Please take note that the following players have been selected as "The President's Development Team":
(In no particular order)
Matjiua Kajovi
Alfred Nauiseb
Leonard Nghifikwa
Immanuel Gariseb
Edmund Gariseb
Glenville Kapuire
Julian Isaaks
Hange Tjingaete
Caliv Eixab
Bernhard Schwarz
William Kamberipa
Silvester Nanyla
Friday, June 7, 2013
NCF's National Chess Teams Selection Process
1. BACKGROUND
The first national team was formed in 1994 and represented the country at the Moscow Olympiad. Ever-since, a team has been sent to the Olympiad. This team participated in the Open section meaning it was open to all, including female players. However, it was not until 2006 when the NCF sent a Women’s team to the Olympiad. And although a Women’s team was selected the following Olympiad, it could not participate due to a lack of funds. The team made a welcomed return at the 2012 Olympiad.
In addition to the Olympiad, two teams were selected in 2007 and 2011 to partake in the All Africa Games held in Algeria and Mozambique, respectively. These were in the Open sections.
On the junior front, a top South African School visited Namibia in 2008 and played against top local juniors. The following year, Namibia’s top juniors went to South Africa and participated in a schools tournament.
Although not a team event, leading Juniors took part at the World Junior Chess Championships in Slovenia in 2012.
Clearly, in the 22 years of the NCF’s existence, international participation for our Junior players has been almost non-existent. And without the juniors, our chess future is doomed! Hence the idea of forming national teams at all levels.
2. OBJECTIVE
There are several objectives to be achieved with the formation of national teams.
2.1 Improve Women’s Chess
The NCF Exco has taken a deliberate step to energize women’s chess. In so doing, the Executive hopes to attract more female players and retain the current members. Leading women’s players are already active as a team in the Namsports Premier Chess League.
2.2 Groom and prepare future stars
Players need to be exposed to international play and standards at an early age. This will indeed enable them to be more competitive when representing the country at prestigious international events.
2.3 Compete with other countries
When the “real” national team plays against quality opposition on a regular basis, it will improve our players’ strength; enable our players to acquire international ratings; put our players in a position to get titles; uplift the image of Namibia abroad.
2.4 Turn chess into a local force
With good international performances comes recognition of chess as a major sport in Namibia. This would in turn make the sport attractive for Government and other stakeholders to invest and grow the sport.
2.5 Prestige
We need to give prestige to various teams so as to make it attractive for young players to strive for. Only a selected few will represent the country and each of our top players should aim to be in that fortunate clique.
3. FEDERATION’S TEAMS
Five (5) teams will be registered under the NCF and all but the President’s Team will be eligible for national colours, depending on the tournament they partake in.
3.1 Lower Junior Team
This team comprises players in the Under 8 – Under 14 range and can be mixed (both sexes). The team will be selected as follows, following the National Junior Closed Championships:
4 age-group winners + 4 players (could be from any age-group) selected by the National Coach, assisted by the President. These 8 players form the core of the team. In addition, 4 reserves will be chosen to train with the squad.
3.2 Upper Junior Team
This team comprises players in the Under 16 – Under 20 range and can be mixed (both sexes).
The team will be selected as follows, following the National Junior Closed Championships:
3 age-group winners + 3 players (could be from any age-group) selected by the National Coach, assisted by the President. These 6 players form the core of the team. In addition, 4 reserves will be chosen to train with the squad.
3.3 Women’s Team
The women’s team has no age-restriction and caters exclusively for female players.
The team will be selected as follows, following the Namibian National Championships:
In the event of a round-robin tournament (10 players or less): Top 4 players plus one player from a Selection Tournament to be played at a later stage.
In the event of a Swiss-system tournament (more than 10 players): Top 3 plus two from a Seletion Tournament to be played at a later stage.
3.4 President’s Team
This is a developmental side comprising talented players, preferably but not necessarily, under the age of 25. It should act as a feeder team to the national team. This team will be selected by the President in close co-operation with the National Coach. Some of the pointers include general chess attitude, talent, commitment, ambition and possibly interviews.
3.5 National Team (Open)
The crème de la crème. This team is open to both sexes and will represent the National team at the all major international competitions.
