Eichab wins Coke chess title

NAMIBIAN chess champion Charles Eichab won the first Coca-Cola Open Chess tournament with an excellent score of 6/7 last weekend.

Eichab lost to Werner Tjipueja in round two but kept his pose and collect all the remaining points to secure first place. Josef Nitzborn came second with 5.5/7 after he lost against Eichab and drew with British chess master Kevin Ellis.Tjipueja came third with 4.5/7 after he lost against Nitzborn, drew with Ellis and lost against his student Frans Dennis.Ellis came fourth with 4.5/7 followed by Rex Oberholzer with 4/7.Class A had 12 participants.Class B was won by the undefeated Colin Nyandoro from Zimbabwe, who scored 7/7.He was followed by Louis Heyman from Walvis Bay, who scored 6/7 and in third place was a new star from the Academia High School, Jonathan Steinbach, scoring 5/7.Class B had 47 participants.Francois Kaffo came first in Class C with 6/7, with Immanuel Gariseb in second with 6/7 followed by Christo Retief in third place with 5/7.Class C had 32 participants.The progressive score and Median Bucholtz were used as tiebreak systems for all the chess players.The tournament was sponsored by Coca-Cola to the tune of N$25 000.At total of 97 players registered for this event, which was a milestone for chess in Namibia.More details can be found on the NCF website at www.namibianchessfederation.com.Josef Nitzborn came second with 5.5/7 after he lost against Eichab and drew with British chess master Kevin Ellis.Tjipueja came third with 4.5/7 after he lost against Nitzborn, drew with Ellis and lost against his student Frans Dennis.Ellis came fourth with 4.5/7 followed by Rex Oberholzer with 4/7.Class A had 12 participants.Class B was won by the undefeated Colin Nyandoro from Zimbabwe, who scored 7/7.He was followed by Louis Heyman from Walvis Bay, who scored 6/7 and in third place was a new star from the Academia High School, Jonathan Steinbach, scoring 5/7.Class B had 47 participants.Francois Kaffo came first in Class C with 6/7, with Immanuel Gariseb in second with 6/7 followed by Christo Retief in third place with 5/7.Class C had 32 participants.The progressive score and Median Bucholtz were used as tiebreak systems for all the chess players.The tournament was sponsored by Coca-Cola to the tune of N$25 000.At total of 97 players registered for this event, which was a milestone for chess in Namibia.More details can be found on the NCF website at www.namibianchessfederation.com.