Wednesday, March 23, 2011

TWCA Students, Dominate Junior Section of Independence Blitz 2011

The Weekend Chess Academy Students made their coaches proud the past weekend when they took top honors at the Independence Blitz Chess Tournament 2011.

The students won 6 medals in 3 age groups. That to us shows real progress. Our students make progress and are really outperformed the rest in their age group. We are very, very proud of them. The age group achievements were as follows:

Under 14:
1st Place - Gold: Abhinav Lahiri
2nd Place - Silver: Nicola Tjaronda

Under 16:
1st Place - Gold: Matjiua Kajovi
2nd Place - Silver: Immanuel Gariseb

Under 18:
1st Place - Gold: Julian Isaak
2nd Place - Silver: Mitch Nitzborn

The Coaches Goodwill, Eddy and Max also participated, but only ended 4th, 12th and 6th respectively.