“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
| Name | Bwalya Gillian |
|---|---|
| Title | IM |
| Starting rank | 1 |
| Rating | 2327 |
| Rating national | 0 |
| Rating international | 2327 |
| Performance rating | 2195 |
| FIDE rtg +/- | 2,8 |
| Points | 7 |
| Rank | 1 |
| Federation | ZAM |
| Ident-Number | 0 |
| Fide-ID | 8706530 |
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 82 | Kwaramba Pledge | 0 | ZIM | 5,0 | w 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 45 | Kupakwashe Verocious Boby | 1594 | ZIM | 2,5 | s 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 23 | Chinhanga Tinashe | 1927 | ZIM | 5,0 | w 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 12 | Elisha Thabo T | 2062 | ZIM | 5,0 | s 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Masango Spencer | 2158 | ZIM | 6,5 | w ½ |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Kabwe Timothy | 2160 | ZAM | 6,5 | s ½ |
| 7 | 2 | 15 | Mayimbo Clement | 2025 | ZAM | 6,0 | w 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 21 | Mapuranga Vitalis | 1947 | ZIM | 6,0 | s 1 |
Open Section Final Ranking after 8 Rounds (Top 10 out of 140 Players)
| Rk. | SNo | Title | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | IM | Bwalya Gillian | ZAM | 2327 | 7,0 | 41,5 | 33,0 | 35,00 |
| 2 | 2 | IM | Oatlhotse Providence | BOT | 2253 | 7,0 | 40,0 | 30,5 | 34,75 |
| 3 | 5 | – | Masango Spencer | ZIM | 2158 | 6,5 | 45,0 | 34,5 | 34,50 |
| 4 | 4 | – | Kabwe Timothy | ZAM | 2160 | 6,5 | 43,5 | 34,0 | 33,50 |
| 5 | 40 | – | Maikokera Walter | ZIM | 1709 | 6,5 | 36,5 | 27,5 | 27,75 |
| 6 | 24 | – | Muririma Mugove | ZIM | 1925 | 6,5 | 35,0 | 26,5 | 27,75 |
| 7 | 15 | – | Mayimbo Clement | ZAM | 2025 | 6,0 | 44,0 | 32,5 | 31,50 |
| 8 | 68 | – | Chipfurutse Alois Tadiwa | ZIM | 0 | 6,0 | 40,5 | 30,5 | 29,00 |
| 9 | 21 | – | Mapuranga Vitalis | ZIM | 1947 | 6,0 | 39,0 | 28,5 | 28,00 |
| 10 | 16 | – | Mwadzura Roy | ZIM | 2005 | 6,0 | 38,5 | 28,5 | 26,75 |
