Captains Log by Advocate Lyndon Bouah

FIDE ZONE 4.3 TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP Maputo (Mozambique), 14th – 19th July 2008

The Zone 4.3 Team Championships is being held for the first time. FIDE, the world chess Federation is geographically organized by continent, zone and country. The FIDE Directory of 2003 listed 166 countries split into 21 zones, which are further aggregated into 4 continents.

Africa is divided into three zones which are basically geographically based. Zone 4.3 thus consists of the following countries in alphabetical order, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

At this particular event five countries are competing. The countries are Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Burundi and the host Mozambique. Interestingly Angola and Botswana traveled by road to Maputo. Each member country is entitled to field one team and the host may field a second team which they have declined to do. The team comprises of four players with one reserve.

There are three trophies for the first three places and then board prizes. Top Board will receive $250, second board $200, $150 for third, $100 for fourth and $50 for fifth board. The event is being played as a double round robin and will thus have 8 rounds. Each day the games start at 10am and the next round at 16h00.

The respective teams are as follows:

South Africa

1. IM David Gluckman 2. FM Nick van der Nat 3. Johan Steenkamp 4. Calvin Klaasen 5. Kgaugelo Moshetle Lyndon Bouah is the non playing captain.

Botswana

1. Oatlhotse Providence 2. Ignatius Njobvu 3. Phelelo Khetho 4. Tebogo Pitlagano 5. Barileng Gaealafshwe

Burundi

1. Ndikumana Yves 2. Muheto Dieudonne 3. Daniel Kigali 4. Nimuboan Adelin 5. Ntagasigumwami Deo (captain)

Mozambique

1. Viageiro Mateus 2. Wilson Calicoca 3. Miguel Mucungoma 4. Mariano Maia 5. Pedro Ventura

Angola

1. IM Aderito Pedro 2. FM Catarino Domingos 3. Eduardo Pascoal 4. IM Agnelo Amarin 5. Joao Simoes

So why Mozambique I hear you asking! Mozambique has not hosted many chess events. They hosted during the late 1990’s an African Junior Championships. They regularly send players to compete in the African Individual championships. They have also sent players to a few Olympiads as well making their debut in 1996 in Armenia.

Mozambique officially is the Republic of Mozambique is a country in southeastern Africa, bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawia and Zambia to the northwest Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest. It was explored by Vasco da Gama in 1498 ( yes the same guy we all read about in primary school!) and colonized by Portugal in 1505. By 1510 The Portuguese had control of all the former sultanates on the east African coast. Portuguese trading posts and forts became regular ports of call on the new route to the east. ( Wikipedia)

In ancient times gold and, ivory and slaves from Zimbabwe were exported through the ports of Mozambique Island and Sofala. These trading centres were the southern most points of Islamic influence which had been created along the East African coast.

According to the CIA World Factbook Mozambique obtained their independence from Portugal on 25 June 1975. Economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought and a prolonged civil war hindered the country’s development until the 1990’s. The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique ( Frelimo) party obtained formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new constitution the following year provided for multiparty elections and a free market economy.

A United Nations peace agreement between Frelimo and the Mozambique National Resistance forces ended the fighting in 1992. In December 1994 Mozambique underwent a transition when Mr. Joaquim Chissano stepped down after 18 years in office. His elected successor Mr. Armando Emelio Guebuza has continued the sound economic policies that encouraged foreign investment. Mozambique has seen very strong economic growth since the end of the civil war largely due to post-conflict reconstruction.

Round 1

So at 11h30 on a sunny Maputo day the zone 4.3 championships kicked off. We decided at the captains meeting last night that Angola will get the bye because of their driving heroics!

We were paired against minnows Burundi. It was their international event. On board On Board One the Burundi board one held on for quite some time before being overpowered by International Master Gluckman. The game did go the distance in terms of time.

On board two Nicholas was happy to go to a line where Black held all the trumps. He expressed his surprise that White chose 11. Kd2?! Enjoy Nicholas’s technique.

On board three Johan soon had his opponent at sixes and sevens when he employed an unorthodox opening.

On board four Calvin like Johan making their debut for the senior Protea team was a bit nervous! He however secured the point after fifty moves after missing a clear piece win on move 33 with Kg5! Instead of Kg7. He responded after the game that he saw a clear winning plan already so there was no reason to deviate from his intention of queening a pawn!

A good start for SA! Botswana beat the hosts 3.5/0.5

Standings after round one

1. SA 4/4 2. Botswana 3.5/4 3. Mozambique 0.5/4 4. Angola bye 5. Burundi 0/4

(1) Muheto ,D - Van der Nat,N [B39] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Nxc6 Nxe3 9.Nxd8 Nxd1 10.Rxd1 Kxd8 11.Kd2 b6 12.b3 Bb7 13.f3 Rc8 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nc3 Ke7 16.h4 h5 17.Bd3 Rhd8 18.Rhe1 Be5 19.Ne2 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Nc3 Kf6 22.Re2 d5 23.Rde1 dxc4 24.bxc4 Bf4+ 25.Kc2 e5 26.Rh1 Ba6 27.Rh3 Rxd3 28.Kxd3 Bxc4+ 29.Kc2 Bxe2 30.Kb2 Bf1 31.Nd5+ Ke6 32.Nxf4+ exf4 33.Rh1 Bxg2 34.Re1+ Kf6 35.Rg1 Bxf3 36.Rf1 Be4 37.Rxf4 Ke5 38.Rf1 Rc2+ 39.Kb3 Rh2 0–1

(2) Steenkamp,J - Kigali,D [A41] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 c6 3.e4 Qc7 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Bc4 h6 6.0–0 e5 7.a4 a6 8.a5 Ngf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Ba2 0–0 11.h3 Re8 12.Be3 Nf8 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.b4 Nh5 15.Rad1 Nef4 16.Ne2 Ne6 17.d5 Nef4 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.Bb6 Qd7 20.e5 Rf8 21.exd6 Bd8 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Ne5 Qf5 24.Bxd8 f3 25.g4 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Nxf4 27.Be7 Be6 28.Bxe6 Nxe6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.d7 Nd8 31.Nc4 Ne6 32.Rxe6 1–0

(3) Nimubona,A - Klaasen,C [B25] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 e5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bg7 12.c3 Be6 13.c4 Ne7 14.b3 Qd7 15.Rb1 Bxd5 16.cxd5 a5 17.a4 Rfb8 18.Nd2 b5 19.Bf3 h5 20.Nf1 Bh6 21.Ne3 Bxe3 22.fxe3 bxa4 23.bxa4 Rb4 24.Rxb4 axb4 25.g4 Qxa4 26.Qxa4 Rxa4 27.gxh5 Nc8 28.Rf1 Nb6 29.h6 Ra7 30.Kg2 Kh7 31.Bd1 Kxh6 32.Rf6 Nc8 33.Bg4 Kg7 34.Rf1 Nb6 35.h4 Na4 36.Ra1 b3 37.Ra3 b2 38.Rb3 Ra6 39.Bd1 Rb6 40.Rxb6 Nxb6 41.Bc2 Na4 42.Kf2 Nc3 43.Ke1 b1Q+ 44.Bxb1 Nxb1 45.Kd1 Nc3+ 46.Kc2 Ne2 47.Kb3 Ng1 48.Kc4 Nf3 49.Kb5 Kf6 50.Kc6 Ke7 51.Kc7 Nd2 52.d4 Nxe4 53.Kc6 exd4 0–1

(4) Maia,M - Khetho,P [B47] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0–0 b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f4 d6 11.Kh1 Be7 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 0–0 14.Qg3 Rfd8 15.Bd3 Ne8 16.Rad1 Bf6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.fxe5 g6 20.Qf4 Rd7 21.Rde1 Rad8 22.Qh6 Qc5 23.Ne2 Qxe5 24.b3 Qg7 25.Qh4 e5 26.a4 Nd6 27.Nc3 bxa4 28.Nxa4 e4 29.Be2 Qe5 30.c4 Nf5 31.Qg5 h6 32.Qc1 Rd2 33.c5 Ne3 34.Rg1 Nc2 35.Rd1 e3 36.Nb2 Qg5 37.Rxd2 Rxd2 38.Qf1 Nd4 39.Bc4 Rf2 40.Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qc4+ Bd5 0–1

(5) Tebogo,P - Ventura,P [B12] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Be3 g6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nd2 Nbd7 6.f3 Bg7 7.Ne2 b5 8.Bb3 a6 9.g4 Qc7 10.Ng3 Nb6 11.c3 c5 12.Rc1 c4 13.Bc2 h5 14.g5 Nfd7 15.h4 Bb7 16.Qe2 e5 17.Kf2 Rf8 18.Kg2 Nc8 19.Rhd1 Ne7 20.d5 f6 21.b3 cxb3 22.Nxb3 fxg5 23.hxg5 Nc8 24.Bd3 Qd8 25.c4 bxc4 26.Rxc4 Rf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Nh1 Qxg5+ 29.Kf1 Ncb6 30.Rc7 Bc8 31.Qg2 Qf6 32.Nf2 Na4 33.Rdc1 Nac5 34.Be2 Kd8 35.Rc6 Nxb3 36.axb3 g5 37.Nd3 Rb8 38.Qg1 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Bh3+ 40.Ke1 Qxe5 41.Qa7 Rxb3 42.Qc7+ Ke8 43.Rxd6 Qe7 44.Qxe7+ Kxe7 45.Rxa6 Bd7 46.Ra7 Bd4 47.Rac7 g4 48.fxg4 f3 49.Bxf3 Rxf3 50.gxh5 Kd6 51.R1c4 Be5 52.h6 Bg3+ 53.Ke2 Rf7 54.R4c6+ Ke5 55.Rxd7 Rxd7 56.Re6+ Kf4 57.Kd3 Kg5 58.Kd4 Bf2+ 59.Kc4 Rc7+ 60.Kb5 Rc1 61.d6 Bg3 62.e5 Kf5 63.h7 Rc8 64.Re7 Bxe5 65.d7 Rb8+ 66.Kc6 Bf6 67.Re8 1–0

(6) Gluckman,D - Ndikumana,Y [D31] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxc4 5.Bxc4 Bb4 6.Nf3 Ne7 7.0–0 Nd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Ng6 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Rad1 Nb6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.a3 Ba5 16.Qxb7 0–0 17.Qa6 Bb6 18.Bd2 Rfc8 19.Rc1 Rcb8 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.g3 Bc8 22.Qd3 a5 23.Bd6 Ba6 24.Qd2 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Rb7 26.Rc2 Ne7 27.Bxe7 Qxe7 28.Rfc1 Rd7 29.Rc6 Qd8 30.Qe3 1–0

