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DURBAN CHESS CLUB (founded in August 1893) "who teaches learns" Last updated: 4th August 2018 |
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS
Please call Desmond on 083-788-8070 (or send him a whatsapp) BEFORE noon on Thursday if you are
unable to play a particular game. If he is not available, please email
the club.
JOHN BLACKBURN MEMORIAL AUGUST 2018
The club's annual John Blackburn Memorial swiss tournament started on 2nd August. Most of the players
entered early and were paired in advance, however the late entries had to be paired against each other.
See here for pairings and results.
Desmond has also developed a Google form which is updated as players inform him they are out for a
particular round, this register shows who is in or out .
RAPID TOURNAMENT JUNE/JULY 2018
The club recently completed a rated rapid tournament, with 2 rapid games played per week. I'm waiting
for the final results from Nadean, who was chief arbiter in my absence.
SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION JUNE 2018
On 7th June Keith Rust gave the traditional simultaneous exhibition by the new club champion. Seven club
members accepted the challenge, which ended in 5 wins for the champ, a draw against Duncan Podmore and a
win by John Khan. John was also successful in last year's exhibition against Desmond!
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS MARCH to MAY 2018
The club's annual championships started on 15th March and were completed on 30th May 2018.
There were 3 round-robin sections and a Swiss section this year. Keith Rust is club champion
for a record 25th time, and these are the detailed results of section A.
The B section was marred by the withdrawal of 3 players. The remaining 7 players had a great contest. In
the last game to finish Cedric Nzama faced Leon Scharnick with the White pieces. Cedric reached the ending
of Knight and 3 pawns versus Bishop and 1 pawn, but somehow Leon escaped with a miracle draw, as his Bishop
stopped all of Cedric's pawns! So honours were shared between them, and here are the detailed results of
section B.
The winner of section C is John Khan, with 3 players tied for
2nd place just ½ point behind him. At one point, it was possible for 5 people to win this section, but
a strong finish by Charlotte Millard saw her secure 2nd place on tiebreak. Michael Zulu won
section D with a full house, 9 out of 9.
SA JUNIOR CLOSED APRIL 2018
The SA Junior Closed Chess Championships of 2018 were held recently in Benoni. Each age group section
was an 11 round Swiss, with only the top juniors in SA competing. We congratulate the following members
for being selected to play in this event - Chad Millard (u16), Charlotte Millard (u12), Thacian Reddy (u12),
Lesharn Govender (u12), Keniesha Govender (u12), Kaedan Govender (u10) and Jorah Soojay (u10).
Special kudos go to Kaedan Govender for his 1st place in the under 10 open section.
PS. Kaedan has now appeared on SABC news!
CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2018
Members are asked to complete the
club membership form for 2018 and pay any
subscriptions before entering the championships.
MHLONGO MEMORIAL BLITZ MARCH 2018
The traditional blitz tournament was won by Henry Oliver with 5/5. Here are the
blitz results and I'm told that Cedric Nzama won the
playoff for 2nd place.
MOSS KOLNIK MEMORIAL JANUARY to MARCH 2018
The club's first tournament of the 2018 year was won by Bongani Mgaga after he
defeated co-leader Chad Millard in the last round. Here are the
final results.
SA JUNIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS JANUARY 2018
A number of our junior members took part in the annual SA junior team championships,
which were held from 3rd to 8th January 2018 at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg.
Here is a photo of the Ethekwini under 12A team, which won the bronze medals:
Thacian, Keniesha, Charlotte and Lesharn were in the u12 team
GM Hikaru Nakamura from the USA, one of the top 10 players in the world, was a special visitor to the junior championships. Here he is with Jorah Soojay, who played for the Ethekwini under 10A team and won a gold medal for his score of 6/7 on board 3:
Jorah Soojay with GM Nakamura
Here is a link to a
superb report about Nakamura's visit, which was published on the chess.com website.
Recent updates: Blackburn Swiss starts, rapid tournament finishes, club Championship results,
Junior Closed accolades, Mhlongo blitz results, Moss Kolnik results, SA Junior team event,
Nakamura visit to SA, calendar for 2018, stories for 2017 archived.
For previous news stories refer to my News Archive page, which
contains links to previous news stories going back to 2004.
