Monday, March 27, 2017

FM DANTE BEUKES WON INDEPENDENCE BLITZ TOURNAMENT WITH A 2610 PERFORMANCE

Saturday, 25 March 2017 the Namibia Chess Federation hosted the annual Independence Blitz Tournament at UNAM Main Campus.

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.

NCF PRO and Keisha
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.SNoName      FEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
14Beukes DanteNAM19439,00,045,051,0
28Kawani TawandaNAM18306,50,032,549,5
315Ndoroma ChristopherNAM17536,50,032,549,0
45Gurirab MontgomeryNAM18626,00,035,054,0
59Tengwana KelvinNAM18136,00,031,048,0
61Nyakansaila RaphaelNAM20086,00,030,052,0
72Nitzborn JosefNAM19996,00,030,048,5
814Mbaha AthielNAM17545,51,529,044,0
912Gaoseb ManfredoNAM17685,51,033,051,5
103Handjaba McLeanNAM19695,50,527,044,5
117Nauiseb AlfredNAM18385,00,030,047,0
1213Norich GlennanNAM17685,00,027,042,5
1316Nghilongwa FransNAM17475,00,023,038,5
1418Kozonguizi RinunisaNAM17245,00,022,041,0
1519Korupanda HerrysonNAM17125,00,020,033,0
166Shatipamba FillemonNAM18614,50,025,043,5
1711Gurirab KevinNAM17794,50,022,540,5
1821Shilongo IsraelNAM16524,50,021,537,5
1920Noreseb DudleyNAM16854,50,020,040,0
2017Naidoo HirenNAM17364,00,024,043,5
2127Kahuure MbitjilaNAM16004,00,023,043,0
2234Van Wyk KeishaNAM14514,00,021,039,5
2322Jane DitshabaNAM16344,00,020,039,0
2423Ndungula BorroNAM16134,00,018,033,5
2533Tuzembeho PiusNAM16004,00,016,028,0
2631Nguvauva MosesNAM16004,00,015,034,0
2725Guises JasonNAM16003,50,018,038,0
2826Hewicke UatjiriNAM16003,00,017,041,5
2910Tuzembeho MumbiriNAM17833,00,014,030,0
3029Lima HiltonNAM16003,00,014,030,0
3132Otchoumou EllieNAM16003,00,012,030,5
3228Kandara JaydinNAM16003,00,012,030,0
3324Jansen LilianNAM16021,00,05,029,5
3430Murape NasheNAM16000,00,00,031,5

CONGRATULATIONS!!

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

TWCA STUDENTS AND COACHES SHINES AT 2017 NAMIBIA NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS.

FM Dante Beukes showed his chess mastery when the 14 year old lad came second overall with 7/9 games. He lost only to CM Charles Eichab who also scored 7/9. In 3rd place we had another star. Goodwill Khoa came 3rd overall. Two players from the TWCA camp scored medals, Silver and Bronze. See the full list of players and the top 10 who will participate in the Namibia National Closed Chess Championships 2017 later this year in May 2017.

The Qualifiers for 2017

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11CMEichab CharlesNAM21567,01,036,541,0
27FMBeukes DanteNAM19437,00,040,039,0
34Khoa GoodwillNAM19896,50,534,042,0
42Nitzborn MaxNAM20176,50,533,539,0
510Kamberipa WilliamNAM18786,00,034,039,5
611Campbell ClarenceNAM18726,00,034,038,0
731Nangula ToivoNAM16006,00,030,538,0
85Uapingene JossyNAM19746,00,029,531,5
93Oberholzer SandersNAM19976,00,028,034,0
109Kajovi MatjiuaNAM18906,00,025,028,5

Below are the winners of the Women Section and Patience Tsuses from TWCA took the bronze for the team. Other players like Keisha, Penanjambi, Jamie-Nicole and Lilian also from TWCA participate and gained valuable experience. Only the top eight will participate later this year in May to determine the National Women's Chess Champion.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.SNoNameFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 
11WCMMentile LishenNAM17239,00,045,031,5
22Tjatindi KamutuuaNAM16858,00,038,030,5
33Tsuses PatienceNAM16547,00,032,030,0
49Van Wyk KeishaNAM14515,00,025,031,0
56Uris TaishaNAM16004,50,021,031,5
67Tjipueja PenandjambiNAM15474,01,021,031,5
75Horn LureNAM16004,00,019,031,5
88WCMBeukes Jamie-NicoleNAM14892,50,017,033,0











Congratulations to all our qualifiers - 5 Men and 4 Girls.
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Monday, March 13, 2017

TWCA Dominates School Team Championships 2017 - Winning it for a record 4th time.

The past weekend, 11 March 2017, TWCA once again showed their virtuoso on the chessboard. The 4 players in the Secondary school section Board 1. FM Dante Beukes; Board 2. Philip Mootseng; Board 3. Dudley Noreseb; Board 4. Patience Tsuses; deserves a huge round of applause for pulling off one of the greatest victories of TWCA. 

All the TWCA Stars with Coach Matjiua & Max
The team scored perfect with 7/7 matches demolishing all opponent in their path. No one could stand in their way. They won all teams with either 3-1, 3.5-.5 or 4-0 scores. Phenomenal performance. FM Dante had a perfect score of 7/7 and so did Dudley Noreseb also with 7/7. After he won his last game Dudley commented a "flawless victory" meaning I won all my matches Coach.

We also registered two Primary school teams and here too TWCA showed their chess skill. Our Primary school team came 3rd overall in the Primary School Section. Worth mentioning here are the performance of the Board 1. Keisha Van Wyk who also scored 7/7. Keisha was on fire and demolish all her opponents boys and girls she struggled with in the past as if to say: I got your number. Her other team mates were Board 2. Thomas Prybylski, Board 3. Jamie-Nicole Beukes and Board 4. Ottilie Hinda. It was a team event and all 4 players had to pull their weight to earn the bronze medal they got. Believe me it was hard work every match.
TWCA Primary A Team
TWCA  Primary B vs TWCA Primary A



We had a second team in the Primary Section: They were the real stars as they fought tooth and nail against their rivals. They were Board 1. Daniel Mouton; Board 2. Lilian Jansen; Board 3. Alex Cumming and Board 4. Ivannah Nitzborn. Every match was a titanic battle for these kiddies, and they prevailed. They learned valuable lessons in team play and had to content with a 6th position out of 7 teams. This team did not go home with nothing. They scored two victories and the spirits were high.

We were also the only academy who had a nice gender mix with two boys and 2 girls in the primary section. Well done to all 3 teams. We are super proud of you. 

Thank you to the Parents and Coaches for supporting our players. You rock. Chess for fun, chess to win!!
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