(7) Njobvu,I - Calicoca,W [D02] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Ngf6 8.Qc2 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.c5 Nbd7 11.b4 e5 12.Bd2 exd4 13.exd4 Be7 14.Ne2 0–0 15.h4 Re8 16.Kf1 Nf8 17.h5 N6d7 18.Rb1 Rc8 19.Rg1 Bf6 20.Be3 Kh8 21.Ng3 g6 22.Rh1 Kg8 23.Kg2 Bg7 24.Rh3 Ne6 25.Rbh1 Ndf8 26.Ne2 b6 27.f4 f5 28.Rg3 Qf6 29.h6 Bh8 30.Bxf5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Rb8 32.Bd3 Kf7 33.f5 gxf5 34.Bxf5 Ke7 35.Bxh7 Nxh7 36.Qxh7+ Qf7 37.Qd3 Rg8 38.Qa6 Rxg3+ 39.Nxg3 Kf8 40.Qxc6 Rd8 41.Rh5 Bxd4 42.Rf5 Bf6 43.Bg5 Nd4 44.Qxf6 Qxf6 45.Rxf6+ Ke8 46.h7 1–0

(8) Viageiro,M - Oathlhotse,P [B52] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (1), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nc6 6.c4 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 0–0 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rc1 e6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.b3 Rfc8 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Ne2 Nfd7 17.Rfd1 Nc5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Nc3 Rd8 20.Qe2 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Rd8 22.Nf2 Qa5 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Nxd1 Nc6 25.Qd2 Qa3 26.Nf2 h5 27.Nd3 b6 28.f4 Bd4 29.Bxd4 Nxd4 30.Kf2 Nc6 31.f5 exf5 32.exf5 Nd4 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Nf3 Nxf3 36.Kxf3 b5 37.Kg3 bxc4 38.Qd7+ Kf8 39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Kg8 41.Qe6+ Kf8 42.Qd6+ Ke8 43.Qxg6+ Kd7 44.Qf7+ Kc6 45.Qxc4 Qb2 46.Kh4 Qxg2 47.Qxa6+ Kd7 48.Qd3+ Ke7 49.Qe3+ Kd7 50.Qd3+ Ke7 51.Qh7+ Kd8 52.Qd3+ Ke7 53.Qe3+ Kd7 54.Qd3+ Ke7 55.Qh7+ Kd8 56.Qh8+ Kd7 57.Qh7+ Kd8 58.Qd3+ Ke7 59.Qe3+ Kd7 60.h3 Qxa2 61.Qxc5 Qxb3 62.Qf5+ ½–½

As we had a bye for round two we decided to do some teambuilding so we decided to walk 6 kilometres to the Maputo beachfront. This allowed us to see the sights and sounds of the City. We noticed that many of the streets were named after historical figures like Karl Marx, Ho Chi Min and the ever present Mugabe street.

A the beachfront when we finally arrived the team decided to beef up a bit so we had for the first time Seafood Espetada Kebab which consists of a number of seafood dishes placed on a kebab. It was delicious and we made a note to return later in the week. We met and saw many South Africans working here in Maputo. Mr. Eddie Price is the International Arbiter for the event. After handing in our team for round three we were able to prepare for round three.

Round 2

As we had a bye in round two I simply attach the games for your enjoyment. Angola beat Botswana 2.5 to1.5 which I was pleased most. Mozambique beat Burundi 4.0

The standings after round two was:

1. Mozambique 4.5/8 2. Botswana 5/8 3. South Africa 4/4 4. Angola 2.5/4 5. Burundi 0/8

The team now prepared for the Round three and it was decided to rest Calvin and that Kgaugelo would make his debut against Botswana.

Pedro,A - Oathlhotse,P [B96] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0– 0 b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5 Qc6 16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.fxe5 Kc7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qxe7 Rxa2 20.Nxb7 Ra1+ 21.Kd2 Qd5+ 22.Ke2 Qe4+ 23.Kd2 Qd5+ 24.Ke2 Qxg2+ 25.Ke3 Qh3+ 26.Kf2 Qf5+ 27.Ke3 Qh3+ 28.Kf2 Qf5+ 29.Ke3 Qh3+ 30.Kf2 ½–½

Njobvu,I - Domingos,C [A47] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.0–0 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Qe2 d6 9.c3 Nbd7 10.Re1 0–0 11.Ng5 g6 12.f4 Nh5 13.Ndf3 Ng7 14.Bd2 Re8 15.Qf2 a6 16.Re2 Nf8 17.Rae1 b5 18.a3 Bc6 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.h3 Bd5 21.Nh2 f6 22.Ng4 Nf5 23.Ne4 Kg7 24.Nd2 Rab8 25.Bxf5 exf5 26.Ne3 Bf7 27.Qg3 Kh8 28.Qf3 Qb7 29.Qxb7 Rxb7 30.Nc2 a5 31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Re3 g5 33.fxg5 fxg5 34.Nf3 h6 35.Rd3 Rc8 36.Ne3 Bg6 37.Rdd1 Bd8 38.d5 h5 39.Nh2 b4 40.axb4 axb4 41.cxb4 Rxb4 42.Re2 Bf6 43.g3 f4 44.Bd2 fxg3+ 45.Kxg3 0–1

Pascoal,E - Khetho,P [A48] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.c4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.0–0 Nbd7 7.b3 e5 8.Bb2 e4 9.Nfd2 Re8 10.Nc3 Nf8 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.b4 h5 13.Rfd1 N8h7 14.Nf1 h4 15.d5 Ng5 16.Qb3 h3 17.g3 Qc8 18.Nb5 Bg4 19.Qc2 Nf3+ 20.Bxf3 Bxf3 21.Re1 Nh7 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nd2 Ng5 24.Nd4 Qg4 25.b5 b6 26.a4 a5 27.bxa6 Rxa6 28.a5 Kh7 29.axb6 Rxb6 30.Ra7 Reb8 31.Rxc7 Rb2 32.Qc3 Bd1 33.Ne6 Nxe6 34.Rxf7+ Kh6 35.dxe6 Qxe6 36.Qg7+ Kg5 0–1 Pitlagano,T - Agnelo,A [B98] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 Nc6 10.Nb3 Bd7 11.g4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bg2 0–0–0 14.h4 g6 15.h5 Kb8 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Rh3 Bg7 18.Kb1 Rhf8 19.Qe3 Bc8 20.Qd2 Ne7 21.Rd3 d5 22.exd5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxd5 Rxf4 26.Nc5 Qb6 27.b3 Rxg4 28.Bf3 Rg5 29.Nd7+ Bxd7 30.Qg8+ Bc8 31.Qxg7 h5 32.Kb2 Rf5 33.Be4 Rf6 34.Qg8 Qe6 35.Rd8 Qe5+ 36.c3 Rf2+ 37.Bc2 Qf5 38.Rxc8+ Qxc8 39.Qxg6 h4 40.Qg5 Qh8 41.Qg6 h3 42.b4 h2 43.Ka3 Rxc2 0–1

Ndikumana,Y - Viageiro,M [B50] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.d3 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Bg5 Rb8 9.Re1 0–0 10.d4 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Bd3 dxe4 13.Bxe4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Nc3 Qb6 16.Rb1 Rd8 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qe3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bg7 20.Qg3 Bd7 21.Red1 Bc6 22.Bc2 Qc5 23.Rd3 Be5 24.b4 Rxd3 25.bxc5 Rxg3 26.hxg3 Bxc3 27.Bb3 Rd8 0–1

Ventura,P - Nimubona,A [A02] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.f4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bb5 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.0–0 0–0 9.Qe1 Qc7 10.d3 h6 11.Qg3 g6 12.Qh4 Nh5 13.Qf2 Kh7 14.g4 Nf6 15.Qh4 Nd5 16.Ng5+ Bxg5 17.fxg5 e5 18.Rf3 Qe7 19.Qxh6+ 1–0

Kigali,D - Maia,M [C50] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.a3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Nbd2 Bb6 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 0–0 11.0–0 Be6 12.Nh2 f5 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Ne2 Rfe8 15.Nf3 Qf6 16.Ng3 Qg6 17.Ne2 Kh8 18.Qc2 f4 19.Kh1 Qh5 20.Neg1 g5 21.Nh2 Rg8 22.Qe2 g4 23.d4 gxh3 24.g3 Qg6 25.g4 exd4 26.Bd3 Qf6 27.c4 Nde7 28.Nxh3 f3 29.Qe4 Rg7 30.Rg1 Rag8 31.Bf4 h5 32.Bg5 Qf7 33.Rae1 Nd8 34.Bxe7 Qxe7 35.Nf4 0–1

Calicoca,W - Diedonne,M [B52] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (2), 15.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Qd3 Nc4 15.Nd2 Be7 16.Nxc4 Rxc4 17.Qg3 g6 18.Bh6 Rg8 19.Bd2 b6 20.f4 Qa4 21.Qd3 Kd7 22.Kh1 Rgc8 23.g4 Qa6 24.f5 Ra4 25.fxe6+ fxe6 26.Qxa6 Rxa6 27.Ra1 Ra3 28.Rf1 Rf8 29.Rxf8 Bxf8 30.Rf1 Ke8 31.Ra1 Be7 32.Kg2 Kd7 33.Kf2 b5 34.Ke2 Ra4 35.Kd3 Rc4 36.h4 a6 37.Bg5 Ra4 38.Rf1 Bxg5 39.hxg5 Rxa2 40.Rf7+ Ke8 41.Rxh7 Rg2 42.Rg7 Rg3+ 43.Kc2 Rxg4 44.Rxg6 Rg2+ 45.Kb3 Kf7 46.Rf6+ Ke7 47.g6 Kd7 48.Kb4 Rb2+ 49.Kc5 Rg2 50.Rf7+ Ke8 51.Kd6 Rxg6 52.Ra7 Rg3 53.Kxe6 Rg6+ 54.Kxd5 Rb6 55.e6 Kd8 56.Ke5 Rc6 57.d5 Rc5 58.Kd6 Rc8 59.Rh7 1–0

More Mozambique facts The capital city is Maputo. The official language is Portuguese. The total area covered is 01 590 square kilometers. In the 2007 census there were 21 million people. The gross domestic product in 2005 was US$27billion. The currency is the Mozambican metical which is trading at 3.10 to the rand.

Round 3

In round Three we had hard fought battles! IM David played an enterprising pawn sacrifice f4! Which freed up his pieces. Students should study the game for his active play.

On board two Nicholas illustrated his fine technique by outplaying Ignatius Njobvu who essayed Nf6 in a Caro- Kann which left him saddled with double pawns on the f file.

On board three Johan overpowered his opponent after his opponent went for too much with a queen and knight on the Kingside. Note the interesting mate!

On board 4 Kgaulego made his debut. He told me last night that he was going to sacrifice and then on move 44 he did! So we beat Botswana 4 nil which was a good score.

Our chief rivals Angola played their best and also won 4 nil.

