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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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