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Cape Winelands Chess held their Open Tournament in Worcester this year. Heinrich Basson from Stellenbosch Chess Club won the Elite Section of the Tournament, followed by Salmo Cilliers and Keagan Palmer also from Stellenbosch. Results for the Tournament – Elite Section: http://chess-results.com/tnr435429.aspx?lan=1&art=4 B Section: http://chess-results.com/tnr435430.aspx?lan=1&art=4 U/12: http://chess-results.com/tnr435431.aspx?lan=1&art=4 U/10: http://chess-results.com/tnr435432.aspx?lan=1&art=4 U/8: http://chess-results.com/tnr435433.aspx?lan=1&art=1
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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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Heinrich Basson elected as Deputy President of Cape Winelands Chess Union. Heinrich Basson of the Stellenbosch Chess Club was elected as Deputy President of the Cape Winelands Chess Union on Saturday, 23 February 2019 at the Wellington High School. Mr Zaakie Jacobs of the Worcester Chess Academy was the other candidate for this position. Mr…
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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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Congratulations to Alexander van der Merwe from Stellenbosch who won the Boland Primary Schools Chess Cup, and was also crowned Boland Primary Schools Sportsman of the Year at the recent awards! For their participation in International Chess Tournaments, Andrew Flores-Bartoli, also from Stellenbosch, and Alexander both received medals at the awards.
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Paul Roos Gymnasium, in collaboration with Stellenbosch Chess Club and Maties Chess Club, invites all chess players in the Western Cape to take part in the historical Paul Roos Open Chess Championships of 2018. The tournament will be the first FIDE-rated tournament hosted in the beautiful Cape Winelands. The PRG Open will have 4 rating…
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This year’s Western Cape Top Schools Competition took place in a very windy and cold and wet Caledon. We are very proud of our Stellenbosch Schools that not only took part, but showed the other schools in the province how to do things! Full results on Chess-Results: U7 & U9 Mix, U9 & U11 Girls, U11 Mix, U13 Girls, U13…
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Who knew Bloemfontein in the wintertime would be perfect for playing chess? Alexander van der Merwe from Stellenbosch surely heated things up for his opponents, ending up in the 18th position in the A Section. Well done! Full results: A Section , B Section , C Section and Blitz
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