Saturday, 25 March 2017 the Namibia Chess Federation hosted the annual Independence Blitz Tournament at UNAM Main Campus.
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TWCA Champions fltr, Tawana, Lilian, Ellie-Rose,
Dante, Keisha and Christopher |
Dante is known for his virtuoso in blitz chess and his relentless practice of this chess discipline has paid huge dividends the past weekend. Only 14 years and so many achievements. He won the event with a perfect score of 9/9 and a rating performance of 2610. Apart from that, he finished the event with 2.5 points ahead of the field. In second place came Tawana Kawani with 6.5/9. Christopher Ndoroma came third overall with the same score of 6.5/9. In forth we had our under 20 Junior Chess Champion Montgomery Gurirab with 6/9. Amazing performance by the TWCA students.
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| NCF PRO and Keisha |
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| NCF PRO and FM Dante |
The event was open to boys and girls and Keisha Van Wyk from TWCA took the best female prize with 4/9. Amazing performance. She was followed by Ellie-Rose Otchuomou in 2nd place and Lilian Jansen in 3rd place. We wish all our students great success in their training regime and tournament play. Congratulations to all our students. Chess for fun, chess to win.
See full list of participants below.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | | Beukes Dante | NAM | 1943 | 9,0 | 0,0 | 45,0 | 51,0 |
| 2 | 8 | | Kawani Tawanda | NAM | 1830 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 49,5 |
| 3 | 15 | | Ndoroma Christopher | NAM | 1753 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 32,5 | 49,0 |
| 4 | 5 | | Gurirab Montgomery | NAM | 1862 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 54,0 |
| 5 | 9 | | Tengwana Kelvin | NAM | 1813 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 48,0 |
| 6 | 1 | | Nyakansaila Raphael | NAM | 2008 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 52,0 |
| 7 | 2 | | Nitzborn Josef | NAM | 1999 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 48,5 |
| 8 | 14 | | Mbaha Athiel | NAM | 1754 | 5,5 | 1,5 | 29,0 | 44,0 |
| 9 | 12 | | Gaoseb Manfredo | NAM | 1768 | 5,5 | 1,0 | 33,0 | 51,5 |
| 10 | 3 | | Handjaba McLean | NAM | 1969 | 5,5 | 0,5 | 27,0 | 44,5 |
| 11 | 7 | | Nauiseb Alfred | NAM | 1838 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 30,0 | 47,0 |
| 12 | 13 | | Norich Glennan | NAM | 1768 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 42,5 |
| 13 | 16 | | Nghilongwa Frans | NAM | 1747 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 38,5 |
| 14 | 18 | | Kozonguizi Rinunisa | NAM | 1724 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 41,0 |
| 15 | 19 | | Korupanda Herryson | NAM | 1712 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 33,0 |
| 16 | 6 | | Shatipamba Fillemon | NAM | 1861 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 43,5 |
| 17 | 11 | | Gurirab Kevin | NAM | 1779 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 40,5 |
| 18 | 21 | | Shilongo Israel | NAM | 1652 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 37,5 |
| 19 | 20 | | Noreseb Dudley | NAM | 1685 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 40,0 |
| 20 | 17 | | Naidoo Hiren | NAM | 1736 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 43,5 |
| 21 | 27 | | Kahuure Mbitjila | NAM | 1600 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 43,0 |
| 22 | 34 | | Van Wyk Keisha | NAM | 1451 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 39,5 |
| 23 | 22 | | Jane Ditshaba | NAM | 1634 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 39,0 |
| 24 | 23 | | Ndungula Borro | NAM | 1613 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 33,5 |
| 25 | 33 | | Tuzembeho Pius | NAM | 1600 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 16,0 | 28,0 |
| 26 | 31 | | Nguvauva Moses | NAM | 1600 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 15,0 | 34,0 |
| 27 | 25 | | Guises Jason | NAM | 1600 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 38,0 |
| 28 | 26 | | Hewicke Uatjiri | NAM | 1600 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 17,0 | 41,5 |
| 29 | 10 | | Tuzembeho Mumbiri | NAM | 1783 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 30,0 |
| 30 | 29 | | Lima Hilton | NAM | 1600 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 30,0 |
| 31 | 32 | | Otchoumou Ellie | NAM | 1600 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 30,5 |
| 32 | 28 | | Kandara Jaydin | NAM | 1600 | 3,0 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 30,0 |
| 33 | 24 | | Jansen Lilian | NAM | 1602 | 1,0 | 0,0 | 5,0 | 29,5 |
| 34 | 30 | | Murape Nashe | NAM | 1600 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 31,5 |