The team to represent Namibia at the 2014 Olympiad will be selected as follows:
Top 3 from the 2014 Namibia National Championships, Winner of the Selection Tournament and One player selected by the NCF Executive Committee. The Selection tournament, to be played after the National Championships, will consist of the following players: Top 8 players (excluding top 3 who qualify automatically), 4 selected by President plus National players from the past two Olympiads.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
2013 NAMIBIA OPEN NATIONAL JUNIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IN SWAKOPMUND
All Namibian Schools & Chess Enthusiast, You are cordially invited to enroll for the 2013 Namibia Open National Junior Chess Championship
Registration Fees:
U/08 Learners N$30,00/ Learner
U/10 Learners " "
U/12 Learners N$40,00/ Learner
U/14 Learners " "
U/16 Learners
U/18 Learners N$60,00/ Learner
U/20 Learners " "
#NB; Participants pay own registration, subsistence & travelling.
Registrations must be accompanied by: Copy of Birth Certificate & Proof of payment of registration fees.
Registration Forms available online: http://proed.edu.na/skaak-2013-chess-2013/
Enquiries: Maggie Grobbelaar or Andrea Dreyer duits@proed.edu.na or maggie@proed.edu.na
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Goodwil Khoa is 2013 National Chess Championship
The
past Easter weekend saw the coming together of chess players and chess
enthusiast alike as the National Chess Federation (NCF) hosted yet another
successful National Chess Championship. This year’s championship brought about
a new era for Namibian chess players as both young and old battled fiercely
over the chess board for the esteemed National Chess Champion title.
The
9 round long tournament took five (5) days to complete and was held at the
Protea Thuringerhof Hotel in Windhoek over the ester weekend. 35 of the
country’s best chess players participated in this annually anticipated
tournament which following fierce competition resulted in the crowning of a new
young Namibian National Chess Champion, Goodwill Khoa. The new champion has for
the past 8 years since 2005 witnessed the crowing of older and more experienced
chess players as National Champions, this year however, at the age of 23, he
has now finally taken a giant leap for all young Namibian Chess players and has
become one of youngest chess champions taking over the rein of last year’s
champion Charles Eichab after drawing with the tournament favourite Otto
Nakapunda in the final round and also having earlier drawn with another
tournament favourite Charlse Eichab in round 4th . Khoa, finished top
of the tournament with a splendid score of 6 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses out of 9
long 3 hour classical games which gave him 21 points in total. Following Khoa, was another young chess
player, McLean Handjaba who also made chess headlines as he came in 2nd
place this year after qualifying for the National team last year during the
2012 National championship in 4th place. The 21 year old finished
with 19 points followed by the veteran player, Otto Nakapunda in 3rd
place with 17 points.
This
year’s National tournament had a separate Women’s section, which meant that the
women only played one another. In this section, a new champion was again
crowned as the new National Women’s Chess Champion when Kamutuua Tjatindi took
over last year’s women’s champion 14 year old Nicola Tjaronda. Up and coming 16
year old Lishen Mentile, came in 2nd in the women’s section with Rauha
Shipindo coming in 3rd place.
Katjovi
Matjua won the junior (Under 20) section, followed by Immanuel Gariseb in 2nd
place and Julian Isaaks in 3rd place. The top 3 from both the Open
and Women’s section automatically qualify to represent Namibian at the Zone
4.3. games in Botswana for 2013 Africa Individual Chess Championship from the
30th of April to 10th of May 2013.
Women’s Section - Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score
Berg. Wins
1 Tjatindi, Beverly 1537 16 152.00
5
2 Mentile, Lishen 1488 14 110.00
4
3 Shipindo, Rauha 1600 13 95.00
4
4-5 Nepando, Jolly 12 99.00
4
Tjaronda, Nicola 1570
12 81.00 4
6 Ndjoze, Ngangane 1500 9 54.00
3
7 Aluteni, El-Shaddai 1500 6 48.00
2
8 Van Wyk, Keisha 1300 0 0.00
0
Open Section- Final Standings
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.
