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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…
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Stellenbosch Chess Club received several awards during the Chess Western Province Award Ceremony for 2018, held at the Observatory Community Hall on Wednesday 6 February. The Stellenbosch A team won silver medals for the second place in the Premier Division of the Western Province Club League Championship of 2018. They scored 17 match points…
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Have a look at the Events Page on Chess Stellenbosch to get the latest dates and information about Chess Tournaments and Schools Events for the Stellenbosch area! Compiled from Cape Winelands Schools Chess and Chess Western Province latest information received. As always, please treat all dates and venues as provisional, until confirmed by the LOC or…
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Stellenbosch Learners and Stellenbosch Chess Club Players who took part in this past SAJCC in Boksburg as part of the Western Province Team, were: U8A – Bronze Israel Edwards (board prize) U10A – Bronze Cronan Willis, Reagan Samuels and Kayla van Schaik U10B Jarrod Roux U10 Girls – Gold Noreht Nieuwoudt (board prize) U12A – Gold Migael…
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Players from Stellenbosch Chess Club dominated the inaugural Graham Solomon Blitz and Rapid tournament held the past weekend in Cape Town. IM Henry Steel won the tournament by obtaining a combined score of 18 points out of a possible 24. Steel was followed by GM Kenny Solomon, IM Watu Kobese and NM Stephan Wagner. Wagner is also from Stellenbosch. The Graham Solomon…
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Rebecca Selkirk (Stellenbosch Chess Club) and Michelle Fisher (Maties Chess Club) represented South Africa at this year’s Chess Olympiad in Batumi Georgia. Some photos from Facebook showing these ladies in action!
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Well done to all!!
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For the full results from Chess-Results see Elite A Section B Section C Section
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For individual photos see Eduard King Photography, Round 2, Round 3, Round 5 and Round 6
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For individual photos of the players, see Eduard King Photography on Facebook, Round 3, Round 4, and Round 6
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