FROM ZERO TO HERO!!!….ZHEMBA our all time best Knights Legend brings a medal from Seychelles at The Africa Junior Championships!!

From zero to hero indeed!!!…Zhemba Jemusse our all time best Knights Chess Academy Legend did the unbelievable in Seychelles…brings home a medal!! We still have to confirm whether he gets a title.

In the pic Zhemba is practicing with the Knights Chess Academy family in Harare Zimbabwe. Now he can show the young Zimbabwean juniors how it is done at the top Championship level! An inspiration indeed!

A million thanks goes to Chitungwiza based Mr Madamombe who believed in this young man and funded his trip to Seychelles. Hats off to your very rare passion Mr Madamombe. For the period 2011-2014 that Zhemba played for the Knights Academy team he had never took part in any youth/junior championship event i.e Africa nor World Championship event because of funding problems. Today in 2016 the young man Zhemba has incredibly proved to the world that he is one the best U20 African juniors! He went there seeded last (24th) i.e an underdog, and after the tournament they all respected him as he came 3rd with a stunning 6pts out of 9 rounds well above the dangerous Madagascan chess wizard FM Rakotomaharo Fy Antenaina (2443) who came 4th with 5.5pts. Angolan junior solid "thinktank" IM Silva David (2164) defended his Africa Junior Championship successfully as he sat comfortably on the 1st place with 8pts. He drew with Zimbabwean Zhemba Jemusse in the last round. A dangerous Egyptian viper IM Fawzy Adham (2484) came 2nd at 6.5/9.

Rank after Round 9

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 5
IM SILVA David ANG 2164 8,0 0,0 408,5 35,0
2 1
IM FAWZY Adham EGY 2484 6,5 0,0 399,0 36,0
3 24
ZHEMBA Jemusse ZIM 0 6,0 0,0 375,0 36,0
4 2
FM RAKOTOMAHARO Fy Antenaina MAD 2443 5,5 1,0 405,5 38,0
5 7
CM BEZUIDENHOUT Roland Reinhold RSA 1964 5,5 0,0 382,0 36,0
6 8
CM FAMOROSA Silvio ANG 1932 5,0 0,0 395,0 38,0
7 3
IM NASSR Ali ALG 2210 5,0 0,0 393,0 37,5
8 6
FM AGUIAR Cristiano ANG 2078 5,0 0,0 387,0 36,5
9 10
MUSONDA Elias ZAM 1915 5,0 0,0 359,0 31,5
12
MULAUZI Joshua ZAM 1843 5,0 0,0 359,0 31,5
11 11
EL FEZARI Mohamed Amin MAR 1848 5,0 0,0 347,0 30,0
12 13
CHAMBERS Ezra BDI 1589 5,0 0,0 343,0 27,5
13 9
FM CRISMANN Alessandro Claudio RSA 1926 5,0 0,0 335,5 28,5
14 4
ANWULI Daniel NGR 2182 4,5 0,0 359,0 33,0
15 20
MOHAMUD HUSSEIN Ali SOM 0 4,5 0,0 336,0 30,5
16 15
ALI Abdullahi Farah SOM 0 4,0 0,0 332,5 25,0
17 19
MASHIRI Donald ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 327,5 29,5
18 23
VITAL Keith SEY 0 3,5 0,0 315,0 24,5
19 16
CHETTY Aakash SEY 0 3,0 0,0 332,5 30,5
20 14
MAINA WANJIRU Moses KEN 1507 3,0 0,0 325,5 28,5
21 17
KATE Timothy SEY 0 3,0 0,0 310,5 25,5
22 21
NATELLAMBY Samuel SEY 0 2,0 0,0 293,5 24,0
23 22
PILLAY Harish SEY 0 1,0 0,0 301,0 22,0
24 18
KRISHNAMOORTHY Richiraj SEY 0 0,0 0,0 302,5 24,0
Annotation:
Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie Break2: Sum of Buchholz-Tie-Breaks (all Results)
Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)

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Here is Zhemba Jemusse’s player infor at the Seychelles U20 Junior Championship event:

Name ZHEMBA Jemusse
Starting rank 24
Rating 0
Rating national 0
Rating international 0
Performance rating 2010
Points 6
Final Position 3rd (Ranking according to rating 5th)
Federation ZIM
Ident-Number 0
Fide-ID 11001933

Here is how he played:

1 played MULAUZI Joshua 1843 ZAM 5,0 won
2 played VITAL Keith 0 SEY 3,5 won
3 played FM RAKOTOMAHARO Fy Antenaina 2443 MAD 5,5 lost
4 played CM FAMOROSA Silvio 1932 ANG 5,0 lost
5 played CHAMBERS Ezra 1589 BDI 5,0 won
6 played EL FEZARI Mohamed Amin 1848 MAR 5,0 won
7 4 7 CM BEZUIDENHOUT Roland Reinhold 1964 RSA 6,0 drew
8 4 4 ANWULI Daniel 2182 NGR 5,5 won
9 1 5 IM SILVA David 2164 ANG 8,0 drew

And Zhemba’s legend continues…….!!