1 Khoa, Goodwil 1882 21 113.0 112.0 141.0
2 Handjaba, Mclean 1760 19 89.0 104.0 127.0
3-4 Nakapunda, Otto 2026 18 93.0 107.0 141.0
Eichab, Charles 2166 18 90.0 112.0 146.0
5-6 Nitzborn, Josef 1964 17 88.0 109.0 142.0
Matjiua, Kajovi 1639 17 75.0 96.0 121.0
7 Nauiseb, Alfred 1500 16 60.0 78.0 95.0
8-10 Nghifikwa, Leonard 1500 15 87.0 108.0 142.0
Gariseb, Immanuel 1626 15 81.0 102.0 126.0
Kapuire, Glenvile 1500 15 75.0 95.0 122.0
11-12 Isaak, Julian 1665 14 87.0 109.0 140.0
Tjingaete, Hange 1620 14 70.0 87.0 107.0
13-18 Gariseb, Edmund 1768 13 74.0 110.0 136.0
Tjiriange, Richman 1663 13 73.0 94.0 116.0
Ehrich, Thomas 1843 13 72.0 92.0 118.0
Kamberipa, William 1613 13 66.0 103.0 133.0
Eixab, Calvin 1765 13 58.0 79.0 101.0
Hochobeb, Mutago 1500 13 50.0 60.0 81.0
19-20 Kuhanga, Fremantle 1574 12 60.0 92.0 112.0
Tjimune, Kievido 1500 12 54.0 85.0 108.0
21 Eichab, Doc 1500 10 52.0 65.0 89.0
22-24 Uapinge, Jossy 1500 7 46.0 91.0 113.0
Uirab, Adelino 1637 7 41.0 79.0 99.0
Hochobeb, Mubasen 1500 7 25.0 56.0 71.0
25 Kandume, Ileni 1500 6 33.0 71.5 89.5
26-27 Benjamin, Hooker 1300 3 18.0 70.0 88.0
Cloete, Aldrin 1500 3 12.0 24.0 39.5
28 Nangula, Etu 1500 0 0.0 34.0 56.0
Monday, July 9, 2012
Namibia National Junior Chess Championships 2012
The Namibia Chess Federation is proud to
announce that it will host the Namibia National Junior Chess Championships 2012
on 14 July 2012 at the Dawid Bezuidenhout High School, Khomasdal, Paul Van
Harte Street.
The total prize fund for this event is N$8,250.00
Chess is one of the most powerful educational tools available to
strengthen a child’s mind. It’s fairly easy to learn how to play. Most six or
seven year olds can follow the basic rules. Some kids as young as four or five
can play. Like learning a language or music an early start can help a child
become more proficient.
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| The Hochobeb Brothers |
For 4 years chess academies and schools alike taught chess to
their learners. Some schools went as far as acquiring local chess masters to
teach this fascinating game to their learners. Now it’s time for these young
minds to go for the ultimate test. The event this weekend will be an open event
which serves as a qualifier for something bigger. The Namibia Chess Federation
is planning to send a team to Slovenia, Maribor in November to showcase their
talent.
Another change in the event this year, is that in both the open
event and close event the kiddies will play in their age groups so we will be
able to announce age group champions. However, participants may register and
participate in a higher age group.
Whatever a child’s age, chess can enhance concentration, patience,
and perseverance, as well as develop creativity, intuition, memory, and most
importantly, the ability to analyze and deduce from a set of general
principles, learning to make tough decisions and solve problems flexibly.
We therefore invite every child in Namibia to participate in this
prestigious junior chess championship and would like to encourage those who
don’t know how to play chess to give it a try. Its lots of fun and a great
sport. Registration close on Friday, 16h00. Individual chess players can also register via sms to 0816152895 or
complete the online registration form at http://namchesstournaments.blogspot.com or sent an e-mail to namibiachess@gmail.com
Registration fees are as follows:
U/8 &U/10 = N$40.00
U/12, U/14 & U/16 =N$50.00
U/18 & U/20 = N$80.00
Monday, June 25, 2012
National Chess League planned
The Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) is planning a national chess
league to kick off on Monday the
20 July 2012. There will be one
round of action every subsequent Friday from 18h00-21h00 at Unam Khomasdal Campus..
Total prize fund of N$5,000.00 sponsored by NAMPOSRTS.
Total prize fund of N$5,000.00 sponsored by NAMPOSRTS.
Teams are therefore encouraged to download a club constitution template
from the NCF blogsite here
and
form clubs. Every team must have at least four players and may add two reserves for a total of six participants.
In order for a club to participate in the league, affiliation
to the NCF is a pre-requisite.
The club membership forms can be downloaded from the membership page. Then each member will be charged
N$ 50 to participate in the league. Clubs
have until Friday 29 June to submit their players list.
This is a pilot project and will be confined to the Khomas Region.
Our future plans involve the participation of all chess clubs from all 13 regions of Namibia.
For more details contact Mr. Otto Zandell Nakapunda at 0812116463.
