IMMANUEL GARISEB WON THE NAMIBIA NATIONAL CLOSED JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2014

This weekend 18-20 July 2014 we had quite a show at the Windhoek Show Grounds, Presidential Hall. The Students of the Weekend Chess Academy Dominated 3 age groups and excel in another.

The TWCA Champions with Coaches and NCF Vice President
Ms Melittta Mathe

The event which pit the 10 best juniors of all the 7 age groups from u/8 to u/20 was won by Immanuel Gariseb and with that he secured his spot in the World Juniors in India this year. He was followed by his teammate also from TWCA, William Kamberipa who scored 5.5/7 to take the silver medal and in third place was Jossy Uapingene.

In the under 18 section Isaskar Hamaseb had a perfect scored and none of his competitors could dent his will to win and as a result he scored perfect 7/7. In second place was Montgomery Gurirab from TWCA with 5.5/7. Ndangi L Tjirare from Paresis scored 5/7 and took the Bronze medal.

Nicola Tjaronda, another star of TWCA and Namibia's Women's Champion made it a double victory and took the gold with 6.5/7. She was followed closely by fellow teammate Tibor Trepper with 6/7, also repeating his feat of the Open event. In third place was Lida-Marie Galitz with 4.5/7.

The under 12 section was well defended by another brilliant mind Dante Beukes from TWCA with a second perfect score 7/7. Dante did not spare any effort and any opponent. There was no mercy and no mistakes. He showed great maturity especially in his endgames and he reaped the rewards.  4 of the medals winners also qualified for the World Youth Games in South Africa later this year and will get National Colors.

Well done to all TWCA Students. Finally, thanks to the other participants for great sportsmanship. We are looking forward to another exciting season in 2015.

Immanuel Gariseb won the Namibia National Junior Open Chess Championships 2014!

TWCA traveled once again to Swakopmund to participate in the 2014 Namibia National Junior Chess Championships. Our years of training was rewarded with 3 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 1 Bronze medal.

Jossy, William and Junior Champion 2014 Immanuel
with NCF President Otto Nakapunda

The overall winner of the event was Immanuel Gariseb who won the u/20 section with 6/7 points. He was followed by William Kamberipa who also scored 6/7. In third place was Jossy Uapingene a UNAM Student who took the bronze medal with 6/7. The trio beat each other and lost one game each, and the eventual winner after tiebreaks was Immanuel Gariseb from TWCA.

Dyllan Bedja

Nicola Tjaronda

In the under 18 section we have Dyllan, Bedja who took the 3rd place and a bronze medal home for his performance. He was edged out by Isaskar Hamaseb and Leonard Ndangi Tjirare who took Gold and Silver respectively. 

Nicola Tjaronda, the National Women's Champion of Namibia won the u16 age group with 6.5/7 and got a Gold medal for her excellent performance. In second place came Mutago Hochobeb with 6.5/7 and in third was Vitjiraje Uranga with 5.5/7. 

In the under 14 section we had Rodney Swartbooi who performed excellent having only attended a couple of lessons this year at TWCA. He scored 4.5/7. This is more than enough for any chess coach for a first tournament. His age group compatriot Kaujazema Hindjou only managed 2.5/7 for his first attempt. Kaujazema only started at TWCA two weeks before the event. Well done fellows you scored some points. We are sure you will perform great in 2015.

Dante Beukes

Dante Beukes was the clear favourite of the under 12 section and he certainly delivered with a perfect score of 7/7 dominated this section and took home a gold medal for his excellent performance. He was followed by Joseph Goabeb in second place and Kevin Gurirab in 3rd position.

We had another star in the under 10 age group. Benjamin Hooker also participated for his first time in a national Junior Chess event and scored an excellent 5/7. His composure and performance was great for such a young boy. He also joined TWCA in January this year and what a year it was for him. Well Done!

The medals

The TWCA Team

Our under 8 star was Tjiueza Hindjou who could only score 3/7. Once again this young boy like his elder brother only had two lessons at TWCA. He will be back with more to show. A good result from him. Well done!