Standings after round three was

1. SA 8/8 2. Angola 6.5/8 3. Mozambique 4.5/12 4. Botswana 5/12 5. Burundi 0/8

Khetho,P - Steenkamp,J [A08] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 e6 4.d3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.0–0 Nge7 7.e4 0–0 8.Nh4 b5 9.f4 Bb7 10.e5 Bc7 11.Ndf3 b4 12.h3 a5 13.Nh2 Bb6 14.Kh1 c4 15.dxc4 dxc4 16.Qh5 Nf5 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.c3 Qd3 19.Qf3 Rfd8 20.Qxd3 Rxd3 21.Nf3 Rad8 22.Bd2 g5 23.Be1 gxf4 24.gxf4 Ne7 25.cxb4 axb4 26.Bxb4 Ng6 27.Ne1 Rxh3# 0–1

Domingos,C - Calicoca,W [C41] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Bb5 0–0 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0–0–0 Be6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Rhe1 Re8 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Qd4 Be6 15.a3 c5 16.Qd3 c4 17.Qd2 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 d5 19.Nd4 c5 20.Nc6 Qc7 21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Qf3 Rb8 23.Rxd5 c3 24.b3 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 c4 26.b4 a5 27.e6 axb4 28.exf7+ Qxf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.axb4 Ra8 31.Kb1 Rb8 32.Re3 Rxb4+ 33.Kc1 Kf6 34.Rxc3 g5 35.Kd2 h5 36.Re3 Rb8 37.Re4 Rd8+ 38.Kc3 Rd1 39.h4 g4 40.g3 Ra1 41.Kxc4 Ra4+ 42.Kd3 Ra3+ 43.c3 Ra2 44.Re2 1–0

Maia,M - Agnelo,A [B51] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0–0 Ngf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 a6 7.Nxd7 Nxd7 8.Be2 e6 9.d4 Bd6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.h3 0–0 12.Bd3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 e5 14.Bc3 f5 15.Nd2 b5 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.f4 e4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bxb5 Bb7 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Bd5 Rad8 22.c4 Bxf4 23.Qe2 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxa6 Be3+ 26.Kh1 f4 27.Rad1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 f3 29.gxf3 Qg3 30.Qf1 exf3 31.Nd2 f2 32.Ne4 Qf3+ 0–1

Mosetlhe,K - Pitlagano,T [D93] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Be2 Re8 8.0–0 Nh5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nf6 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.f4 e6 13.c5 Qc7 14.Rc1 Nf8 15.b4 a6 16.Bd3 N6h7 17.a4 f5 18.Qb3 Bf6 19.Bg3 Bd7 20.b5 axb5 21.axb5 Reb8 22.Na4 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Qa5 24.Nb6 Qa3 25.Rc3 Qxb3 26.Rxb3 Ra7 27.Rfb1 Rd8 28.Be1 Be8 29.Bc3 Nd7 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Bd4 Nhf8 32.Kf2 Ra5 33.Rc1 Rb8 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Rbb1 Rb7 36.Ra1 Rba7 37.Rxa5 Rxa5 38.Nc8 Nb8 39.Rb1 Nfd7 40.Rb7 Kf8 41.Nd6 Bf7 42.Rc7 g5 43.Rc8+ Kg7 44.Nxf5+ exf5 45.e6+ Nf6 46.exf7 Nbd7 47.f8Q+ Nxf8 48.Bxf6+ Kxf6 49.Rxf8+ 1–0

Van der Nat,N - Njobvu,I [B15] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Bb3 Be6 9.Bd2 Bxb3 10.axb3 Na6 11.0–0–0 Qxe2 12.Nxe2 0–0–0 13.c3 Rhe8 14.Rhe1 Kd7 15.Ng3 Rxe1 16.Rxe1 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Re8 18.Be3 Nc7 19.c4 Ne6 20.Kd2 Ng5 21.f3 a6 22.b4 h6 23.Ra1 Ne6 24.Kd3 Nc7 25.g4 Re7 26.f4 Re6 27.f5 Re8 28.Bf4 Re7 29.b3 Re8 30.Bg3 Re7 31.Rc1 Re8 32.Rc2 Re7 33.Re2 Rxe2 34.Kxe2 Ne8 35.Bf4 Ke7 36.Kd3 Kd7 37.Kc3 Nd6 38.Bxd6 Kxd6 39.Kb2 Kc7 40.Ka3 b6 41.c5 b5 42.Kb2 Kd7 43.Kc3 Kc7 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kc7 46.d5 Kd7 47.dxc6+ Kxc6 48.Kd4 g6 49.Ke4 a5 50.bxa5 Kxc5 51.b4+ Kd6 52.Ke3 Kd5 53.Kd3 Kd6 54.Ke4 Kc6 55.Kd4 Kd6 56.a6 Kc6 57.a7 Kb7 58.Kc5 Kxa7 59.Kxb5 Kb7 60.Kc5 Kc7 61.b5 Kb7 62.Kd6 Kb6 63.Ke7 Kxb5 64.Kxf7 gxf5 65.gxf5 1–0

Viageiro,M - Pedro,A [C00] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d3 b6 9.Na3 Ba6 10.Nc2 Rb8 11.0–0 d5 12.e5 h5 13.Bh3 Nf5 14.Ne3 Rb7 15.Qd1 Rd7 16.a3 Qc8 17.Re1 d4 18.Nxf5 gxf5 19.c4 Ne7 20.Bg2 Ng6 21.h4 Ne7 22.b4 Ng8 23.Bd2 Nh6 24.a4 cxb4 25.Bxb4 Ng4 26.Bd2 Bf8 27.Qb3 Bc5 28.a5 0–0 29.Ra2 Rfd8 30.axb6 axb6 31.Rea1 Bb7 32.Bb4 Ne3 33.Bh1 Bc6 34.Kf2 Rb7 35.Ra7 Bxb4 36.Qxb4 Nc2 37.Qd2 Nxa1 38.Rxa1 b5 39.c5 Kg7 40.Qb4 Qd7 41.Rb1 Ra7 42.Rb2 Qd5 43.Bg2 Ra4 44.Qd2 Rda8 45.Ne1 Qd7 46.Qe2 Kg6 47.g4 hxg4 48.Kg3 Kh5 49.Nf3 gxf3 50.Bxf3+ Kh6 51.Kh3 Rg8 52.Qf1 Bxf3 53.Qxf3 Ra1 54.c6 Qd8 55.Rxb5 Rg4 0–1 Oathlhotse,P - Gluckman,D [A37] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.0–0 e5 7.d3 Nge7 8.a3 0–0 9.Nd2 f5 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.b4 e4 12.Nd5 exd3 13.exd3 Ne5 14.Nb3 f4 15.Bxf4 Bg4 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.f3 Bf5 18.Re1 Qc7 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bc3 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.Nd2 cxb4 23.axb4 Qg7 24.Re4 Bxe4 25.Nxe4 b5 26.Qb3 Bd4+ 27.Kg2 bxc4 28.dxc4 h6 29.Nxd6 Bc5 30.Nb5 Bxb4 31.Qxb4 a6 32.Re1 axb5 33.Re7 bxc4 34.Qd6 Qf6 35.Qxf6+ Rxf6 36.Bxc4 Rd6 37.Bf7 Rb2+ 38.Kh3 Rdb6 39.Rc7 Rf2 40.Rc8+ Kg7 41.Rc7 Kf8 0–1

Simoes,J - Ventura,P [D11] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (3), 16.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nbd2 Bg4 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Re8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qc7 12.Qc2 Rad8 13.Rac1 Qb8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.a4 Bh6 16.Bf1 Nf8 17.Ne5 Ne6 18.Re1 Rf8 19.Rcd1 Ne4 20.f4 f5 21.Bd3 Nc7 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Ba3 1– 0

More Mozambique facts

6. Mozambique is divided into ten provinces and one capital city with provincial status 7. The provinces are subdivided into 129 districts . 8. The districts are further divided into administrative posts. 9. The administrative posts are then further divided into localities. 10. Since 1998 33 municipalities have been created.

Round 4

Everyone expected Angola to beat Burundi 4 nil. Instead the celebration was with Burundi when they unexpectedly won on board one to secure their first international point. Well done to Yves!

For South Africa we won 3.5 to 0.5 Nicholas suffered an unexpected lapse of concentration on board one against the Mozambican board one Viageiro Mateus. His combination cost him a piece but he was able to salvage a draw what was arguably a lost position! As they say every half point counts! The three debutants Johan, Calvin and Kgauegelo are still firing on all cylinders. The big clash is tomorrow morning we Wednesday 16 July 2008 when SA plays Angola!

SA now leads Angola by 2 points due to their loss on Board one.

SA has 11.5/ 12 Angola 9.5 /12 Botswana 5/12 Mozambique 5/16 Whilst Burundi recorded their first win with 1/12.

The games of the round follows:

More Mozambique facts

Executive Branch with the Chief of State being President Armando Guebuza since Feb 2005. Head of Government is Prime Minister Luisa Diogo since February 2004. The president is elected by popular vote for a five year term. The last election was held on 1 December 2004. Election results in 2004 was Guebuza 63% and Afonso Dhlakama 31%.

Round 5

In round five we played Angola and drew 2 all. On board one IM David lost in an Alehkine’s Defence to IM Aderito Pedro. Pedro came second at the African Individuals in Windhoek in September 2007.

On board two Nicholas soon found himself with opposite coloured bishops which made playing for a win difficult.

Johan on board three had an extra pawn but it was doubled and a draw was agreed after the position was repeated three times.

Calvin was the revelation of the round against Angola. After winning the opening battle he had to choose between a long term endgame win but our debutant decided that swashbuckling chess was the way and immediately launched a kingside attack with g4, h4 and of course f5!

Enjoy the games of round five.

Agnelo,A - Steenkamp,J [E07] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0–0 dxc4 8.e4 Bb4 9.Qe2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Ra5 c5 17.Bf4 Nb6 18.Qg4 Kh8 19.Be3 Nd7 20.f4 Qc7 21.Rda1 Qb6 22.Qe2 Qb3 23.Qe1 Qb6 24.Qe2 Qb3 25.Qe1 Qb6 26.Qf1 Qb3 27.Qc1 Qb6 28.Qf1 Qb3 29.Qe2 (Qb6) ½–½

Khetho,P - Kigali,D [B07] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Qc7 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.h3 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Nh5 11.Rad1 Rd8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bc4 Bf6 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.Qe3 Ne6 16.Rxd8+ Nxd8 17.Rd1 b5 18.Bb3 Nf4 19.Qc5 Be7 20.Nxb5 Rb8 21.Nxc7 1–0 Muheto,D - Njobvu,I [B01] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Bxb6 axb6 11.cxd5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.Re1 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 0–0 15.Nc3 Bf6 16.a3 Ra5 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Re3 Rd8 19.b4 Rxa3 20.Ne4 Rxe3 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.fxe3 Qd6 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qd4 Qe5 25.Qxe5 fxe5 26.e4 c6 27.Kf2 Ke7 28.Ke3 cxd5 29.exd5 f5 30.h3 Kd6 31.g4 f4+ 32.Ke4 Rc8 33.h4 Rc4+ 34.Kf5 f3 35.h5 Rf4+ 36.Kg5 Rf8 37.Kh4 e4 38.Kg3 e3 39.Rc1 f2 0–1

Oatlhotse,P - Ndikumana,Y [E62] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0–0 0–0 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Na5 12.Qa4 a6 13.b4 b5 14.Qxa5 Qc8 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Ra7 17.Bg5 e6 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Nc6 Qd6 20.Bf3 Rc7 21.Bf4 1–0