For more details contact Mr. Otto Zandell Nakapunda at 0812116463.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Charles Eichab crowned Chess King of Namibia – Wins Namibia National Chess Championship 2012
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| Charles Eichab the National Chess Champion 2012 in the center |
Candidate Master Charles Eichab won the National
Chess Championship 2012. The 9 round National Chess Championship came to a
close today, 4 May 2012 and Charles Eichab took the honors with an almost
perfect score of 8.5/9 He only conceded 1 draw against Fide Master Leonhard
Mueller who came 2nd also with 8.5/9. What made this victory special for
Eichab is the fact that he won the event ahead of the strongest opposition
Namibia could offer. This is also his 4th time as National Champion.
Eichab has distinguished himself as the best chess player in Namibia as he has
won many a tournament in the past. His objective now is to get the Fide Master
title at the 40th Chess Olympiad.
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| Women's Olympiad Team: Nicola, Jolly,El-Shaddai, Lishen and Rauha |
The ladies did not disappoint either and had to
find their way through a maze of strong players young and old. The 14 year old
Nicola Tjaronda stood head and shoulders above her rivals with 5/9 points. She
became Namibia’s youngest ever Women’s Champion for 2012. She was followed by
Jolly Nepando in second place also with 5/9 and El-Shaddai Aluteni in third
place with 4/9.
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| Men's Olympiad Team: Edmund, Leonhard, Charles, Otto and McLean |
It was excellent chess and you had to be prepared
to make the Olympiad teams: The Men's team are: Charles Eichab, Leonhard
Mueller, Otto Nakapunda, McLean Handjaba and Edmund Gariseb. The Women's team
are: Nicola Tjaronda, Jolly Nepando, El-Shaddai Aluteni, Lishen Mentile and
Rauha Shipindo. The 2 teams will represent Namibia at the 40th Chess Olympiad
in Istanbul, Turkey this coming August and September 2012.
Prizes were as follows:
Men:
1st Prize – Charles Eichab = N$ 2,200.00
2nd Prize – Leonhard Mueller = N$ 1,500.00
3rd Prize – Otto Nakapunda = N$ 1,000.00
1st Prize – Nicola Tjaronda = N$ 600.00
2nd Prize – Jolly Nepando = N$ 400.00
3rd Prize – El-Shaddai Aluteni = N$ 300.00
Junior:
1st Prize – Immanuel Gariseb = N$ 500.00
2nd Prize – Hange Tjingaete = N$ 300.00
3rd Prize – William Kamberipa = N$ 200.00
Worth mentioning is the prize money offering by Fide Master Leonhard Mueller to celebrate the success of the Olympiad teams. The Namibia Chess Federation would like to
thank Dr. Leonhard Mueller for his kind gesture and congratulate all the winners of the 3 categories as well as the Olympiad teams.
Work hard and you will make Namibia proud at the upcoming chess Olympiad.
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| Nicola Tjaronda in the middle - Women's Champion of Namibia 2012 |
Final results and Standings:
Namibia National Chess Championship 2012 - Round 9
Results after Round 9
No Name Result Name 1 Simon Shidolo 0.0:3.0 Leonhard Mueller 2 Charles Eichab 3.0:0.0 Rex Oberholzer 3 Otto Nakapunda 3.0:0.0 Max Nitzborn 4 Goodwil Khoa 1.0:1.0 Kautungawavali Neshila 5 Mclean Handjaba 3.0:0.0 Julian Isaak 6 Edmund Gariseb 3.0:0.0 Christo Retief 7 Gariseb Immanuel 3.0:0.0 Leonard Nghifikwa 8 Junias Hango 0.0:3.0 Hange Tjingaete 9 Lischen Mentile 0.0:3.0 William Kamberipa 10 Nicola Tjaronda 1.0:1.0 Richman Tjiriange 11 Rauha Shipindo 0.0:3.0 Jolly Nepando 12 Thomas Kapofi 3.0:0.0 Beverly Tjatindi 13 Calvin Eixab 0.0:3.0 Thomas Ehrich 14 Joshua Amaambo 0.0:3.0 Joseph Koroma 15 Mubasen Hochobeb 3.0:0.0 El-Shaddai Aluteni 16 Iileni Kandume 1.0:1.0 Vetueza Tjaronda 17 Jeremy-Dean Van Rooyen 3.0:0.0 Mutago Hochobeb 18 Wilbard David 0.0:3.0 Silvanus Shidolo 19 Camy Nitzborn 0.0:3.0 Eu-Word Brendell 20 Tibor Trepper 3.0:0.0 Dante Beukes 21 Shevanne Bedja 3.0:0.0 Robson Tlhabanello 22 Elvira Tibinyane 3.0:0.0 Uasuta Handura 23 Taleni Shaanika 0.0:3.0 Dyllan Bedja 24 Vitura Shaanika 0.0:3.0 Abigail Julius
Standings after Round 9
Place Name Feder Rtg Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.
