Final Standings for the U/10 section of the Open Junior Champs

Final Standings for the U/10 section of the Open Junior Champs


Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.

1-2 Beukes, Dante 6 27.0 19.5 28.5
Horn, Aldo 6 24.0 23.0 31.5
3-7 Gurirab, Kevin 5 24.0 23.0 32.5
Ndlovu, Siyanda 5 20.0 19.0 28.0
Van Wyk, Keisha 5 19.0 21.5 30.0
Kock, Richonald 5 19.0 18.5 27.0
Vermeulen, Wilhelm 5 17.0 18.0 26.0
8 Borman, Wian 4.5 16.5 16.0 23.0
9-12 Oberholzer, Joshua 4 21.0 20.5 26.5
Katjatenta, Uendjii 4 18.0 19.5 27.0
Kotze, R J 4 17.0 19.5 26.0
Gillmore, Zuan 4 15.0 17.5 24.0
13-16 Germishuys, Kevin 3.5 13.0 18.5 25.0
Vermeulen, M 3.5 12.5 14.0 20.0
Corne, B 3.5 11.0 14.0 19.5
Horn, Ethan 3.5 11.0 12.0 17.5
17-21 Katjivikua, Ritja 3 17.0 16.5 24.0
Alberts, Marle 3 13.5 16.5 23.0
Malan, Marco 3 13.0 15.0 21.0
Smit, Lara 3 12.0 15.5 22.5
Venter, Roche 3 11.5 16.0 23.0
22-25 Hipakua, Kamuiua 2.5 12.5 16.5 23.0
Botha, Ankia 2.5 11.0 17.0 24.0
Jase Van Rensburg, Vonne 2.5 7.0 14.0 19.0
Brayshaw, Nicki 2.5 5.0 14.5 19.5
26 Du Toit, Daniel 2 7.0 15.5 21.0
27 Herbst, Kyle 1 7.0 16.5 22.5
28 Kajovi, Kefilwe 0.5 0.5 4.5 4.5
29-32 Joseph, Solly 0 0.0 5.5 5.5
Cowley, Dwayne 0 0.0 4.5 4.5
Oosthuizen, Pieter 0 0.0 4.5 4.5
Rousseau, Kaitlyn 0 0.0 0.5 0.5

Club Standings

Place Name Score

1 PRO-ED 38.5
2 ZCA 15.5
3 TWCA 11.5
4 WAP 10
5 DOLPHINE 5
6 WBPH 4.5
7-8 THE CENTER 4
PROED 4

Final Standings for the U/8 section of the Open Junior Champs

Final Standings for the U/8 section of the Open Junior Champs


Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score Progr. M-Buch. Buch.

1 Hewicke, Uatjiri 7 28.0 21.0 27.0
2 Oberholzer, Mikail 5.5 25.0 20.5 29.5
3 September, Jaden 5 23.0 19.5 28.5
4 Kaura, Alessandra 4.5 21.0 20.0 30.5
5 Van Wyk, Henrik 4.5 18.0 17.5 25.5
6 Els, Elsabelle 4 18.0 18.0 23.5
7 De Wagt, Mureithi 4 16.0 19.5 28.5
8 Barkhuizen, Chanelle 4 15.0 16.5 22.0
9 Theron, Juan 4 12.0 12.0 20.0
10 Heyns, Joanne 3.5 13.0 16.0 21.5
11 Du Toit, Marjon 2 11.0 17.0 22.5
12 Van Zyl, Hen 2 9.0 16.5 24.5
13 Prinsloo, Aria 1 5.0 14.5 19.5
14 Roets, Kyra 1 3.0 15.0 20.5
15 Fourie, Lomar 0 0.0 4.5 4.5
16 Britz, Shere 0 0.0 4.0 4.0
17 Kafidi, Wilhel 0 0.0 3.5 3.5
18 Horn, Derik 0 0.0 1.5 1.5


Club Standings

Place Name Score

1 PRO-ED 31
2 CONVENT 11.5
3 WAP 5.5
4 WIS 4

"The President's Development Team"

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

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.

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

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 4^th . 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 2^nd place this year after qualifying for the National team last year during the 2012 National championship in 4^th place. The 21 year old finished with 19 points followed by the veteran player, Otto Nakapunda in 3^rd 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 2^nd in the women’s section with Rauha Shipindo coming in 3^rd place.

Katjovi Matjua won the junior (Under 20) section, followed by Immanuel Gariseb in 2^nd place and Julian Isaaks in 3^rd 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 30^th of April to 10^th 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

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.

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

Registration form for school chess club players.
Tournament regulations.