2009. Eichab scored 6/7 points after 4 wins and 2 draws.

In Second place was Candidate Master, Otto Zandell Nakapunda who also scored 6/7 but lost against Eichab in their individual encounter and was place in second position due to his lesser progressive score.

In third place was Max B. Nitzborn with 5/7. Nitzborn lost both his encounters against the Candidate Masters and had to fight tooth and nail against former Namibian Junior Chess Champion Willem August Silver and eventually succeeded to secure third place.

The best Juniors were TWCA students Xenophone Julius, with 4/7 in first place followed by Julian Isaak with 3.5/7 in second place and Ethan Pretorius with 3.0/7 in third place.

Final standings Open Section:

1st Place-Charles Eichab=Gold Medal

2nd Place-Otto Nakapunda=Silver Medal

3rd Place-Max Nitzborn=Bronze Medal

Best Juniors:

1st Place-Xenophone Julius=Gold Medal
2nd Place-Julian Isaak=Silver Medal

3rd Place-Ethan Pretorius=Bronze Medal

Excellent performance by TWCA students. Well done boys! Let's do it again in 2010.

In the picture at the back are the winners of the open section: Max Nitzborn, Charles Eichab (Namibian Champion), Otto Nakapunda and in the front are the TWCA trio: Ethan Pretorius, Julian Isaak and Xenophone Julius.

Julian Isaak is the 2009 Champion of TWCA

Congratulations to Julian Isaak, He won the 2009 TWCA Club Championship with a score of 6/7. He only lost against Christo Retief. In 2nd place was Xenophone Julius with 5/7 followed by Jack Tjaronda also with 5/7 in 3rd place. According to the progressive score tiebreak Xenophone was ahead with points and got the 2nd place.

After the Championships all students who passed their final exams in all three levels were awarded with certificates.

To conclude the year the students and coaches went on to swim at the Katutura Swimming pool. Jack Tjaronda had this to say" This is the best day of my life" At TWCA we strive very hard for our students to have fun. However the fun comes after hard work at the chessboard.

The more you practise and study chess the more victories you will have which will be converted to emosional currency hapiness and fun.

TWCA hope to grow exponential in 2010 and teach children chess to win at their next chess tournament.

In the picture is Julian Isaak at the Bank Windhoek Namibia National Open Chess Chess Champs earlir this year.

In the group picture is Jack Tjaronda 3rd, Julian Isaak(Champion) and Xenophone Julius 2nd.

TWCA team came second in 5th National School Team Chess Championship 2009

The Zandell Chess Academy took gold this weekend when they scored 24.5 /28 to wrestle the crown from Kolin Foundation Secondary School. The coaches Candidate Masters Charles and Otto from ZCA fielded their best team, Dantago Boois, Hange Tjingaete, Calvin Eichab and Jeremy-Dean van Rooyen. The best performers of the team were 3rd board Calvin and 4th board Jeremy-Dean who both scored 7/7. They won all 7 matches against their opponents. Congratulations to the champions! It’s well deserved.

The Weekend Chess Academy team Julian Isaak, Matjua Kajovi, Tjitjiri Tjaronda and William Kamberipa took silver when they scored 19.5/28 in second place. Kolin Foundation secondary school could only managed to secure a 3rd place with 18 points and received the bronze medals.

This was the second year that TWCA came second in the school team chess championship. We are working hard to be number one in 2010.

Worth mentioning is Amoes Demostenes from St. Georges Diocesan School the third player who scored 7/7 in this event.

The Weekend Chess Academy Coaches wish all students and parents a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2010.

In the picture above is the TWCA Team with chess coach Max.

Chess Opening Quiz 1

Dear Chess Student,

I have decided to start with a Chess Opening Quiz.

Today I provide you with the first installment of the opening quiz project.

1. Look at the Diagram and tell me which opening it represents.

2. Watch the video and tell me which opening are being played in the video?

I trust that this will aid you to learn chess openings more easily.

I used Chessbase 10, an excellent training tool to prepare the media.


You can sms the answer to 0811221183.

TWCA students participate against South Africa top schools and score points

The Namibia National Junior School Chess team participated at their maiden international chess match on 26 August 2009. The invitation came from the Primary School MenloPark who plans to visit Namibia Next year 2010. Three students from TWCA , Julian, Jack and Nicola were part of the team that went to South Africa.

