March 2019
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Worcester was the setting for the final round of Cape Winelands Schools Chess Trials over the weekend of the 16th and 17th of March 2017. The results from Chess-Results: U7 Boys and Girls, U9 Boys, U9 Girls, U11 Boys, U11 Girls, U13 Boys, U13 Girls, U15 Boys, U15 Girls, U18 & 20 Boys, U18 Girls Congratulations to all the medal winners and the players included in…
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Womans Candidate Master Rebecca Selkirk of Stellenbosch won the Western Cape Women’s Open Chess Championship held over the weekend in Cape Town. She scored 5,5 points out of a possible 6 in a strong field which included 4 titled players. Second was Women International Master Anzel Laubscher with 5 out of 6. Women Candidate Master Michelle Fisher, of…
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Fide Master Dante Beukes from Namibia won the fourth Nelson Mandela Rapid Chess Tournament on 2 March 2019 held at the Drakenstein Correctional facility with 4.5 out of a possible 5 points. The Rapid Tournament is unique in that each player has 27 minutes to make all the moves in the game. Each minute represents a year former President Mandela spent…
Chess Stellenbosch 