YOUNG coach and key developer of chess at the coast, Immanuel Gariseb, won the Kehat Beukes memorial tournament’s open division at Swakopmund over the weekend.
Namibia’s current classic chess champion, Fide master Dante Beukes, won the junior division, while Maranatha Shadipeni won the women’s division, and Gale Jane won the cadet division.
About 30 players participated in the annual tournament. Most of them were from Swakopmund and Walvis Bay, while others also came from Windhoek and Oshakati.
The two-day tournament included nine rounds, which started on Saturday and ended today. Bank Windhoek sponsored N$17 000 toward the event.
The Kehat Beukes tournament is a ‘celebratory’ tournament of the late Dr Kehat Beukes who was Namibia’s first black specialist and also president of the Namibia Chess Federation. Beukes founded the tournament in 1994 which was formerly called the Swakopmund International Chess Tournament and was renamed after his death.
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