TWCA opens for chess training this coming weekend, Saturday, 23 January 2010.
We hope our chess students rested well and are ready to take chess in Namibia by storm. Since 2007 we saw acceleration in chess training methods, student chess results, academic results and discipline.
A quick recap of our achievements... In 2007 our students won 2 medals. TWCA only enrolled one team during the 2007 Nam School Team Chess Championship in which they achieved 12th position from 36 teams.
With an accelerated performance... in 2008 winning 9 medals alone out of 21 at the Namibian Junior Chess Championship. This time TWCA was represented by three teams during the 2008 Nam School Team Chess Championship when the TWCA A-team won silver medals followed closely by the TWCA B-team who shared 3rd-5th spot with other schools. All in all TWCA students participated in 5 events and brought home 15 medals.
2009 the WOW year... Once again claiming several top spots. This time round TWCA ended in the top 3 spots 36 times in only 10 chess events. The highlight was the Khomas Regionals for Boys & Girls. The Boys Champion which was won by the 15 year old Julian Isaak, who was 14yrs at the time. Remarkably he had to deal with players of every age group which also include u/18 and u/20. The Girls section was dominated by the TWCA players, Patricia Teek, Jolly Nepanda and Nicola Tjaronda. Speaking of which, 10yr old Nicola Tjaronda, displayed great potential and discipline when she outplayed several high school boys and girls older then herself during the Namibian-School-Team Selection Tournament. The top 10 players represented Namibian in an invitational tournament in South Africa bringing home Bronze medals. In the said event she shared joint first place with Hange Tjingaete and Julian Isaak. All 3 scored 6/7 (5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). 2009 was another great year for the 3 TWCA teams when they came 2nd, 4th and 6th in the School Team Chess Championship.
At the National Chess Championships 2009, 3 TWCA students Xenophone Julius, Julian Isaak and Ethan Pretorius took Gold, Silver and Bronze under the best Junior section. To conclude the year Xenophone Julius won the Gold medal at the Kehat Beukes Memorial Rapid Chess Tournament when after he defeated his rival Calvin Eichab, Eichab won the silver medal.
Worth mentioning is the domination of the TWCA students during the 2008 and 2009 Junior events. In both years TWCA students clinched the most medals per chess event compared to that of other chess academies and schools.
2010, History in the making... With several schools and chess academies getting ready to do their very best especially during the junior events TWCA are poised to take their position at the top. We are not claiming to be the best Chess Academy in Namibia, but as in 2009 we will have to rely on our students to do the talking across the chess board.
Chess Coach’s Profile:
Max B. Nitzborn, started to play chess in 1985 as a high school pupil. He was taught how to play by his classmate Gunter Husselman at age 15. Since that day he had a desire to play good chess and always go for the win. He scoop a few tournaments, namely: Champion Tisan Games 1998, Polytechnic Champion 1999, 2nd at Swakopmund Rapid Chess Champs 2005, 2nd at Walvis Bay Harbor Open Day 2006. 2nd at Independence Blitz 2006, 3rd Independence Blitz 2007. 3rd Namibia National Chess Championships 2009. Today amongst the top ten rated players in Namibia. Chess Coach to Josef Nitzborn.
Josef Nitzborn, started to play chess at age 5 (1987). Namibian Junior Chess Champion 1999-2000, Namibian Chess Olympic Team 2006, Turin, Italy. Represented Namibia at the All Africa Games 2007 Algeria, Silver Medallist Coca Cola Open Chess Tournament Class-A 2007. Amongst the top ten rated Namibian chess players.
Goodwill Khoa, he became the first student in 2007 to write and pass the FIDE Arbiters exam which makes him one of only 3 FIDE Arbiters in Namibia. In 2007 he was part of the Ella Du Plessis School Team who took Gold during the School Team Chess Championship, Namibian Junior Chess Champion 2008, 4th place in 2008 Namibian Masters, represented Namibia in the 2008 Olympic team in Dresden, Germany. In 2009 he came 3rd in the Namibian Blitz Chess Championship and 4th in the Kehat Beukes Memorial.
We offer chess lessons to students from grade 1-12. The package includes:
1. a Membership card,
2. a File,
3. Lessons and homework,
4. Tournament registration fees for top 10 students at local tournaments
Our Fees:
Annual Registration Fee N$150.00.
Monthly fee:
Option 1. Have 9 cycles of 4 weeks each.
• 1 Student = N$200.00
• 2 Students = N$350.00
• 3 Students = N$450.00
• Sliding scale
• Schools or group fees negotiable
Option 2. Covers eleven months January-November.
• 1 Student = N$150.00
• 2 Students = N$250.00
• 3 Students = N$350.00
• Sliding scale
• Schools or group fees negotiable
Special discount to TWCA students inviting friends to join.
Chess lessons and Fees for adults please contact Max @ 081 122 1183.
When:
Saturdays, from 9h00 to 12h00.
Where:
Orban Primary School, Mercury Street, Windhoek West.
We invite all interested, irrespective of their level of play or chess knowledge to join and win. We hope to get your move soon!!