Pedro,A - Gluckman,D [B02] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.a4 a5 5.d4 d6 6.exd6 cxd6 7.Be3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nf3 0–0 10.0–0 d5 11.c5 N6d7 12.Nc3 Nf6 13.Qb3 Nc6 14.Rfd1 Nb4 15.Rac1 b6 16.Nb5 bxc5 17.dxc5 Ng4 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 Nc6 20.Bf4 e5 21.Rxd5 Be6 22.Bc4 Bxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kh8 24.Bxc6 Rc8 25.Bb7 exf4 26.Bxc8 Qxc8 27.c6 Ne5 28.c7 Qb7 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Qc4 1–0

Klaasen,C - Simoes,J [C11] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.Ned4 Bb7 12.a3 b4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.c3 Bc5 15.b4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bf8 17.Bd3 Qc7 18.0–0 g6 19.g4 Bg7 20.h4 0–0 21.h5 Rfc8 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rac1 Qd8 24.Qh2 Qe7 25.Nf3 Rc4 26.Bd4 Nf8 27.Rc2 Rac8 28.f5 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Rxc2 30.Bxc2 exf5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bxf5 Bc6 33.Rf2 Bd7 34.Bxd7 Qxd7 35.Qh5 Ne6 36.Ng5 Nxg5 37.Qxg5 Qh3 38.Rg2 1–0

Nimubona,A - Gaealafshwe,B [E61] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 0–0 7.e4 e5 8.Be2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.0–0–0 c6 13.f3 Qb6 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 Be6 16.Rxd6 Qb4 17.Rhd1 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.R6d4 Qe6 20.f4 b5 21.Rd6 Qg4 22.g3 b4 23.e5 bxc3 24.exf6 cxb2+ 25.Kb1 Bf8 26.R6d2 Qe6 27.Nd4 Qxf6 28.Nf3 Qe7 29.Ne5 Qa3 30.Qc4 Ra7 31.Qxc6 Bg7 32.Rxb2 Qe7 33.Re1 Rc7 34.Qb5 Rd8 35.Qb3 Qd6 36.Ka2 Qd4 37.Rbe2 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rc3 39.Qb5 Rc4 40.Ka3 Rb4 41.Qxa5 Qc3+ 0–1

Van der Nat,N - Domingos,C [B57] Zone 4.3 Team Champs Maputo (5), 17.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e5 7.Nf5 Bxf5 8.exf5 h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qf3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 0–0 14.0–0 Qb6 15.f6 Bxf6 16.Bd3 Qc5 17.Qxb7 g6 18.b4 Qc3 19.b5 Qa3 20.Rfb1 Rab8 21.Qd5 Kg7 22.Rb3 Qc5 23.Qf3 Bd8 24.a4 Ba5 25.h4 h5 26.g3 Rfe8 27.Kg2 Re6 28.Qc6 Rc8 29.Qxc5 dxc5 30.Bc4 Rf6 31.Rf3 Re8 32.Rxf6 Kxf6 33.Ra3 Kg7 34.Ra1 f5 35.Rf1 Kf6 36.f3 Re3 37.Bd3 Ke5 38.g4 Kf4 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rf2 Bd8 41.Rf1 Re6 42.Rg1 Rg6+ 43.Kf1 Rxg1+ 44.Kxg1 Kxf3 45.Bxf5 Kg3 46.Be6 Kxh4 47.Kg2 Kg5 48.Kf3 Kf6 49.Bc4 Ke5 50.Bf7 h4 51.Bc4 Ba5 52.Bf7 Bc7 53.Bc4 h3 54.Kg3 Ke4+ 55.Kxh3 Ke3 56.Kg2 Kd2 57.Bd3 Kc3 58.Kf3 Kb4 59.c4 Kxa4 60.Ke4 Kb3 61.Bf1 ½–½

The draw now maintains our lead of two points going into the second phase of the round robin. Botswana romped home against Burundi 4 nil The present standings after round 5 is:

Team 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1 South Africa **** ½01½ 1111 111½ 1111 13.5/16 2 Angola ½10½ **** 10½1 1111 1011 11.5/16 3 Botswana 0000 01½0 **** 111½ 1111 9.0/16 4 Mozambique 000½ 0000 000½ **** 1111 5.0/16 5 Burundi 0000 0100 0000 0000 **** 1.0/16

The individual player standings are as follows:

Board one Board four Gluckman (RSA) 2/3 Klaasen (RSA) 3/3 Oatlhotse (BOT) 3/4 Pitlogano (BOT) 1/3 Viageiro (MOZ) 2/4 Maia (MOZ) 1/4 Pedro (ANG) 2.5/3 Agnelo (ANG) 3.5/4 Nkikumana (BUR) 1/4 Nimubona (BUR) 0/4

Board two Board five Van Der Nat ( RSA) 3/4 Mosetlhe (RSA) 2/2 Njobvu (BOT) 2/4 Gaealatshwe (BOT) 1/1 Calicoca (MOZ) 1/4 Ventura (MOZ) 1/3 Domingos (ANG) 2.5/4 Simeos (ANG) 2/3 Muherto (BUR) 0/4 Ntagasigumvani (BUR) 0/0

Board three Steenkamp (RSA) 3.5/4 Khetho (BOT) 3/4 Mucongama (MOZ) 0/1 Pascoal (ANG) 1/2 Kigali (BUR) 0/4

So the event is going well and we are satisfied as we leave for lunch. The team eats breakfast at the hotel. The breakfast consists of the following: eggs, viennas, rolls and baked beans with fruit and cereal! Johan and I have a bet to see what is for breakfast tomorrow morning!

In the afternoon and evening we eat at an establishment called Topilinos. All the teams dine there. Lets just say when I get home I will be giving chicken a miss!

We play Burundi in the next round!

Mozambique facts 11. The climate is tropical to subtropical. 12. Terrain is mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in centre, high plateaus in northwest and mountains in the west. 13. The lowest point is the Indian Ocean and the highest Monte Binga 2 436m 14. Its natural resources are coal, titanium, natural gas, hydropower, tantalum and graphite. 15. Natural hazards include severe droughts, devastating cyclones and floods in central and southern provinces.

Round 6

The SA team beat Burundi 4 nil in a well spirited match. What I like about our new friends from Burundi is that they never give up and enjoy the games. At breakfast over eggs, viennas and baked beans (naturally!) we normally greet each other and chat about the previous rounds events. Language is a difficult as only their captain speaks English whereas the all they speak French and their native language Kirundi. (Quick trivial pursuit! Capital of Burundi) Read the end of the article to check!

Botswana and Mozambique had one of those epic battles where Mozambique tried valiantly to avenge their round one defeat. Botswana won comfortably with 3.1

Towards the end of the round the Mozambican organizer Pedro Chambule who is a very capable organizer informed me that all the chicken was up at Topilinos and we would have to eat at Mimmos in the mall. I reluctantly agreed! At dinner Johan, Calvin, Kgaugelo and Nicholas ordered pizzas whereas I went for the Hake and Calamari Combo. Lo and Behold do we see chicken appearing on David’s plate!! His defense albeit a bit weak was that he wanted to try the peri-peri flavour!

The first game to finish was Kgauegelo who won a piece very easily on move 22. Johan also went a piece up and finished off his opponent quickly. Calvin pressed hard and won the endgame after missing the simple win of a piece after Qd2+, Qe2 and then he should’ve gone Bishop takes e4! David played his customary long game although the result was never in doubt. The Burundi board one needs to be coached and I am sure he will be able to do well in Africa.

Mosetlhe,K - Nimubona,A [D23] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (6), 17.07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Qxc4 Nb6 7.Qd3 g6 8.d5 Nb4 9.Qb5+ Bd7 10.Qxb4 Bg7 11.e4 0–0 12.Be2 Re8 13.0–0 a5 14.Qb3 e6 15.Bg5 Qc8 16.Be3 Qd8 17.Rfd1 a4 18.Qc2 Qc8 19.Rac1 e5 20.d6 Bc6 21.dxc7 Qxc7 22.Nb5 1–0

Steenkamp,J - Muheto,D [A30] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (6), 17.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.0–0 Be7 7.Re1 0–0 8.e4 d6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nbd7 11.e5 Bxg2 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.b3 d5 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Qb5 Qb7 19.Qc6 Qa6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Red8 22.Qe4 Bc5 23.Nc6 Rdc8 24.b4 Bf8 25.a4 b5 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.Nxa7 Rxa7 28.Rxa7 Rc6 29.Ra8 Re6 30.Bd6 Qf1+ 31.Kxf1 1–0

Kigali,D - Klaasen,C [B21] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (6), 17.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.Bf4 a6 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.0–0 b5 12.Re1 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Ne2 g6 19.Qf3 Bg5 20.g4 f5 21.Ng3 Rf8 22.Qd1 fxg4 23.hxg4 Bh4 24.Re3 Rf4 25.Qe2 Raf8 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.Kg2 Rxg4 28.b3 h5 29.c4 Bxg3 30.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 31.fxg3 Rxf1 32.Qxf1 Qd2+ 33.Qe2 Qxe2+ 34.Bxe2 Bxe4+ 35.Bf3 Bxf3+ 36.Kxf3 bxc4 37.bxc4 g5 38.Ke4 Kf7 39.c5 Ke7 40.Kxe5 Kd7 41.Kf6 h4 0–1

Oatlhotse,P - Calicoca,W [D30] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (6), 17.07.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.0–0 0–0 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.b3 e5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.e3 Rac8 18.Qb2 Bf5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Rac1 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Qc3 Bd7 24.a4 h6 25.a5 Qd6 26.b4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Kg2 b6 29.b5 Bg4 30.a6 Kf8 31.Qc6 Qxc6 32.Nxc6 Be2 33.Nxa7 Ke8 34.Nc8 Bxb5 35.Nd6+ 1–0

Ventura,P - Gaealafshwe,B [A02] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (6), 17.07.2008 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb5 0–0 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.0–0 d6 9.Qe1 Ba6 10.d3 e6 11.Nbd2 Nd5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.g4 f5 14.h3 Qd7 15.Kh1 fxg4 16.hxg4 e5 17.c4 Nb4 18.Qg3 Nc2 19.Ng5 Nxa1 20.Rxa1 Qe7 21.Ndf3 h6 22.Nh3 e4 23.dxe4 Qxe4 24.Re1 Rae8 25.Qg2 d5 26.Nf2 Qe7 27.g5 hxg5 28.Nxg5 Rxf4 29.Nfh3 Rf6 30.e4 Bc8 31.e5 Rf5 32.e6 Rh8 33.Kg1 Rh5 34.Nf3 Bxe6 35.Qg3 Qf6 36.Re3 d4 37.Rd3 Rxh3 0–1

