DANTE BEUKES AND IMMANUEL GARISEB EXCELS AT THE KEHAT BEUKES MEMORIAL 2014

Whenever a student of TWCA enters a chess tournament a demonstration of chess skill is expected and they hardly disappoint. The Kehat Beukes Memorial was held at the Thuringerhof Hotel and young and old were invited to participate.

Dante Beukes in Action

Immanuel Gariseb in Anticipation

Dante Beukes, won the best Cadet Prize and Immanuel Gariseb won the Best Junior Prize. We are very proud of their achievements and hope to see greater chess mastery in 2015.

Congratulations to our stars in chess!

IMMANUEL GARISEB WON THE WEEKEND CHESS ACADEMY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR A FORTH TIME

Saturday, 29 November 2014, The Weekend Chess Academy hosted its Annual Chess Club Championships at the Thuringerhof Hotel. Immanuel Gariseb won the club championship of TWCA for a record forth time. Immanuel has grown into a formidable force on the chess board and has shown once again why he deserves the gold. He had a perfect score of 7/7.

Immanuel Gariseb and Coach Max B Nitzborn

In second place we have 11 year old Dante Beukes who scored 5/7. Dante, is another remarkable chess player. He defeated his senior club members and edge out William Kamberipa with the Direct encounter tiebreak to take the silver medal.  We are keeping a keen eye on this young star at TWCA and foresee a Grandmaster in the making.  

William Kamberipa also scored 5/7, but could only get the Bronze medal as Dante Beukes defeated him in their direct encounter.  

Nicola Tjaronda a A Student at Jan Mohr Secondary school took the best girl prize. Josef Max Hoabeb took the best cadet prize.

After the prize giving the students where also rewarded for their excellent performance during 2014. Each received an award  certificate of excellence.

Coach Edmund Gariseb on the left joining the fun at our final event.

for more information about TWCA, please contact Max B. Nitzborn at 0811290879.

TWCA Excels at the Namibia Premier Chess League 2014!

29 October 2014, was another milestone for TWCA when they received the 4th prize behind Indomitable Knights. During this year we participated at the Namibia Premier Chess League, which were held every Monday evening at 18h00.

NCF President: Nakapunda and TWCA Team, Immanuel, William, Dyllan and Dante

TWCA students fought tooth and nail against the top clubs in Namibia and ended in forth place overall. This was the second year the Academy participated with the same overall result. No other chess academy in Namibia can compete against TWCA at the same level. Its was a performance beyond expectations. The Chess Academy outperform its closest Rival ZCA with 24 Game Points and 15 Match points. The Chess Academy has once again demonstrated that its the best in Namibia in Junior Chess. TWCA plans to make waves in 2015.

TWCA 4th Overall, Ahead of 9 Chess Clubs and their Rival ZCA

The other team members were, Tibor Trepper, Montgomery Gurirab, Matjiua Katjovi and Spatzi Noreseb.

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!

The Weekend Chess Academy won the 2014 School Team Chess Championships for a 3rd time!!

June 14th was once again a historic day for TWCA when the team scored 6 points to take the title as school team chess champions for 2014.

The team consisted of the following players:

Board 1. Immanuel Gariseb

Board 2.Nicola Tjaronda

Board 3. William Kamberipa

Board 4. Camy Nitzborn

TWCA 2014 School Team Chess Champions

Final Standings of the event:

1.The Weekend Chess Academy

2.Paresis Secondary School

3.Zandell Chess Academy

4.Okahandja Secondary School (A-team), 
5.Wennie Du Plessis (A-team), 
6.Wennie Du Plessis (B-team),
7.Windhoek Afrikaanse Privaatskool, 
8.Concordia College (B-team), 
9.Jan Mohr Secondary School (A- team), 
10.Okahandja Secondary School B-team,
11.Epako High School (A-Team),
12.Jan Mohr Secondary School (B-Team),
13.Paressis High School (B-Team),
14.Epako High School (B-Team),
15.Concordia College (A-Team),
16.ZCA (B-Team)

In 2005 Ella Du Plessis won the event ahead of Martti Ahtisaari Primary School. In 2006 the event was won by DHPS and in 2007 Ella Du Plessis took their title again. The chess coach for the Ella Du Plessis team was Max B Nitzborn who decided together with his brother Josef Nitzborn, during 2007 to start The Weekend Chess Academy. 

Camy, Coach Max, William Nicola and Immanuel

The event was won by Kolin Foundation Secondary School in 2008 and the Zandell Chess Academy won the 2009 event and followed it up the next year winning it twice. TWCA decided to take the crown from them in 2011, but Zandell Chess Academy did not have a team to participate so TWCA dominated the other teams and won it in 2011. In 2012 there were no School Teams chess and TWCA remained unchallenged that year. However, in 2013 the TWCA team showed why they are also known as The Winning Chess Academy by winning it for a second time. This time its closest rival did participate and TWCA cement it domination in juniors chess by winning it for a second year. To confirm that they are still the best of the best TWCA traveled to Gobabis 14 June 2014 and won the event a record 3rd time. TWCA also plans to win the event again in 2015. 

Some interesting fact about this years result. TWCA was the only team with a balanced gender representation, with two boys and two girls. No other team has ever done it in this fashion. Chess for fun, chess to win!!