Dante Matthew Beukes, only 14 years of age won
the 2017 Namibian National Chess Championships. The youngest Namibian Chess Champion for Namibian men ever.
He is indeed a history maker in Namibian chess circles. He has a very humble
and modest demeanor whether losing or winning a chess game and always willing
to learn and improve.
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| Fltr: NCF President: Mr. Nakapunda, CM Charles Eichab 2nd
FM Dante Beukes 2017 Champion
and 3rd Place Goodwill Khoa
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Dante scored 7/9 games. He clinched
the title with 2 draws, and six victories and the important victory over the former
champion to make sure there is no doubt that he is the best player in Namibia. Dante
had a rating performance of 2137 and played in the strongest field with a
rating average of 1950. This meant that he performed higher than all his
opponents rating average.
What makes his achievement much more rewarding is the
fact that the format has been changed to an all play all round robin event after
an equally tough qualifiers event earlier this year where he came second. In 2nd place was former Namibian
Champion Charles Eichab also with 7/9 but his direct encounter with Dante
resulted in a loss which placed him second. In 3rd place we have Goodwill Khoa
with 5.5/9.
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
Rk.
|
SNo
|
Name
|
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts.
|
TB1
|
TB2
|
TB3
|
|
1
|
2
|
FM
|
NAM
|
1975
|
7,0
|
1,0
|
32,00
|
6
|
|
2
|
1
|
CM
|
NAM
|
2153
|
7,0
|
0,0
|
30,00
|
6
|
|
3
|
3
|
NAM
|
1991
|
5,5
|
0,0
|
24,75
|
5
|
||
4
|
4
|
NAM
|
2018
|
5,0
|
0,5
|
21,50
|
4
|
||
5
|
7
|
NAM
|
1772
|
5,0
|
0,5
|
21,00
|
3
|
||
6
|
6
|
NAM
|
1899
|
4,0
|
1,5
|
14,50
|
3
|
||
7
|
8
|
NAM
|
1955
|
4,0
|
1,0
|
16,00
|
3
|
||
8
|
10
|
NAM
|
1876
|
4,0
|
0,5
|
16,50
|
3
|
||
9
|
5
|
NAM
|
1887
|
3,5
|
0,0
|
14,75
|
3
|
||
10
|
9
|
NAM
|
1969
|
0,0
|
0,0
|
0,00
|
0
|
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point
group)
Tie Break2: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break
variable
Tie Break3: The greater number of victories
The ladies did not disappoint
either. WCM Lishen Mentile won the Namibian Women's chess championships for a
second year in a row with a perfect score of 7/7. She was followed by Kamutuua
Tjatindi with 5/7 taking the 2nd spot and getting the trophy and silver medal
and Patience Tsuses with 4.5/7 grabbed 3rd spot with a bronze medal and trophy.
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk.
|
SNo
|
Name
|
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts.
|
TB1
|
TB2
|
TB3
|
|
1
|
1
|
NAM
|
1823
|
7,0
|
24,50
|
0,0
|
7
|
||
2
|
2
|
NAM
|
1762
|
5,0
|
14,50
|
0,0
|
5
|
||
3
|
3
|
NAM
|
1705
|
4,5
|
12,00
|
0,0
|
4
|
||
4
|
4
|
NAM
|
1517
|
4,0
|
11,00
|
0,0
|
4
|
||
5
|
5
|
NAM
|
1578
|
3,0
|
7,50
|
0,0
|
3
|
||
6
|
8
|
NAM
|
1439
|
2,5
|
5,75
|
0,0
|
2
|
||
7
|
6
|
NAM
|
1530
|
2,0
|
4,00
|
0,0
|
2
|
||
8
|
7
|
NAM
|
1558
|
0,0
|
0,00
|
0,0
|
0
|
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break
variable
Tie Break2: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point
group)
Tie Break3: The greater number of victories
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| All the winners in both sections: Patience, Charles, Lishen, Dante, Kamatuua, Goodwill and NCF President Otto Nakapunda |
In the B-Section WCM Nicola Tjaronda came first with 5.5/9 to clinched the winning trophy and qualified for next years closed women chess championships.
This event has set a precedent
for future chess championships which can only be more competitive. The first 3
winners of this event, the winner of the B-Section and the highest rated active
player has qualified for the Namibian National Closed Chess Championships in
2018. They do not have to play in the qualifiers for 2018. The event is also a
FIDE rated event and the players who performed well will certainly gain much
deserved rating points.
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| TWCA Represented! Awesome! |
Congratulations to all the
winners. You are all stars.