Khetho,P - Maia,M [C55] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (6), 17.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.0–0 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.N1d2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 0–0 13.Qh5 f6 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Rae1 g6 16.Qh6 fxe5 17.Kh1 Bf5 18.f4 a5 19.Ba3 e4 20.h3 e3 21.Nc5 Bxc2 22.f5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 gxf5 24.Ne6 Rxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kg7 26.Be7 Qe8 27.Rf1 Qg6 28.Qe5+ Kg8 29.Rxf5 Bd4 30.Qf4 Bg7 31.Rg5 e2 32.Qg3 Qf7 33.Bc5 Re8 34.Bf2 h6 35.Rg4 c5 36.Be1 Kh8 37.Rf4 Qe7 38.Qf3 d4 39.Rf7 Qe5 40.b3 Kg8 41.Rf5 Qe4 42.Rxc5 Qe6 43.Rxc7 Rf8 44.Qg3 Rf1+ 45.Kh2 Qe5 46.Ra7 Qxg3+ 47.Bxg3 Be5 48.Ra8+ Kf7 49.Ra7+ Ke6 50.Ra6+ Kd7 51.Bxe5 e1Q 52.Ra7+ Ke6 53.Rf7 0–1

Mozambique facts

16. According to the 1997 Second General Population and Housing Census the religions of the polled population were as follows; 24.2% identified themselves as Roman Catholic, 24.25 claimed not to be affiliated with a religion, 18.7% adhering to African Zionism, 17% cited as Muslims, 11.45% as other non- Catholic Christians and 3. % as other. 17. Portuguese is the official language with the others being Swahili, Makhuwa, Sena, Ndau and Shangaan. 18. The North-central provinces of Zambezi and Nampula are the most populous with about 45% of the population. 19. The estimated 4million Macua people are the dominant group in the northern part of the country. 20. The Sena and Shona are prominent in the Zambezi valley and the Shangaan dominate the Southern part. 21. Trivial pursuit :The capital of Burundi is Bujumbura.

Round 7

This past Thursday we had a bye. So this led to the perennial question? Sight see or late lie in! After discussions it was decided ! The younger set led by Nicholas would sleep late! So Johan, David and I agreed to meet at 09h15 to meet to do some exploring.

We decided to catch a taxi to the Polana centre. After the compulsory haggling over taxi fare we embarked in a taxi towards the Polana centre and hotel. Upon arrival we explored the centre which was smaller than the Maputo centre which is next to the playing venue. We the strolled around and came across the curio sellers.

After buying a few curios we proceeded to the Polana Hotel which one can visit at $US200 per night. The brochure says that the five star Polana Serena Hotel is located on the Bay of Maputo and epitomizes the luxury and hospitality of time gone by. It is an experience characterised by the magical mix of Colonial charm and African appeal.

After taking a few photos David found a chess board in the grounds. He then treated Johan and myself to his last game against Burundi. I guess the Polana Serena didn’t see such high level chess analysis in their garden for a long time.

Upon our return we then proceeded to the playing hall where we noticed that our friends from Botswana were giving Angola a run for their money. The match ended 2.2 which we were happy with as this allowed us a 4 point lead. Burundi lost 4 nil to Mozambique.

Enjoy the games! Ndikumana,Y - Gluckman,D [B02] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (6), 17.07.2008 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxd7+ Qxd7 7.Ne2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 b5 10.0–0 cxd4 11.cxd4 b4 12.b3 a5 13.Be3 Ba6 14.Re1 Be7 15.Rc1 0–0 16.h4 Rfc8 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nf3 a4 19.Qd2 Bf8 20.Nf4 Na5 21.Qb2 Qb5 22.Red1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Nd2 axb3 25.axb3 Rxc1+ 26.Qxc1 Qc6 27.Qxc6 Nxc6 28.f3 Be7 29.g3 Bd8 30.Kf2 Bb6 31.Ne2 Kf8 32.f4 Bxe2 33.Kxe2 Bxd4 34.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 35.Kd3 Nf5 36.Nf3 Nxg3 37.Nd4 Ne4 38.Nc6 Nc5+ 39.Kc2 Na6 40.Na5 f6 41.exf6 gxf6 42.Kd3 Ke7 43.Kd4 Kd7 44.f5 Nc7 45.fxe6+ Kxe6 46.Nc6 Na6 47.Nd8+ Kf5 48.Kxd5 Kg4 49.Nf7 h5 50.Ke6 Nc5+ 51.Kxf6 Kxh4 52.Kf5 Nxb3 53.Ke4 Kg3 54.Nh6 Nc5+ 0–1

Mucongoma,M - Njobvu,I [A07] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (6), 18.07.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.d4 e6 5.0–0 Be7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.Rfe1 0–0 12.e4 Bh7 13.c4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Be7 15.d5 cxd5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nc3 Be4 18.Rac1 Nc6 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rad8 21.Qe4 Bf6 22.b4 Qb6 23.Rb1 Rd7 24.Qc4 Nd4 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.Qd3 Rd8 27.Qf1 Nc2 28.Re4 Nd4 29.Ng4 Be7 30.Ne3 Bf8 31.Re5 Qf6 32.f4 Rcd7 33.Nd5 Qg6 34.Rd1 Nc6 35.Ree1 Nxb4 36.Nxb4 Qb6+ 37.Kh1 Qxb4 38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Ra1 Re7 40.Rb1 Qa5 41.Bxb7 Qxa2 42.Bg2 Re2 43.Ra1 Qd2 44.Rd1 Qe3 45.Qf3 Re1+ 46.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 47.Qf1 Qe3 48.Qf3 Qd4 49.h4 a5 50.Qd5 Qf2 51.Kh2 a4 52.Kh3 a3 53.Qa8 a2 0–1

Viageiro,M - Ndimkumana,Y [B50] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d3 h6 6.0–0 e5 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Ne1 Be6 10.Kh1 Rc8 11.g3 Qd7 12.Ng2 Bh3 13.f4 Bxg2+ 14.Kxg2 Nh7 15.f5 Nf6 16.g4 Nh7 17.Nf3 Ng5 18.Ne1 Nh7 19.Be3 d5 20.Rh1 d4 21.Bf2 Bg5 22.Nf3 Bf4 23.h4 Nf6 24.Ng1 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Nh3 Kg7 27.Bf3 Rh8 28.Qe2 Rh7 29.Nxf4 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 exf4 31.e5 Nd5 32.f6+ Nxf6 33.exf6+ Kxf6 34.Qe4 1–0

Muheto,D - Calicoca,W [C64] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bc2 Bb6 7.0–0 d6 8.h3 Nf6 9.d4 0–0 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bg5 Ng6 12.Re1 h6 13.Bc1 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Nf4 15.Nf1 g5 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.N3h2 Kh8 18.Qf3 Rg8 19.Kh1 Bd7 20.Nd2 Rg5 21.Rg1 Rag8 22.Bd3 Nh5 23.h4 Bxf2 24.g4 Bxg1 25.hxg5 Bxh2 26.Qh3 Ng3+ 27.Kxh2 Qxg5 28.Nf3 Qg7 29.Qh4 Bxg4 30.Ng1 f5 31.exf5 Bxf5 0–1

Maia,M - Kigali,D [B07] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nd7 3.Bc4 c6 4.Nf3 h6 5.0–0 Qc7 6.c3 e5 7.Nh4 Ngf6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Nb6 10.Nd2 g6 11.f4 Bg4 12.Qe3 Bg7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nhf3 Nbd7 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Nf3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 0–0 19.Bxh6 Qxe4 20.Qh3 Qe5 21.Bf4 Qh5 22.Qxh5 Nxh5 23.Bd6 Rfd8 24.Rxf7 Kh8 25.Bc5 Rd2 26.Re1 a5 27.Ree7 a4 28.Be6 Rad8 29.g4 Rd1+ 30.Kg2 R1d2+ 31.Bf2 Rf8 32.gxh5 Rxf7 33.Bxf7 gxh5 34.Kf3 Bf6 35.Re2 Rd1 36.Be8 a3 37.Bxc6 axb2 38.Rxb2 Rd3+ 39.Ke4 Rxc3 40.Bxb5 Rh3 41.Re2 Rxh2 42.Kf5 Bg7 43.a4 h4 44.a5 h3 45.a6 Rxf2+ 46.Rxf2 1–0

Nimubona,A - Ventura,P [C46] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.d3 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.h3 0–0 10.Re1 Rb8 11.Rb1 Ne8 12.Qd2 f5 13.Bh6 e5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ne4 Rf7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Ng3 h6 18.Qe3 Nc7 19.Nxf5+ Rxf5 20.c4 Ne6 21.b3 Qf6 22.Re2 Nf4 23.Rd2 Nxh3+ 24.Kf1 Rb7 25.Nh2 Ng5 26.Ng4 Qe7 27.Ke2 h5 28.Nh2 Ne6 29.Nf3 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 g5 31.g3 Ne6 32.Qe4 Qf7 33.Kg2 Rc7 34.Rh1 Qe8 35.Qe3 Qg6 36.Qe4 Rff7 37.Qxg6+ Kxg6 38.Nh2 Nd4 39.Re1 g4 40.Re3 a5 41.Rb2 Kg5 42.Re4 a4 43.Rd2 Rf5 44.Re3 d5 45.Kh1 h4 46.gxh4+ Kxh4 0–1

Oatlhotse,P - Pedro,A [E67] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0–0 5.0–0 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 a6 8.h3 Rb8 9.e4 e5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qc2 c6 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.c5 d5 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Nxe5 17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Qa4 Nf3+ 19.Bxf3 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Rd2 h6 23.Rad1 Rbe8 24.Rd8 Kf8 25.R8d7 R8e7 26.Rd8+ Re8 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bd6+ Kg8 29.Rd7 Rb4 30.b3 Re2 31.Rd3 Bf6 32.a3 Rb5 33.a4 Rb4 34.Bc7 Rb2 35.Bb6 R4xb3 36.Rxb3 Rxb3 37.Rxb7 Bd4 38.Rd7 Be5 39.a5 Rb2 40.Kg2 h5 41.Kf3 f5 42.Bc7 g4+ 43.hxg4 hxg4+ 44.Ke3 Rb3+ 45.Ke2 Rb2+ 46.Kf1 Rb1+ 47.Kg2 Bc3 48.Rd6 Rb2 49.Kf1 Rc2 50.Bb6 Kf7 51.Rxc6 Ra2 52.Rc7+ Ke6 53.Ra7 Bxa5 54.Rxa6 Ra1+ 55.Kg2 Bc3 56.Rxa1 Bxa1 57.c6 Be5 58.Kf1 Kd6 59.c7 Kd7 60.Ke2 Bxc7 61.Bxc7 Kxc7 62.Ke3 Kd6 63.Kf4 Ke6 64.Kg5 Ke5 65.Kg6 Ke4 66.Kf6 f4 67.Kg5 fxg3 68.fxg3 Ke5 69.Kxg4 Kf6 70.Kh5 Kg7 71.Kg5 Kh8 72.Kh6 Kg8 73.Kg6 Kh8 74.Kf7 Kh7 75.g4 Kh6 76.Kf6 Kh7 77.g5 1– 0