Four School teams participated and Namibia came third. The Namibian Team was lead by Jossel Hindjou as head of the delegation. He was assisted by National Chess Coach Charles Eichab and Mr. Hamukweya. The NSSU and the Namibia Chess Federation joined hands to select the team at several qualifying events which was held earlier this year.

"Mrs Annamarie Hechter of the LS Menlopark made all arrangements with the team from Namibia, regarding their visit to SA, the chess event as well as sight-seeing in Pretoria and accommodating the group. On the 26 Aug all the participating school teams and the Namibian guests were treated with typical Pretorian hospitality by especially the Laerskool Menlopark, the Principal and staff who really went out of their way to entertain the Namibian guests.

The day started with a formal opening ceremony where the national anthems of Namibia and South Africa were played and the respective countries' flags hoisted. Formal and informal photos were taken. Refreshments for both officials and players were plentiful and the players were treated to memorabilia and gifts in every round! The hall and playing tables were exquisitely decorated with flags and everything nice, including notation pads and pens. The boards and pieces were supplied by Telkom for the day; every team supplied their own chess timers."

In the picture is the Namibian team during their trip in the NSSU colors. Congratulations on the entire team for their result.

Nicola Tjaronda, blazed through high school boys and girls to tie for first in Namibia National School Team Selection Chess Tournament!

The NSSU and the NCF held a team selection chess tournament to participate against South Africa.

13 regions have been invited as well as the qualifiers of the Bank Windhoek Open Chess Championships, However only 6 of the 13 regions took part with 63 participants.
We know that Namibia’s got talent it’s just a matter of resources and time before we conquer the chess world.

Why do we say this: Nicola Tjaronda only 10 yrs of age with 1½ years of chess training at TWCA defeated three high school boys and drew with two? She completely dominated the girls in their encounters. Her victories were against, Victor Nangombe, Patricia Teek, Lishen Mentile, Paulus Shituna, and Calvin Eichab. She drew against Julian Isaak and Eric Namaseb after she outplayed the young lads. She did not lose a single game and came third with 6/7, due to a lower progressive score. Nicola is the School Girls Champion 2009.

It’s the first time that we saw a girl who is not afraid to play against boys. She remained focused throughout the chess tournament and played attacking chess like a genius. Her beautiful encounter against Calvin Eichab displayed Grandmaster technique. She is a definite talent and the Coach Josef Nitzborn promise to teach her more good stuff to rake in more victories. Many of the spectators though that she was a boy when she played, only to realise that she is just a little girl with a big heart and lots of talent.

The overall winner of the National School Team Selection Chess Tournament was Hange Tjingaete a learner at Academia and chess student at The Zandell Chess Academy with a score of 6/7. Hange fought off Julian Isaak in their round 6 encounter which ended in a draw. He however could not convert a slight advantage in round 7 against Melvin Indongo and had to accept a draw. In second position was Julian Isaak with 6/7. Julian another gem from TWCA had to admit that Nicola was in top form and he had to fight hard to rescue a lost game. In third position came Nicola also with 6/7 and she was clearly the player of the chess tournament with a phenomenal rating performance of 1745 according to the pairing system Swiss perfect.

Ten (10) learners qualified for the encounter against South Africa. They are as follows:
Hange Tjingaete, Julian Isaak, Nicola Tjaronda, Melvin Indongo, Eric Namaseb, Calvin Eichab, Uukelo Titus, Dantago Boois, Lishen Mentile and Jack Tjaronda.

There are also 5 reserves in the event that any of the 10 qualifiers won’t be able to make it. They are, Mitch Nitzborn, James Indongo, Kiiga Angula, Paulinus Shilombuleni and Israel Shikongo.

The Namibian Team is ready to participate in South Africa and will be further coached by National Chess Coach Charles Eichab.

TWCA student Julian Isaak won Khomas regional chess trials

Julian Isaak, demolish friend and foe at the Khomas Regional Chess Trials. Read more about his achievements later.

TWCA student Nepando Jolly Girls National Champion of Namibia 2009

Nepando Jolly, a learner at A.Shipena Secondary School took the Namibia National Junior Girls Chess Championship title at the 2nd Bank Windhoek Namibia Closed Chess Championship 2009.

Nepando Jolly with her victory smile. She just defeated an opponent and shake hands.

read more about her achievement later...

TWCA dominated u/16 section and scored 6 medals and 13 players qualified for Bank Windhoek Namibia National Closed Chess Championship 2009

TWCA on fire! Producing 6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. 13 players also qualified for the 2nd Bank Windhoek Namibia Junior National Closed Chess Championship where the Namibian Junior Champion for 2009 will be crowned.

