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| Charles Eichab 2015 National Champion receiving his prize money from NCF treasurer Jolly Nepando. |
CM Charles Eichab won his 5th National title at the 2015 National Chess Championship held in the capital over the Easter weekend. He finished with an amazing 6 out of 7 score after drawing against Josef Nitzborn and Simon Shidolo and defeating all his other competitors. In second place tied with Eichab was CM Otto Nakapunda also with 6 out of 7. Nakapunda lost to Eichab in an equally matched game in round 4. In the final round of the competition, Josef Nitzborn drew with the champion to secure the bronze medal. Nitzborn completed the tournament on 5.5 out of 7.
The women's section saw a poor turnout this year with only four ladies entered to compete for the prestigious Women's National Chess Championship title. Lishen Mentile in this section walked away with top honors after defeating her opponents who all formed part of Namibia's 2015 national feamle chess team. She amassing a total of 5 points out of 6 in double round-robin tournament. Mentile was followed by Ruaha Shipindo in second place and Jolly Nepando in third.
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| The Open and Women's Section winners |
Amateur players that took part in this year's tournament were treated to a special B-Section where they competed freely with players of the same skill level. No advanced players were permitted in this section and so young and old players that are recognized as beginners paired against each other and decided their own fate. Final year medical student Onesmus Kamenje was crowned champion in of the B-Section after winning second place runner-up Fillemon Shatipamba and finishing with a score of 6/7. Shatipamba tied with Onesmus on points but lost on direct encounter on tiebreak. Long time junior player Mutago Hochobeb came in third in this section.
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| Open Section Winners - Nakapunda, Eichab and Nitzborn |
Rank SNo. Name Rtg Wins Draws Loses Pts. Res. Fide BHs BH.
1 16 CM Eichab Charles 2000 5 2 0 6 1 26 195 23½
2 22 CM Nakapunda Otto 1970 6 0 1 6 0 24 189½ 19½
3 19 Nitzborn Josef 1900 5 1 1 5½ 0 21½ 194½ 19
4 8 Shidolo Simon 1900 4 2 1 5 0 21 176½ 20½
5 1 CM Handjaba McLean 1900 4 1 2 4½ 0 19 192 21
6 21 Kajovi Matjiua 1700 4 1 2 4½ 0 17 172 16
7 23 Gariseb Immanuel 1900 4 1 2 4½ 0 16 187½ 18
8 7 Schwarz Bernhard 1800 4 0 3 4 0 18 192 22
9 18 Nghifikwa Leonard 1800 3 0 3 4 0 17 186½ 19
10 11 Kamberipa William 1800 3 0 3 4 0 16 162½ 17
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| Women's Section winners - Rauha, Lishen and Jolly |
Women's Section overall winners:
Rank SNo. Name Rtg Wins Draws Loses Pts. Res. Fide BHs BH.
1 3 Mentile Lishen 1600 3 2 0 5 0 17½ 114 11½
2 4 Shipindo Rauha 1600 3 3 0 4½ 0 17 114 9
3 1 WCM Nepando Jolly 1680 1 1 4 1½ 0 3½ 102 15
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| Winners of the B-Section |
B-Section overall winners:
Rank SNo. Name Rtg Wins Loses Pts. Res. Fide BHs BH.
1 2 Kamenje Onesmus 1600 6 1 6 1 23 192½ 20
2 6 Shatipamba Fillemon 1600 6 1 6 0 25 192 18½
3 11 Hochobeb Mutago 1600 5 2 5 0 22 194 21
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| Winner of B-Section - Onesmus Kemanje |
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