Domingos,C - Khetho,P [B41] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Rc1 0–0 10.Be2 d6 11.0–0 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qd3 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Qd7 16.Rc2 Ne8 17.Rfc1 Bd8 18.Rc4 g6 19.Qc2 Ng7 20.b4 f5 21.f3 f4 22.Bf2 Nh5 23.a4 h6 24.a5 Nf6 25.Rc8 Rxc8 26.Qxc8 Kf7 27.Qxd7+ Nxd7 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Rc8 g5 30.h3 h5 31.h4 Kf6 32.Bd1 Kf7 33.hxg5 Rg8 34.Bc2 Rf8 35.Ba4 b5 36.axb6 Nxb6 37.Rxd8 Nxa4 38.Rxd6 Rb8 39.Bc5 Nxc5 40.bxc5 Rb1+ 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.Rxa6 Rxc5 43.Re6 Rc2+ 44.Kg1 Rd2 45.Rxe5 Kg6 46.Rf5 Rd1+ 47.Kh2 Rd2 48.Rxf4 Kxg5 49.Rf8 Kh4 50.Rd8 1–0

Pitlagano,T - Pascoal,E [C00] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 Bc5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.d4 c5 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 Nc6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.0–0–0 Nb6 15.Nc5 Kf7 16.b3 Rd8 17.Bh3 a5 18.a4 Rb8 19.Nf3 e5 20.f5 d4 21.Nh4 Nd5 22.g4 Ne3 23.Rd2 b6 24.Ne4 Bb7 25.g5 Nb4 26.g6+ hxg6 27.fxg6+ Kg7 28.Nf5+ Nxf5 29.Bxf5 Nd5 30.Rg1 Ne3 31.Ng3 Rh8 32.Bd3 Rh6 33.Re2 Bc8 34.Rf2 Bh3 35.Kd2 Bg4 36.Nf1 Nxf1+ 37.Rfxf1 Bh3 38.Rb1 Rhh8 39.b4 Bd7 40.b5 Rh4 41.Rbe1 Re8 42.Be4 f5 43.Bc6 Bxc6 44.bxc6 0– 1

Agnelo,A - Gaealafshwe,B [B90] Zone 4.3 Team Championship (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Be7 10.0–0–0 0–0 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.Ng3 a5 15.Kb1 a4 16.Nc1 b3 17.cxb3 axb3 18.a3 Rc8 19.Bd3 Nc5 20.h4 Qc7 21.Rh2 Nxd3 22.Nxd3 d5 23.Rc1 Qb8 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.exd5 Bxd5 26.Nxe5 Qe6 27.f4 Nd6 28.Bd4 Ne4 29.Qe3 Nxg3 30.Qxg3 Be4+ 31.Kc1 Rc8+ 32.Bc3 Qa6 33.Rd2 Bc5 1–0

Klaasen,C - Pitlagano,T [B79] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (7), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Bg5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.e5 Ne8 17.Nd5 Bf8 18.exd6 Nxd6 19.Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Be8 23.Re1 Kf8 24.g3 Rac8 25.Rd2 b6 26.f4 R4c7 27.c3 Re7 28.Rde2 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Bd7 30.Nd4 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Kc2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.b4 a6 35.Nf3 f6 36.Kd4 b5 37.Nd2 f5 38.c4 Bc6 39.a3 h6 40.Nb3 bxc4 41.Na5 Be8 42.Nxc4+ Ke6 43.Kc5 g5 44.Ne5 gxf4 45.gxf4 Bb5 46.Nc6 Kd7 47.Nd4 Bd3 48.Kd5 Kc7 49.Ke5 Kb6 50.Nxf5 Kb5 51.Nd4+ Ka4 52.f5 Kxa3 53.f6 Bg6 54.Nc6 Ka4 55.Ke6 Kb5 56.Ne7 Be8 57.Nd5 Bg6 58.f7 Bxf7+ 59.Kxf7 h5 60.h4 Kc4 61.Nc7 Kxb4 62.Nxa6+ Kb5 63.Kg6 1– 0

Gaealatshwe,B - Mosetlhe,K [E91] Zone 4.3 team Championship (7), 18.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Ng1 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 Nfd7 9.Be3 c5 10.0–0 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.b3 a6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.a4 Ne5 15.h3 e6 16.f4 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nd7 18.f5 Be5 19.f6 Nc6 20.Qe1 Nb4 21.Bh6 Nxd5 22.Bxf8 N5xf6 23.Bh6 Nxe4 24.Nf4 f5 25.Nd5 Nf8 26.Nf4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qb6 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 ½–½

Mozambique facts

22. I’ve seen more Pajeros in Mozambique than I’ve ever seen in South Africa! 23. Rands are accepted as a paying currency at all shops that we entered. 24. Mrs. Graca Mandela is the only lady in the world to have been married to two presidents of two different countries. 25. The gini co-efficient is quite stark in Mozambique. 26. The Cabora Bassa power station supplies power to South Africa.

Round 8

So the now the team was pleased. We proceeded in a happy mood to Topalinos for our daily chicken and meal! Today we caught everything fresh as we were not playing. Interestingly after loading your plate you are charged per weight for your lunch fare. The restaurant must be doing well as there was nearly no space for the six of us to sit.

We had decided to rest David. On Board one Nicholas had an off day and lost against Providence. Nick has promised to pick up his game as he has now scored 2 draws and a loss for his last three games two of which has been played on board one.

On board two Johan dropped 2 pawns and clawed his way back to a draw after Ignatius could not find the knockout blow. Phew!

On board three Calvin showed his sublime form by racking up his fifth win!he is the teams striker and SA has come to rely on the silent but deadly killer Cape Peninsula University of Technology student. Enjoy the day.

On board four Kgaugelo was disappointed with his draw.

So Botswana drew 2-2 with us which meant our lead decreased!

On our neighbouring boards Angola was not having it easy as they only won 2.5 to 1.5 against Mozambique.

This now means that we lead by 3.5 points going into the last two rounds. SA plays Mozambique in the morning and Angola is expected to get 4 points against Burundi.

Enjoy the games.

Klaasen,C - Pitlagano,T [B79] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (8), 18.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.Kb1 Ne5 13.Bg5 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.Nb3 Qd8 16.e5 Ne8 17.Nd5 Bf8 18.exd6 Nxd6 19.Nxe7+ Bxe7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Be8 23.Re1 Kf8 24.g3 Rac8 25.Rd2 b6 26.f4 R4c7 27.c3 Re7 28.Rde2 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 Bd7 30.Nd4 Re8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Kc2 Ke7 33.Kd3 Kd6 34.b4 a6 35.Nf3 f6 36.Kd4 b5 37.Nd2 f5 38.c4 Bc6 39.a3 h6 40.Nb3 bxc4 41.Na5 Be8 42.Nxc4+ Ke6 43.Kc5 g5 44.Ne5 gxf4 45.gxf4 Bb5 46.Nc6 Kd7 47.Nd4 Bd3 48.Kd5 Kc7 49.Ke5 Kb6 50.Nxf5 Kb5 51.Nd4+ Ka4 52.f5 Kxa3 53.f6 Bg6 54.Nc6 Ka4 55.Ke6 Kb5 56.Ne7 Be8 57.Nd5 Bg6 58.f7 Bxf7+ 59.Kxf7 h5 60.h4 Kc4 61.Nc7 Kxb4 62.Nxa6+ Kb5 63.Kg6 1– 0

Gaealatshwe,B - Mosetlhe,K [E91] Zone 4.3 team Championship (8), 18.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Ng1 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 Nfd7 9.Be3 c5 10.0–0 Nc6 11.d5 Na5 12.b3 a6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.a4 Ne5 15.h3 e6 16.f4 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nd7 18.f5 Be5 19.f6 Nc6 20.Qe1 Nb4 21.Bh6 Nxd5 22.Bxf8 N5xf6 23.Bh6 Nxe4 24.Nf4 f5 25.Nd5 Nf8 26.Nf4 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Qb6 28.Bxf8 Rxf8 ½–½ Van Der Nat,N - Oalthotse,P [C77] Zone 4.3 Team Championship (8), 18.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 b4 8.d4 d5 9.exd5 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rd1 Bc5 13.Bg5 Bg4 14.Qxg4 Nxg4 15.Bxd8 Rfxd8 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Nf3 Nxd5 18.Nxd4 Nf6 19.Nc6 Re8 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Rd7 Nxf2+ 22.Kg1 Nd1+ 23.Kf1 Ne3+ 24.Ke2 Nxc2+ 25.Ne7+ Rxe7+ 26.Rxe7 Nxa1 27.Bxf7+ Kf8 28.Rxc7 Ra7 29.Rxa7 Bxa7 30.Bc4 a5 31.Kd2 Bd4 32.Kc1 b3 33.h3 h6 34.Kb1 Nc2 35.Bxb3 Ne3 36.g4 Bc5 37.Be6 Ke7 38.Bc8 Kf6 39.Kc1 Bb4 40.h4 Ke5 41.b3 Kf4 42.Be6 Kg3 43.h5 Nxg4 44.Kc2 Nf6 45.Bf7 Kg4 0–1

Njobvu,I - Steenkamp,J [D34] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (8), 07.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.e3 Be6 12.Rc1 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Rb8 16.b3 Qd6 17.Rc5 Qe5 18.Rxc6 Bd7 19.Rc5 Bxa4 20.bxa4 Qd6 21.Qxd5 Be7 22.Qxd6 Bxd6 23.Rc6 Red8 24.Bd5 Rb6 25.Rc2 Kf8 26.Bb3 Rbb8 27.Rd1 Ke7 28.Kg2 Be5 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.f4 Bd6 31.e4 f6 32.Kf3 Bb4 33.Kg4 g6 34.Rc7+ Rd7 35.Rxd7+ Kxd7 36.f5 gxf5+ 37.Kxf5 Ke7 38.e5 fxe5 39.Kxe5 Bd2 40.Kf5 Be3 41.Kg6 Kf8 42.g4 Bg5 43.a5 Bd2 44.a6 Be3 45.h4 Bd2 46.g5 hxg5 47.h5 g4 48.h6 g3 49.h7 Bc3 ½–½

Pascoal,E - Maia,M [D30] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (8), 18.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 0–0 6.0–0 c5 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.f4 cxd4 14.exd4 Ba3 15.Bxa3 Qxa3 16.Ndf3 Rfd8 17.Rcd1 Qe7 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.f5 Re8 20.fxe6 Qxe6 21.Qxe6 Rxe6 22.Bf5 Ree8 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Ne5 Bb7 25.Rc1 Re8 26.c5 Ba6 27.Rf3 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Ne4 29.Ra5 1–0

Maconguwana,M - Domingos,C [A30] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (8), 18.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.d3 0–0 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 d6 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Rad1 Qd7 12.a3 Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.dxe4 Rac8 16.Qd3 Ba6 17.Rc1 Rb8 18.b4 Bb7 19.e3 dxe3 20.Bxe3 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Qe6 22.Bd4 Rbc8 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qd4+ f6 25.Rc3 Rc7 26.Rdc1 Rdc8 27.h4 Ba6 28.c5 dxc5 29.bxc5 Rd7 30.Qa4 bxc5 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Be2 33.e5 a6 34.exf6+ exf6 35.Rc6 Qe5 36.Qb3 Re7 37.Rc8 Qe6 38.Qb8 Bb5 39.Rc7 Qe5 40.Rxe7+ Qxe7 41.Qf4 Be8 42.Qc1 Qd6 43.Qc3 Bf7 44.Qa5 Bc4 45.Bf1 ½–½

Pedro,A - Calicoca,W [C70] Zone 4.3 Team Championships (8), 18.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Bb6 8.d4 Bd7 9.Re1 h6 10.a4 Nf6 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.Bd5 Bg4 14.dxe5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 dxe5 17.Qxb5 0–0 18.Na3 Re8 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Ne7 21.Bg3 Ng6 22.Qf5 Qc6 23.h4 Re6 24.h5 Ne7 25.Qb5 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 Qxe4 27.Qe8+ Kh7 28.Qxf7 Nf5 29.Nc4 Nxg3 30.Qg6+ Qxg6 31.hxg6+ Kxg6 32.Nxb6 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nf4 34.Nc4 Nd5 35.Kg2 Kf5 36.Kf3 g5 37.Na5 h5 ½–½ Mozambique facts

27. The 1966 Portugal World Cup Star Eusebio was born in Mozambique. 28. The first wife of Joe Slovo ( SA struggle hero) Ruth First was killed in a letter bomb in Maputo. 29. Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs lost his arm when his car blew up in Maputo in the 1980’s. 30. The two main political parties are still Frelimo and Renamo. 31. Mozambique and South Africa signed the Nkomati Accord in 1984.