1-2 Eichab, Charles 25 125.0 124.0 162.0
Mueller, Leonhard 25 125.0 117.0 153.0
3 Nakapunda, Otto 21 111.0 117.0 154.0
4-5 Handjaba, Mclean 19 100.0 116.0 153.0
Gariseb, Edmund 19 92.0 100.0 128.0
6-8 Shidolo, Simon 18 108.0 125.0 162.0
Immanuel, Gariseb 18 99.0 114.0 151.0
Tjingaete, Hange 18 87.0 96.5 125.0
9-11 Neshila, Kautungawavali 17 99.0 114.0 150.0
Khoa, Goodwil 17 96.0 110.0 147.0
Kamberipa, William 17 86.0 106.0 136.0
12-14 Nitzborn, Max 16 97.0 118.0 154.0
Isaak, Julian 16 95.0 108.0 132.0
Oberholzer, Rex 16 86.0 103.0 140.0
15-23 Nghifikwa, Leonard 15 81.0 108.0 139.0
Hango, Junias 15 81.0 102.0 130.0
Retief, Christo 15 78.0 102.0 138.0
Ehrich, Thomas 15 78.0 95.0 130.5
Koroma, Joseph 15 75.0 93.0 121.0
Kapofi, Thomas 15 75.0 91.0 118.0
Tjaronda, Nicola 15 74.0 85.0 112.0
Hochobeb, Mubasen 15 57.0 84.0 102.0
Nepando, Jolly 15 45.0 66.0 84.0
24-25 Tjiriange, Richman 13 76.0 99.0 127.0
Van Rooyen, Jeremy-Dean 13 61.0 93.0 127.0
26-35 Aluteni, El-Shaddai 12 75.0 100.0 124.0
Mentile, Lischen 12 66.0 96.0 123.0
Eixab, Calvin 12 66.0 94.0 116.0
Shipindo, Rauha 12 66.0 84.0 118.0
Tjatindi, Beverly 12 63.0 98.0 124.0
Brendell, Eu-Word 12 60.0 90.0 112.0
Shidolo, Silvanus 12 60.0 88.0 118.0
Trepper, Tibor 12 57.0 94.0 121.0
Amaambo, Joshua 12 54.0 90.0 120.0
Bedja, Shevanne 12 42.0 66.0 87.0
36-37 Tjaronda, Vetueza 11 56.0 85.0 113.0
Kandume, Iileni 11 46.0 76.5 95.5
38-39 Hochobeb, Mutago 10 52.0 87.0 105.0
Tibinyane, Elvira 10 51.0 80.0 98.0
40-45 Tlhabanello, Robson 9 60.0 89.0 116.5
David, Wilbard 9 48.0 80.0 98.0
Beukes, Dante 9 42.0 79.0 94.0
Bedja, Dyllan 9 39.0 69.0 91.0
Nitzborn, Camy 9 36.0 81.0 99.0
Julius, Abigail 9 30.0 68.0 86.0
46-48 Handura, Uasuta 3 24.0 72.0 91.0
Shaanika, Vitura 3 18.0 66.0 84.0
Shaanika, Taleni 3 6.0 66.0 84.0
49-58 Pretorius, Ethan 0 0.0 29.5 29.5
Kuhanga, Fremantle 0 0.0 27.0 27.0
Nangolo, Petrus 0 0.0 26.0 26.0
Cloete, G 0 0.0 19.0 19.0
Clinton, Dietlik 0 0.0 17.0 17.0
Cloete, Joshua 0 0.0 16.0 16.0
Swartz, Gevin 0 0.0 12.0 12.0
Dietlik, Jason 0 0.0 12.0 12.0
Hindjou, Treasure 0 0.0 11.0 11.0
Paulus, Uirab 0 0.0 10.0 10.0
We now count on our Namibian Government to assist us to get to the chess Olympiad this year.
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