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.