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Boskruin Open - 23rd August

SA Ladies Open 2008 - 080808

Congratulations to Ezet Roos - SA Women's Open Champion 2008 who won the playoff with Carmen de Jager (tie first position) Final Results

Chess enthusiasts celebrated National Women’s Day on 9th August at the SA Ladies Open, thanks to Cresta Shopping Centre for their sponsorship to promote Women in Sport.

	Above: GM Dimitri Reinderman playing a Simultaneous agaist 25 womem. He won all the games except drew 1 to Marlene Roets. Melanie Kneen and daughter Hannah were 1 of 3 mother and daughter competitors.   Left: Cito was there to charm al the girls on National Women's Day. He was the lead actor in Chess the Musical.
Players from the age of 7 to 45 participaed in this event.
The Ramlodi Masked Masters gave the public who could not enter the Ladies Open a good challenge. Only the GM and 1 other player could beat him.
Younger girls battling it out for the age group prizes.

West Rand Open - Download entry form and details

Blindfold blitz chess game on Friday 18 July 2008  at Ramlodi Open was won by
GM Dimitri Reinderman (Netherlands). This was an amazing event to watch.
IM Watu Kobese (South Africa) also played extremely well.

GJ Trials 2 - 25th and 26th July
Players will be invited by Email

SA OPEN - 4 - 12 JULY , Centurion

Results and Draws

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Gauteng Open - 23 - 24 May - Fourways High School (over 350 players in total including a development section of over 30 players)

Over 350 part2Overall Results

Congratulations to all the Gauteng Junior players who qualified at the SA Junior Closed for international participation

Aleida de Bruyn - U8	Matt Pon - U12

Pictures from Junior Closed - Orion Safari, Rustenburg

“Each game of chess Means there’s one less Variation left to be played …”

CHESS - the Musical, currently showing at Montecasino.
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Lyrics

Come challenge "The African Lion" IM Watu Kobese in a simultaneous chess ge on the 28th of June 2008 at the Kolonnade Shopping Centre,  Pretoria

Click HERE for entry form and details

Congratulations to our 2 top players and coaches Daniel Cawdery and Monique Sischy who will represent South Africa at the Olympiad in Dresden, Germany in November. We are proud of you.

Orion Safari U20 and coaches team building weekend

	U20 and coaches tournament that was held at the Orion Safari this past weekend was a fantastic occasion full of fun and lots of chess. Thanks to Franz Gmeiner from OrionSafari Hotel in Rustenburg for the fantastic facilities and staff at the Orion Safari, Rustenburg. A fantastic weekend was enjoyed by our senior players, coaches and administrators. As usual the food was really enjoyed by all and we received many compliments on what a great place this is to hold such a tournament. It seems unanimous that the players want this to be held on an annual basis. The idea was to have fun mixed with chess and we had 2 mini tournaments, one on Saturday which was 4 rounds of 30 /30. On Sunday, the players decided to change Michael's suggested format to a round robin 5/5 - which was interesting especially as many players did not have a lot of sleep. This was fine as the idea was for these players to have fun as well as bond. The hotel staff must be complimented - especially Shelly for making sure the arrangements went smoothly and to Henco who really went out of his way to assist. One of the players, Dale Pon, celebrated his 18th birthday on Sunday, and at very short notice he baked a cake and personalised it with Dale's name. Lastly, we had a lucky draw for the weekend away to Piggs Peak for 2 (an approach which gave more players a chance to win). The lucky winner was Dirk Bakker.   Once again, all of the above would not have been possible were it not for Mr. Gmeiner and Orion's generous offer to make the facilities available. Gauteng West and NWR chess appreciate this gesture and hope that we will be able to repeat it in the future. Many thanks

U20 Orion Safari Results

Coaching opportunity

Marion College (Marist Brothers), Lynmeyer, Johannesburg (South East), are looking for a chess coach for their school. If you are interested please contact Csongi Wasas at cwasas@netactive.co.za. There are a number of other schools also looking for coaches.

Congratulations to Monique Sischy from Gauteng West for obtaining second place at the SA Ladies Closed which took place in Cape Town from 7- 12th January 2008. She has qualified for the SA Women's Olympiad team. This will be taking place in Dresden,Germeny in November 2008. The winner was Carmen de Jager (GN) and Anzel Solomons (WP) was third. For full results and details please visit SAJCA website.

SA Women's Closed Chess Champion trophy, designed by Aleta Michaletos

The 11th Africa / Asia Zonal Correspondence Chess Championships starts on Monday 21 January 2008. The event will be played on the webserver hosted by the International Correspondence Chess Federation and is a qualifying event for the World Correspondence Chess Championships. Entry is free of charge and open to all chess players from Africa and Asia with access to email and an internet connection. If you would like to play, please send your name and email address to Iain Smuts sacca@xsinet.co.za no later than Tuesday 15 January 2008.

AFRICAN JUNIORS 2007 - Malawi - 28th Dec07 - 6th Jan08

The African Juniors was won by Kariem WAGEIH (Egypt), 2nd Calvin Klaasen (SA - WP) and 3rd Ryan van Rensburg (SA - GJ).
The Women's section was won by Daleen Wiid (MG - SA) who will get her WIM title. Carmen de Jager (SA - GN) was second. Results and reports can be found on the SAJCA website.

Well done to U16A and U10B Teams for First Place in the Team Event.

GW U10B Team 2007	Rynard de Bruyn and head coach Corno Klaver
Top 5 U10 - DS Breed(GN), S. Du Toit (WP), RM van Tonger (GM), Aleida de Bruyn (GW) and AB Grundling (Sed).

Well done to our 2 GW national champions:
U18 Boys - Ryan van Rensburg
U16 Girls - Angelique Hattingh

Full Results of the CJCC07 national tournament held in Bloemfontein
(Please note results are not in order of cumulatives)
We will be publishing the SA Junior Closed invites shortly

Summary of Team Results