BREAKING NEWS: FM Dante Beukes became the youngest Namibian Chess Champion

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.  

      Fltr: NCF President: Mr. Nakapunda, 
CM Charles Eichab 2nd 

FM Dante Beukes 2017 Champion 

and 3rd Place Goodwill Khoa

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	Beukes Dante	NAM	1975	7,0	1,0	32,00	6
2	1	CM	Eichab Charles	NAM	2153	7,0	0,0	30,00	6
3	3		Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1991	5,5	0,0	24,75	5
4	4		Nitzborn Max	NAM	2018	5,0	0,5	21,50	4
5	7		Nangula Toivo	NAM	1772	5,0	0,5	21,00	3
6	6		Campbell Clarence	NAM	1899	4,0	1,5	14,50	3
7	8		Uapingene Jossy	NAM	1955	4,0	1,0	16,00	3
8	10		Matjiua Kajovi	NAM	1876	4,0	0,5	16,50	3
9	5		Kamberipa William	NAM	1887	3,5	0,0	14,75	3
10	9		Oberholzer Sanders	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		Mentile Lishen	NAM	1823	7,0	24,50	0,0	7
2	2		Tjatindi Kamutuua	NAM	1762	5,0	14,50	0,0	5
3	3		Tsuses Patience	NAM	1705	4,5	12,00	0,0	4
4	4		Van Wyk Keisha	NAM	1517	4,0	11,00	0,0	4
5	5		Uris Taisha	NAM	1578	3,0	7,50	0,0	3
6	8		Beukes Jamie-Nicole	NAM	1439	2,5	5,75	0,0	2
7	6		Tjipueja Penandjambi	NAM	1530	2,0	4,00	0,0	2
8	7		Horn Lure	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

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.

TWCA Represented! Awesome!

Congratulations to all the winners. You are all stars.

Dudley Noreseb and Ottilie Hinda won the 1st TWCA Classical Chess Tournament

Dudley has been on the rise ever since he started at TWCA three years ago. He loves the French Defense and has made it his business to know all the nuances of this venerable opening. Dudley scored perfect with 5/5 to clinch his first event at TWCA. This is not his first achievement. He scored perfect 7/7 earlier this year on Board 4 for TWCA at the School Teams Chess Championships. He is indeed a dedicated hardworking student of the game. Couple this with his smarts and you have a champion. 

2nd Place Keisha, Dudley Champion and 3rd Place Uatjiri

In second place we have Keisha Van Wyk with 4/5 taking home the silver medal and prize money. Keisha is actually a primary school learner but performed exceptional to clinch the second spot. In third came another Primary school learner, Uatjiri Hewicke with 3/5 grabbing the bronze medal. 

3rd Place Lilian, Ottilie PS Champion and 2nd Place Daniel

In the primary section we had WCM Ottilie Hinda, who needs no introduction with 3/5. She scooped the Trophy and gold medal in the Primary School section. In second spot came Daniel Mouton with 2/5 taking home the silver medal. In 3rd place we got Lilian Jansen with also 2/5 games. The Primary school learners had to tough it out with the High School participants which made every point scored an achievement on its own.

Well done to the Brother and Sister duo, Dudley and Oyo. We are super proud of your performance and progress.

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