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And The Winner Of Zim Open 2018-19 Is The Magnificent IM Gillian Bwalya..!

by John Chibvuri January 3, 2019January 10, 2019
written by John Chibvuri January 3, 2019January 10, 2019
And The Winner Of Zim Open 2018-19 Is The Magnificent IM Gillian Bwalya..!

“2018! ‘THE GILLIAN BWALYA YEAR’!!”
says the Chess Zealot on the ‎CHESS FEDERATION OF ZAMBIA (CFZ) facebook page. The Zambian amazing writer and chess enthusiast ‘Chess Zealot’ goes on his post…. “How many likes for Zambian International Master Gillian Bwalya who was simply MAGNIFICENT in 2018; his prowess was by far unmatched among his fellow chess players in his country.
The highly tactical IM Gillian aka ‘Captain Charlie’ is always a marvel to watch on the board with his menacing and surprising chess play that make it difficult to prepare for him.

His chess club, Nkwazi chess club that is an outfit sponsored by the country’s National Police Service extolled Gillian Bwalya’s sensational run in 2018 through the club’s coordinator,Mr Maybin Chinama who congratulated their player on Facebook. Consequently,fellow acclaimed Zambian IM Chitumbo Mwali tossed Gillian’s 2018 Zimbabwe Open victory.

The following are some of the major landmarks that Captain Charlie achieved in 2018:

#Zimbabwe Open 2018/19 Open Champion
#Namibia Open 2018 Champion
#Mozambique Open 2018 Champion
#CFZ and Partners International Open 2018 Champion
#One Nice Rapid Open 2018 Champion
#Botswana Open 2018-2nd position
#Zimbabwe Easter Open 2018-2nd position.

In the Photo below is IM Bwalya at the 2018 Namibia Open in Windhoek.”
Great words there by the Chess Zealot about IM Gillian Bwalya!Here is how ‘Captain Charlie’ performed….

Player info

NameBwalya Gillian
TitleIM
Starting rank1
Rating2327
Rating national0
Rating international2327
Performance rating2195
FIDE rtg +/-2,8
Points7
Rank1
FederationZAM
Ident-Number0
Fide-ID8706530
Rd.Bo.SNoNameRtgFEDPts.Res.
1182Kwaramba Pledge0ZIM5,0w 1
2145Kupakwashe Verocious Boby1594ZIM2,5s 1
3123Chinhanga Tinashe1927ZIM5,0w 1
4112Elisha Thabo T2062ZIM5,0s 1
515Masango Spencer2158ZIM6,5w ½
614Kabwe Timothy2160ZAM6,5s ½
7215Mayimbo Clement2025ZAM6,0w 1
8221Mapuranga Vitalis1947ZIM6,0s 1

Open Section Final Ranking after 8 Rounds (Top 10 out of 140 Players)

Rk.SNoTitleNameFEDRtgPts.TB1TB2TB3
11IMBwalya GillianZAM23277,041,533,035,00
22IMOatlhotse ProvidenceBOT22537,040,030,534,75
35–Masango SpencerZIM21586,545,034,534,50
44–Kabwe TimothyZAM21606,543,534,033,50
540–Maikokera WalterZIM17096,536,527,527,75
624–Muririma MugoveZIM19256,535,026,527,75
715–Mayimbo ClementZAM20256,044,032,531,50
868–Chipfurutse Alois TadiwaZIM06,040,530,529,00
921–Mapuranga VitalisZIM19476,039,028,528,00
1016–Mwadzura RoyZIM20056,038,528,526,75

 

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