Undeafeated Julian Isaaks wins 2013 National Junior Chess Championship
The 2013 National Junior Closed
Chess Championship brought a lot of excitement and a thrilling battle of the
minds as 53 youngsters from all over the country fought head-to-head for in the
capital over the weekend (26-28 July) at Academia Secondary School. A National
Junior Chess Champion emerged from each age group during the 3 daylong tourney.
Uatjiri Hewicke was victorious in
the U/8 section as he came in half a point ahead a promising Isabelle Els from
Pro-ed Academy who came in 2nd. Aldo Horn won the U/10 section with
an unbeaten score of 7/7. First time winner Iwann du Toit from Windhoek
Afrikaanse Privaatskool came out top in the U/12 section, while Mubasen
/Hochobeb clinched the U/14 title. The U/16 saw a female champion when the
former Namibian Women’s Chess Champion Nicola Tjaronda annihilated all her male
opponents and scoring an amazing 7/7. Immanuel Gariseb continued on with his
tradition of always taking home a prize when he won the U/18 section. From the
start of the tournament all eyes were on Julian Isaaks as tournament favourite
in the Open U/20 section and the promising youngsters came out on top as
National Junior Chess Champ followed by William Kamberipa in 2nd
place and Willem Louw in 3rd.
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