Congratulations to all our chess players. We are proud of you! Let's not get complacent and work hard to win more medals. Read more about the event later this week.

In the picture from left to right is: Christo Retief 3rd, William Kamberipa 2nd and Jack Tjaronda 1st in the U16 secction. Welldone guys! you are the best!!

TWCA dominates CAR Launch

The Weekend Chess Academy dominated the Royal Chess Minds Academy Launchc chess tournament. Read more about this event later this week.

HERE YOU CAN REGISTER FOR 2009

Dear Chess Parent or Student,

You can register by completing the registration form and e-mail to maxn.twca@yahoo.com or josef.twca@yahoo.com

We are looking forward to your move.

Yours in chess

Josef and Max

TWCA COMMENCED WITH ITS REGISTRATION FOR 2009

We welcome you to the 2009 academic year and trust that it will be another excellent year for student, coach and parent.

Why teach chess in schools? “Chess is a means to achieve educational excellence; a teaching tool identified by the principle of ‘learning to think’; an alternative for the development of thinking skills and processes; an opportunity for the development of character; and finally a way through which the virtuous habits and patterns of character help to integrate students in the public sphere of their adult lives and in particular in the professional world”

The Weekend Chess Academy was established in January 2007 and offers chess lessons to all interested.

Tutor's Profile: Max B. Nitzborn started to play chess in 1985 as a high school pupil. He was taught how to play by his classmate Gunter Husselman at age 15. Since that day he had a desire to play good chess and always go for the win. He scoops a few tournaments, namely: Champion Tisan Games 1998, Polytechnic Champion 1999, 2nd at Swakopmund Rapid Chess Champs 2005, 2nd at Walvis Bay Harbor Open Day 2006. 2nd at Independence Blitz 2006, 3rd Independence Blitz 2007. Today amongst the top ten rated players in Namibia. Chess Coach to Josef Nitzborn.

Josef Nitzborn started to play chess at age 5 (1987). Namibian Junior Chess Champion 1999-2000, Namibian Chess Olympic Team 2006, Turin, Italy. All Africa Games 2007 Algeria, Silver Medalist Coca Cola Open Chess Tournament Class-A 2007. Amongst the top ten rated Namibian chess players.

Our achievements for 2008 were:

The Weekend Chess Academy has made great strides in 2008. We produced the Namibia National Junior Chess Champion of Namibia by name of Goodwill Khoa. Goodwill also qualified for the chess Olympics in Dresden, Germany and indeed participated in this prestigious event, which was held in November 2008.
Other achievements were when The Weekend Chess Academy won 9 medals out of a possible 21 at the Bank Windhoek Namibia National Junior Chess Championships 2008. We won 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals at this event.
Our students also participated in the Sanlam Namibia National Chess Championships the event where Goodwill Khoa qualified for the Chess Olympics in the open section and Julian Isaak, Chez-Ray Allies and Mitch Nitzborn won Gold, Silver and Bronze in the junior section.
Then came the Namibian Icelandic International Chess Tournament where TWCA once again made a mark with Christo Retief who came second in the C section.
In August the Namibia National School Teams Chess Championships was sponsored by TWCA and once again we entered 3 teams the A team came 2nd overall each one got a silver medal.
We had our Annual Club Championship for the students and the winner for a second consecutive year was Christo Retief.

We offer chess lessons to students from grade 1-12. The package includes:
-a membership card
-A File
-Lessons and homework
-Tournament registration fees for top 10 students at local tournaments
-Special discount to TWCA students inviting friends to join.

Our Fees:
Once-off Registration Fee N$100.00
Monthly fee:
1 Student = N$170.00
2 Students = N$280.00
3 Students = N$390.00
Sliding scale
Schools or group fees negotiable

Fees for adults will be N$100.00 per hour or part thereof.

When:
Saturdays, from 9h00 to 12h00 AM.

Where:
Orban Primary School, Mercury Street, Windhoek West.

Should you wish to join us send an e-mail to josef.twca@yahoo.com or maxn.twca@yahoo.com.

Happy New Year!! 2 0 0 9

Dear TWCA students and parents, The Weekend Chess Academy would like to wish you a prosperous 2009. May all your dreams and wishes come true this year. From the TWCA team Josef Nitzborn and Max Nitzborn.