Round 9

Today we started at nine am which was a bit of an early start as we had to accommodate the closing ceremony which will be held at 7pm. We are quietly confident due to the standings:

SA - 19.5 Angola - 16 Botswana - 16 Mozambique - 11.5 Burundi - 1

Angola played Burundi and obtained the maximum four points. They go into the last round with 20 points.

SA obtained three points which means Angola must score 3.5 to win. We will try to win as many board prizes in addition to our team prize.

On board one David played the French Defence. His opponent Viageiro who is a tough player created a protected passed pawn on the e file and was able to hold David to a draw.

On board two Nicholas essayed a move order which allowed him to catch his opponent after Nge7! The old f7 trick still has victims today.

On board three Calvin’s opponent had a neat intermezzo Nc5 which allowed the game to be a passive closed one. This ensured the draw and Calvin not earning the well deserved full house of 6/6.

On board four Kgauagelo employed the four pawns attack and brought the point home.

Enjoy the games.

Agnelo,A - Kigali,D [B07] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.f4 Qc7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Ne4 b5 8.Bd3 dxe5 9.fxe5 h6 10.Qe2 e6 11.c3 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Ng3 f5 14.exf6 N7xf6 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Bd2 a6 17.Nh5 Bb7 18.Nxf6+ Nxf6 19.Rf3 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.Rg3 Rf7 22.Re1 Kh8 23.Qe4 Nf8 24.Qg4 Nh7 25.Bxh7 Kxh7 26.Qxe6 Raf8 27.Bxh6 Re8 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.e6 Rfe7 30.Bg5 Qb6+ 31.Be3 c5 32.Rh3 Rxe6 33.Qh7+ Kf7 34.Rf1+ 1–0

Muheto,D - Pascoal,E [C18] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Qe2 Bd7 10.Nf3 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.a4 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Bd2 Rc8 15.0–0 b5 16.a5 Ne7 17.Rac1 Qc4 18.Qd1 0–0 19.Bg5 Ng6 20.Qd3 h6 21.Bd2 Rc7 22.Ne1 Kh7 23.c3 Qxd3 24.Nxd3 Rfc8 25.Nc5 Rxc5 26.dxc5 Nxe5 27.Be3 Nd3 28.Rcd1 Nxc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5 30.f4 Rc4 31.g3 g5 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Rd4 Rxc3 34.Rdd1 b4 35.Rb1 b3 36.Rfd1 0–1

Nimubona,A - Simoes,J [C00] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Qc2 dxe4 4.Qxe4 Nf6 5.Qc2 Nc6 6.Be2 Nd4 7.Qd3 e5 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Qg3 Nc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.Qxe5+ Be6 12.Qb5+ c6 13.Qe5 Bd6 14.Qd4 0–0 15.d3 Be7 16.Qf4 b5 17.b3 Qa5 18.Bb2 Bb4 19.Qd2 Rfd8 20.Bxa1 Ne4 21.Qc2 Bxc3 22.Bxc3 Nxc3+ 23.Ke1 bxc4 24.Kf1 cxb3 25.axb3 Qa1+ 26.Bd1 Bf5 0–1

Pedro,A - Ndikumana,Y [D32] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 07.2008 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.g3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Bg2 0–0 9.0–0 Nc6 10.Bf4 a6 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.Be3 Qd8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bb7 15.Qb3 Bc8 16.Rxc6 Bd7 17.Rb6 Bb5 18.Rxb5 axb5 19.Nc3 Qa5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bf6 22.Bxa8 Rxa8 23.Rc1 h6 24.a3 Re8 25.h3 Qa4 26.Qxa4 bxa4 27.Rc4 Rb8 28.Rxa4 Rxb2 29.Ra8+ Kh7 30.Kf1 h5 31.a4 Rb3 32.a5 Be5 33.a6 1–0

Maia,M - Klaasen,C [B52] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.0–0 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Be3 0–0 11.Qd2 Rac8 12.Nb3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nc4 14.Nc5 dxc5 15.Qxc4 b6 16.e5 Ne8 17.f4 Nc7 18.Rad1 Qf5 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.Bf2 f6 22.Bh4 Kf7 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Bxf6 Kxf6 25.g3 e6 26.a4 a6 27.Kf2 Ne8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1 30.Nxd1 Nd6 31.b3 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ke3 e5 34.Nf2 c4 35.g4 Ke6 36.gxf5+ Nxf5+ 37.Ke4 exf4 38.Nh3 Nd6+ 39.Kxf4 h6 40.Nf2 Nf5 41.Ke4 h5 42.Nh3 ½–½

Mosetlhe,K - Ventura,P [E73] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 a6 6.f4 0–0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e5 Ne8 9.0–0 c5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be3 b6 12.b4 Nd7 13.Nd4 Bb7 14.e6 Ndf6 15.Rc1 Nc7 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.f5 Qd7 18.Na4 e5 19.fxe6 Nxe6 20.Nxb6 Qe8 21.Nxa8 Bxa8 22.Bf3 d5 23.Re1 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Qd7 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Bxd5 Qa7+ 27.c5 Bxd5 28.Qxd5 Kg7 29.Kh1 Rd7 30.Qf3 1–0 Van der Nat,N - Calicoca,W [C70] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Bd5 Nge7 9.Bxf7+ Kf8 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bb3 Na5 12.Bc2 Bb6 13.b4 Nac6 14.Bb3 Ng6 15.d3 h6 16.a4 Rb8 17.Na3 bxa4 18.Bxa4 Qf6 19.Nc4 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Nxb6 Rxb6 22.Nd2 g5 23.Nc4 Rb8 24.Ne3 Rc8 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.Nf5 g4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.hxg4 Bb7 29.f3 h5 30.gxh5 Rxh5 31.g4 Rh7 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Rh1 1–0

Viageiro,M - Gluckman,D [C00] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (9), 19.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nge7 5.c3 d5 6.d3 g6 7.Qf2 b6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.g4 f5 11.gxf5 exf5 12.e5 d4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 cxd4 16.Nf3 Rd8 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Kf2 Rac8 19.Rhc1 Bh6 20.Rxc8 Nxc8 21.a3 Ne7 22.Rc1 Bb3 23.Kg3 Rd7 24.Bd1 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Nc6 26.Rc1 Nd8 27.Rc4 Ne6 28.b4 Kf7 29.h3 Ke7 30.a4 Rd5 31.Bc1 Kd7 32.h4 Bf8 33.Ng5 Nxg5 34.hxg5 a6 35.Bb2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.Bxd4 Bxb4 39.Kf3 Ke6 40.Ke2 Kd5 41.Be3 Bf8 42.Kd2 h5 43.gxh6 Bxh6 44.Kc3 Bf8 45.Kb3 g5 46.fxg5 Kxe5 47.Bb6 f4 48.Bc7+ Kf5 49.Bxf4 Kxf4 50.g6 Kf5 51.g7 Bxg7 52.Kb4 ½–½

Everything was now set. Angola has to beat SA 3.5 if they want the title. We decided to rest Calvin as he had done enough to secure the board prize. Kgauegelo, Johan and Nicholas were all still in with a chance for the board prize. In fact the head to head encounters with Angola on board two and three were fact for the respective board prizes.

Once all this was revealed we ventured forth to Topalinos. And then we saw her. All the South Africans started to smile. Yes on this fine Friday there was something we never thought we would see. It was (yes!) A boerewors rolletjie! We immediately proceeded to add this delightful dish to our chicken and chips!

Mozambique facts

32. The country has three lakes Lake Niassa, Lake Chiuta and Lake Shirwa all in the north. 33. The country is drained by five principal rivers and several smaller ones with the largest and most important the Zambezi. 34. The major cities are Maputo, Beira, Nampula, Tete, Quelimane, Chimoio, Pemba, Imhabane, Xai- Xai and Lichinga. 35. Mozambique has a tropical climate with two seasons. A wet season from October to March and a dry season from April to September. 36. Average temperatures range in Maputo are from 13 to 24 Celsius in July to 31 degrees Celsius in February.

Round 10 - final I reminded the players before we started that today was Madiba’s birthday. We needed to win this event so that we as chess players in South Africa can honour Africa’s greatest son. Secure in the knowledge that we will now be doing battle for the Zone 4.3 honours we proceeded to the hall.

On board one David showed his experience when he proceeded to use his long international chess career to slow the game as was required. We only needed one point to secure victory so any two draws or one win would do for this captain! His final position deserves a diagram! He remarked that when a captain needs a draw he will oblige! For our younger audience who does not know International Master David Gluckman, I can vouch for the fact that he is an absolute gentleman and a supreme team player. He has played chess for SA since 1992 when he played against Argentina on the 7th of June at the 1992 Philippines Olympiad. At this stage I think only IM Kenny Solomon has more caps for South Africa.

On board two Nicholas was up against Catarino Domingos. Domingos is a friendly Angolan who speaks fluent English. We chatted on many occasions. He lost against Burundi which gave Burundi their first international point. Today he was a tough nut to crack and when Nicholas overlooked a pin it was over! Bd5 was a killer blow. We were now in danger as Angola had their first victory in the match. On board three Johan and Eduardo were levelling things out. Pieces and pawns were exchanged and although Johan had a time advantage the time increment allowed a draw to be the honourable result. The draw thus ensured that SA obtained their first Zone 4.3 title.

