2013 DSK Chess Championship (S. Africa)
South Africa recently hosted the Commonwealth Championship and was graced with an appearance of Garry Kasparov. The momentum continues as a strong invitational will begin today featuring a number of Grandmasters and several regional hopefuls. Sergey Tiviakov, the globetrotting chess player, will lead a field of 13 players in the DSK Championship over the next ten days. Local talent will include South Africa’s legendary IM Watu Kobese and Zimbabwean ace IM Robert Gwaze. Both have long desired opportunities to test their skills against world-class competition. Rising stars FM Daniel Cawdery of South Africa and Uganda’s IM Elijah Emojong will also be looking for a few GM scalps. Hopefully the recent trends on the continent will result in more of these strong events being available for the untapped reservoir of talent.
July 20th-29th, 2013 (Cape Town, South Africa) |
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Name
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Title
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Federation
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Flag
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Rating
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| 1 | Tiviakov, Sergei | GM | Netherlands |
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2654 |
| 2 | Ipatov Alexander | GM | Turkey |
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2583 |
| 3 | Arnold, Marc | GM | USA |
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2525 |
| 4 | Kasparov, Sergey | GM | Belarus |
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2470 |
| 5 | Gwaze, Robert | IM | Zimbabwe |
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2433 |
| 6 | Tischbierek, Raj | GM | Germany |
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2422 |
| 7 | Haznedaroglu, Kivanc | GM | Turkey |
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2417 |
| 8 | Cawdery, Daniel | FM | South Africa |
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2345 |
| 9 | Kobese, Watu | IM | South Africa |
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2343 |
| 10 | Emojong, Elijah | IM | Uganda |
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2311 |
| 11 | Van Den Heever, Donovan | FM | South Africa |
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2280 |
| 12 | De Villiers, Charles | FM | South Africa |
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2255 |
| 13 | Gluckman, David | IM | South Africa |
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2250 |
where can i get live games online
Gwaze just beat a Grandmaster. I strongly believe African players have low ratings simply because they don’t get to compete with rated international players & Grandmasters. Surely two of the best Africans should be able to compete in Wijk aan Zee group B or C. Everytime an African gets to compete in a major international tournament it’s usually in the world cup knock out stages whey they play renown players like Topalov, Kramnik, Shirov. I mean, honestly, cut them some slack for crying out loud.
Can u explain to me then why Gwaze, after winning the African Individual Chess Championship in Windhoek 2007, meaning he was the strongest player in the entire continent of Africa, was not invited to Wijk aan Zee?
Robert Gwaze did very well!!!
And look at that Kobese beat Kasparov. Wow!!!!!
Thanks to Daaim for publishing these games! It was almost certainly the strongest tournament held in Southern Africa, with an average rating of 2390. Some corrections to the PGN – in round 1 David had the black pieces and agreed to a draw, just when 19…Nb4 wins the exchange. A crafty draw offer by the GM. In round 8 Charles lost per the results website, so 0-1 not 1-0, although the final position is surely a draw – time perhaps? Just one game is missing, in round 4 by Ipatov vs Arnold.
Did any African gain a GM norm from this competition?