Namibians compete at chess Olympics

THE Namibian Olympic chess team recently competed at the 37th Olympic championships held in Turin, Italy.

This was the first time a Namibian women’s team performed internationally. The team came 100th out of 108 contenders and the men’s team came 131st out of 150 teams.However, the official world rankings as given by FIDE (French acronym for the World Chess Federation) will be issued shortly.Stephne Swartz from the Namibian women’s team had the highest rating performance and scored five points followed by Celeste Swartz who scored four points.Ngangane Ndjoze had two points and Magdalena Valombola with a half point, giving the women’s team a total of 13 points.Charles Eichab from the men’s team had the highest rating performance with five points followed by Otto Nakapunda with the second highest rating performance on 5.5 points.Leonhard Muller had the third highest rating performance, scoring 4.5 points followed by Werner Tjipueja with two points.Willem Silver recorded 2.5 points and Josef Nitzborn scored 1.5 points, giving the men’s team a total of 21 points.The team came 100th out of 108 contenders and the men’s team came 131st out of 150 teams.However, the official world rankings as given by FIDE (French acronym for the World Chess Federation) will be issued shortly.Stephne Swartz from the Namibian women’s team had the highest rating performance and scored five points followed by Celeste Swartz who scored four points.Ngangane Ndjoze had two points and Magdalena Valombola with a half point, giving the women’s team a total of 13 points.Charles Eichab from the men’s team had the highest rating performance with five points followed by Otto Nakapunda with the second highest rating performance on 5.5 points.Leonhard Muller had the third highest rating performance, scoring 4.5 points followed by Werner Tjipueja with two points.Willem Silver recorded 2.5 points and Josef Nitzborn scored 1.5 points, giving the men’s team a total of 21 points.