On board four a battle royal was raging. Kgaugelo was in a tight spot after the opening when he was unable to castle. He however sacrificed his queen for two rooks and was going for victory. As captain I indicated he could draw at any stage as victory was secured. He however went for gold and lost in the ensuing complications. Kgaugelo played well and made a good debut for SA. Calvin was the reserve for this round

Enjoy the games: SA vs. Angola Domingos,C - Van der Nat,N [E67] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0–0 0–0 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qc2 c6 9.Rd1 Qa5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.b3 Re8 13.Bd2 Bf5 14.Qc1 Qc7 15.h3 Bf8 16.Qb2 Be6 17.Rac1 Nd7 18.Ne4 f5 19.Ng5 Bg7 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Bd5 Rae8 22.Bxe6+ Rxe6 23.Bc3 Bh6 24.Bd2 f4 25.Qc2 e4 26.Bxf4 Bxf4 27.gxf4 e3 28.Rd4 Nf6 29.Rcd1 c5 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.fxe3 Rxe3 32.R8d6 Qe7 33.Qb2 Rxe2 34.Rd7 Rxb2 35.Rxe7+ Kh6 36.Rf7 Ne4 37.Rdd7 g5 38.Rfe7 Rb1+ 39.Kg2 Rb2+ 40.Kf3 Nf6 41.Rd6 Kg6 42.Ree6 1–0

Steenkamp,J - Pascoal,E [D37] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 0–0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.a3 Be7 12.h3 Bd7 13.0–0 a6 14.Rfd1 Be8 15.Rxd8 Rxd8 16.Kf1 Kf8 17.Ke1 Bd6 18.Bxd6+ Rxd6 19.Rd1 Ke7 20.b4 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Kd6 22.Kc2 b5 23.Be2 h6 24.Nd2 Kc7 25.Nb3 Kb6 26.Nc5 a5 27.Kb3 axb4 28.axb4 Ne5 29.f4 Ned7 30.Nd3 Nd5 31.Nxd5+ exd5 32.Bf3 Kc6 33.Kc3 Kd6 34.Nc1 Nb8 35.Ne2 Nc6 36.Kb3 f6 37.Nc3 Ne7 38.g4 Kc6 39.Ne2 Bd7 40.f5 h5 41.Nf4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Be8 43.Kc3 Kd6 ½–½

Gaealafshwe,B - Nimubona,A [E00] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Qc2 Nb4 8.Qb3 a5 9.cxd5 a4 10.Qd1 Nbxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 c6 13.Qc2 Nd5 14.e4 Nb6 15.c4 Nd7 16.e5 Re8 17.Rd1 Nf8 18.c5 h6 19.Rb1 Nh7 20.h4 Rf8 21.Be3 Bd7 22.Rxb7 Qc8 23.Rdb1 Qd8 24.Nd2 Bc8 25.R7b4 Ba6 26.Ne4 Bb5 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.Nxb5 cxb5 29.Rxb5 g5 30.Be4 f5 31.exf6 Nxf6 32.hxg5 Nxe4 33.Qxe4 Qd7 34.Rb7 Qc8 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Rxe7 1–0 Kigali,D - Khetho,P [A45] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0–0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.c3 Re8 9.Re1 h6 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Nf1 Bb7 12.d5 Nc5 13.N3h2 a5 14.Bd2 a4 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Ne3 h5 17.g4 Ba6 18.c4 b5 19.b4 axb3 20.axb3 Reb8 21.g5 Nh7 22.h4 Nxb3 23.Ra3 Nd4 0–1

Ndikumana,Y - Oatlhotse,P [C00] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.e5 d4 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.f4 Bf5 7.d3 Qd7 8.Nf3 Bb4+ 9.Kf2 Nh6 10.h3 0–0–0 11.a3 Be7 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ne4 Nf5 15.b4 Ne3 16.Qe2 Rhf8 17.Bxe3 dxe3+ 18.Qxe3 Qxd3 19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.g3 h6 21.h4 Rfd8 22.Rhc1 Rb3 23.Rc3 Rd3 24.Rxd3 Rxd3 25.Ke2 Rd5 26.Ke3 a5 27.Nc3 Rd8 28.b5 Nb8 29.a4 Nd7 30.Rd1 Bb4 31.Na2 Bc5+ 32.Ke4 Bf2 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.g4 g6 35.Nc3 Rf7 36.h5 gxh5 37.g5 hxg5 38.Nxg5 Re7 39.f5 exf5+ 40.Kxf5 Bd4 0–1

Njobvu,I - Muheto,D [A50] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb4 5.f3 d5 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxb4 dxe4 8.Be3 exf3 9.Nxf3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nc6 12.Qa3 Na5 13.Bf2 Kf7 14.Bd3 Re8 15.0–0 Kg8 16.b4 Nb7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Qc2 f5 19.Bh4 Qc8 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 Ne3 22.Qe2 Nxf1 23.Ne5 c6 24.Rxf1 Qc7 25.Qh5 Bc8 26.Qxe8# 1–0

Agnelo,A - Mosetlhe,K [B96] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Bd7 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Be7 10.0–0–0 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Rd2 Nxd3 16.cxd3 a5 17.Rc1 Qa7 18.Rdc2 Rb8 19.Ne2 b4 20.Nbd4 Qa8 21.f5 a4 22.Rc7 Bd8 23.R7c4 e5 24.Nc6 Rb7 25.Ng3 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Kd7 27.Nh5 Rb5 28.g5 Qxc6 29.Rxc6 Kxc6 30.Qd1 b3 31.axb3 axb3 32.Qc1+ Rc5 33.Qd1 Rg8 34.Qxb3 Rxg5 35.Ng3 h5 36.Ne2 Rg2 37.Nc3 Rg1+ 38.Ka2 Ra5+ 39.Na4 Rc1 40.Qb8 Kd7 41.Kb3 etc. 1–0

Gluckman, D - Pedro,A [A46] Zone 4.3 Team Championships Maputo (10), 19.07.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.0–0 d6 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.d5 a6 12.c4 Nh5 13.g3 g6 14.Nb1 Bc8 15.Nc3 h6 16.Nd2 Ndf6 17.Nf1 Nh7 18.Qd1 Qd7 19.Qa4 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 Rb8 21.Nc3 Bg5 22.Be2 Bxc1 23.Rexc1 N5f6 24.Rab1 Kd8 25.b4 Kc7 26.Rb2 Bd7 27.Rcb1 h5 28.f3 Rhd8 29.Bd1 Ne8 30.Ba4 Nhf6 31.Bxd7 Nxd7 32.b5 a5 33.Ne3 Ng7 34.Rf1 h4 35.g4 g5 36.Nf5 Nxf5 37.exf5 Nf6 38.Ne4 Nxe4 39.fxe4 f6 40.a4 Rh8 41.h3 Rbg8 ½–½ Johan, David and Lyndon posing with the Indian Ocean in the background

Johan Steenkamp assisted me throughout this event with attention to detail and also creating the tables below. I thank him for his assistance and invaluable comments. The first diagram is a team diagram. The next diagram indicates the results of each South African player. The next batch of statistics indicates the board order standings of each board with the top scorer highlighted.

1 2 3 4 5 pts /gms 2 Angola ******** ½01½1½1½ 10½10101 1111½1½½ 10111111 23.0/ 32 1 South Africa ½10½0½0½ ******** 1111½1½0 111½½11½ 11111111 23.5/ 32 3 Botswana 01½01010 0000½0½1 ******** 111½0111 11111111 20.0/ 32 4 Mozambique 0000½0½½ 000½½00½ 000½1000 ******** 11111111 12.5/ 32 5 Burundi 01000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ******** 1.0/ 32

Tota % BUR 1 BOT 1 MOZ 1 ANG 1 BUR 2 BOT 2 MOZ 2 ANG 2 l contrib G played % scored

1 David Gluckman 1 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 4 17.02 6 66.67 Nicholas van der 2 Nat 1 1 0.5 0.5 0 1 0 4 17.02 7 57.14 3 Johan Steenkamp 1 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 5.5 23.4 7 78.57 4 Calvin Klaasen 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 5.5 23.4 6 91.67 5 Kgaugelo Mosetlhe 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0 4 17.02 6 66.67 Team Total 4 4 3.5 2 4 2 3 1 23.5 100 32 73.44 Av. % 72.14

Game Av. 2.9375 Player Av. 4.7 RSA Gluckman 1 1 0 1 0.5 0.5 4 6 66.67 BOT Oatlhotse 0.5 0.5 0 1 1 1 1 1 6 8 75 MOZ Viageiro 0.5 1 0 0.5 1 0.5 3.5 6 58.33 ANG Aderito 0.5 1 1 0 0.5 1 0.5 4.5 7 64.29 BUR Ndikumana 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 12.5

RSA Van der Nat 1 1 0.5 0.5 0 1 0 4 7 57.14 BOT Njobvo 1 0 0 1 1 0.5 1 4.5 7 64.29 MOZ Calicoca 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.5 0 2.5 8 31.25 ANG Domingos 1 1 0 0.5 1 0.5 1 5 7 71.43 BUR Muheto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0

RSA Steenkamp 1 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 5.5 7 78.57 BOT Khetho 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 7 57.14 MOZ Mucongama 0 0 0.5 0.5 3 16.67 ANG Pascoal 0 1 1 1 1 0.5 4.5 6 75 BUR Kigali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0

RSA Klaasen 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 5.5 6 91.67 BOT Pitlogano 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 20 MOZ Maia 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0.5 3.5 8 43.75 ANG Agnelo 1 1 1 0.5 0 1 1 5.5 7 78.57 BUR Nimubona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0

RSA Mosetlhe 1 1 1 0.5 1 0 4.5 6 75 BOT Gaealafshwe 1 1 1 0.5 1 4.5 5 90 MOZ Ventura 0 1 0 0 1 0.5 0 2.5 7 35.71 ANG Simoes 1 1 0 0.5 1 3.5 5 70 BUR Nagasigumvani

Total Games 2 x2 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 4

For this intrepid reporter I thoroughly enjoyed the mission. Many new friends were made. This was also the first time a SA chess team has won a title on the continent of Africa. Well done guys. You have done SA proud. Fide Vice-President Lewis Ncube stands next to Mr. Pedro Chambule

To Mr. Pedro Chambule and the Mozambican Chess Federation, South Africa thanks you for all the hard work you have done in making this event possible. We enjoyed Maputo and your warm hospitality. To Mr. Eddie Price thank you for your insights and may we emulate your longevity in international chess!

Eddie and Alex the TD’s

On the final Friday the players were disappointed when Mr. Chambule informed us that we were going to a new restaurant. We reluctantly agreed to go the Escorpio. The Escorpio is a superb restaurant with superlative ambience and great food. Thanks Pedro. Second Place Angola

Third Place Botswana SA’s two Board winners Johan and Calvin

Long Live the Protea Chess players and the Champions of Zone 4.3! I christen them Amamovemove! The team dedicated their victory to Mr. Nelson Mandela who turned 90 on the day of our victory.

Advocate Lyndon Bouah - national captain

A former Olympiad player Candidate Master Lyndon has represented SA since 1992 at senior and junior level. He is the president of Chess Western Province and a lawyer by profession.