14 year old 2005 born Woman Fide Master Refiloe Hazel Mudodo played a tournament of her life! She won in scintillating style dismissing her tougher opponents’ charges on her way to clinch the Zimbabwe Open 2018-19 Ladies Section top prize! Back in September 2018 our Knights website had the following news about her….
http://knightschessacademy.com/zims-girl-star-hazel-refiloe-mudodo-shines-in-kisumu-aycc/
Zim’s girl star Hazel Refiloe Mudodo shines in Kisumu AYCC..!
written by John Chibvuri September 14, 2018
Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Hazel Refiloe Mudodo (in pic below) was still leading the tough U14 Girls section with a brilliant 7/8 going into the 9th and last round on the 18th of August 2018 at 10am in the Kisumu Kenya held 2018 African Youth Chess Championships. She indeed raised our Zimbabwean flag very high! She went on to win the deciding game Ugandan Sivakumar on the Black side and a Gold medal was guaranteed ..! She also became our newest Woman Fide Master (WFM)..!
Here is her brilliant tournament run at Zim Open 2018-19 organized by the Zimbabwe Chess Federation…
Player info
| Name | Mudodo Refiloe Hazel |
| Title | WFM |
| Starting rank | 4 |
| Rating | 1416 |
| Rating national | 0 |
| Rating international | 1416 |
| Performance rating | 1707 |
| FIDE rtg +/- | 103,2 |
| Points | 7 |
| Rank | 1 |
| Federation | ZIM |
| Ident-Number | 0 |
| Fide-ID | 11000821 |
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Title | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. |
| 1 | 4 | 20 | – | Kuvimba Ashanti | 0 | ZIM | 4,0 | w 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 28 | – | Saunyama Gabriella | 0 | ZIM | 3,5 | s 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | WCM | Makwena Christine | 1665 | ZIM | 5,0 | w 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | – | Pumuyo Bridget | 1416 | ZIM | 5,0 | s 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | – | Zengeni Tatenda Mellisa | 1578 | ZIM | 6,5 | w 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | – | Chitiza Evidence | 1326 | ZIM | 4,5 | s 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | – | Shaba Linda | 1611 | ZIM | 6,0 | s 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | WCM | Mawire Rumbidzai | 1369 | ZIM | 5,0 | w 1 |
Final Ranking after 8 Rounds (top 10 players out of 32)
| Rk. | SNo | Title | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | 4 | WFM | Mudodo Refiloe Hazel | ZIM | 1416 | 7,0 | 39,5 | 29,5 | 33,00 |
| 2 | 3 | – | Zengeni Tatenda Mellisa | ZIM | 1578 | 6,5 | 38,5 | 30,0 | 30,50 |
| 3 | 2 | – | Shaba Linda | ZIM | 1611 | 6,0 | 43,0 | 32,0 | 29,50 |
| 4 | 32 | – | Zimbili Panashe | ZIM | 1335 | 6,0 | 40,0 | 30,5 | 28,50 |
| 5 | 25 | – | Masiyazi Rhoda | ZIM | 0 | 5,5 | 36,5 | 27,5 | 22,00 |
| 6 | 6 | WCM | Mawire Rumbidzai | ZIM | 1369 | 5,0 | 39,0 | 29,5 | 21,00 |
| 7 | 30 | – | Mashane Mary | ZAM | 1306 | 5,0 | 38,0 | 28,5 | 21,00 |
| 8 | 5 | – | Pumuyo Bridget | ZIM | 1416 | 5,0 | 38,0 | 28,0 | 21,00 |
| 9 | 1 | WCM | Makwena Christine | ZIM | 1665 | 5,0 | 36,0 | 26,0 | 19,00 |
| 10 | 7 | – | Chitiza Evidence | ZIM | 1326 | 4,5 | 39,0 | 28,0 | 18,75 |
Her future is indeed bright..!
