Great wins!…. Splendid wins by Zimbabwean Ladies Christine Makwena (1513) (Bd 6 in pic on the Black side) and WCM Kudzanayi Charinda (1692) (Bd 7 in pic on the White side) on the 18th of May in Round 7 at 5pm beating WIM Anzel Laubscher (1803) from RSA and WIM Francis Onkemetse (1813) from Botswana respectively..
The following was the Round 7 game; WIM Anzel vs Christine. Zim’s Christine opted for the French Defence to dismantle her opponent.
[Event "2018 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS – WOMEN SECTION"]
[Site "WARM HARBOR HOTEL / KAAZMEIN LODGE"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laubscher, Anzel"]
[Black "Makwena, Christine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[ECO "C02"]
[EventDate "2018.05.13"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Qb6 7. Re1 cxd4 8. a3
Nge7 9. b4 Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Nbd2 a5 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nxd4 Be7
15. N2f3 O-O 16. Ng5 Nc4 17. Ndf3 Nxa3 18. Bxa3 Rxa3 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. c4 dxc4
21. Qd4 Rxf3 22. Nxf3 b5 23. Ra1 Bc5 24. Qh4 Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27.
Ng5 Qb8 28. Red1 c3 29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qf4 b4 32. Rac1 f6 33. Nd6+
Bxd6 34. exd6 Kf7 35. g4 g5 36. Qe4 Rh8 37. Rd4 Qb6 38. Rcd1 b3 39. Re1 c2 40.
Qd3 b2 41. Qxc2 Qxd4 0-1
And the other game….Zim’s Kudzanayi vs Botswana’s Onkemetse
Kudzanayi, Charinda (1692) – Onkemetse, Francis (1813)
18.05.2018
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.c4 Nbd7 5.c5 c6 6.Bd3 g67.Nc3 Bg7 8.O-O Qe7 9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nd4 O-O12.Bb2 Nh5 13.Be2 Nf6 14.Rc1 Ned7 15.a3 Ne4 16.Nxe4dxe4 17.Re1 Re8 18.Qc2 Nf6 19.Red1 Bd7 20.a4 Nd5 21.Qb3a6 22.Ba1 Nc7 23.Qb2 Ne6 24.Qb3 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Rad826.Qb2 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 Bf5 28.Rcd1 Rxd4 29.Rxd4 Qe5 30.Qd2Qe7 31.h3 Qg5 32.Kh1 Qf6 33.Bc4 Bc8 34.a5 Qh4 35.Rd6 Rf836.Qb2 Qg5 37.Rf6 Qh5 38.Qd4 Qh4 39.Rf4 Qd8 40.Rxf7
1-0
The following round-Round 8 was on the 19th of May at 4pm…Ladies Section Leader after 7 rounds Egyptian WGM Shahenda Wafa had 6pts fought Mozambican WIM Vilhete Vania Vausto Da T who had 4pts on board 1…Board 2 saw Zambian WFM Lorita Mwango (5.5pts) on the Black side facing Algerian WIM Mezioud Amina (4.5pts) .. Board 3 Algerian WIM Sabrina Latreche (5pts) battled Egyptian WIM Amina Sherif (4pts) and on Board 4 Angolan Esperanca (4.5pts) on the Black side clashed with Botswana’s WIM Kgalalelo Botlhole (3.5pts)…Our Zim Ladies were on boards 6 and 7, Christine (3.5pts) on the Black side fought Malawian Desiderata Nkhoma. Kudzanayi (3.5pts) again with the same colour was in ‘military’ action against Zambian Daisy Simenda. There was a total of 10 boards i.e 20 players in the Women Section.
