Spencer ‘Spoon’ Masango wins The Chitungwiza Open 2016…! It was a FIDE rated event held on Saturday the 8th and Sunday 9th of October. Venue was The Vintage Mall Hall, Makoni Chitungwiza. Spencer a National Team Player who recently took part in The Baku Chess Olympiad early in September had a fine predatory run in The Open Section as he mercilessly buried his opponents from the first round to the 6th round only having a truce with fellow National Team player Elisha Chimbamu in the last 7th round. Spencer had an incredible 6.5/7 in a field of tough chess players like The current Zimbabwe National Champ Dion Moyo, Elisha Thabo, Elisha Chimbamu, Zhemba Jemusse to mention but a few.
Zhemba Jemusse was second with 5.5pnts proving that he is now a force to reckon with in the Zim Chess circles. Zhemba lost to the fast improving Terrence Mukoviya in the 2nd round and drew with Mugove Muririma in the 6th round. Also at 5.5 were: Elisha Chimbamu, as well as the greatly improved Mugove Muririma who clobbered Dion Moyo the current Zim National Champ in the last round causing some serious catastrophic almost fist fighting scenes (thanks to the ‘wise waters’ taken earlier by Dion the International Arbiter Mr Simba Murimi was also caught in the crossfire), and Tapiwa Jele was among the 5.5pnt players. Meaning the 4 were joint 2nd…well done guys!
Here is the 1982 born and 2189 rated Spenser’s predatory instinct run: He beat the following in that order; Kawadza Ephraim, Hamandishe Jemitias, Chayamiti Vasco, Thabo Elisha 1947, Mapuranga Vitalis, Moyo Dion 2072 and finally drew Chimbamu Elisha 2134. In the Open Section 50 players took part in this event.
Open Section Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 Masango Spencer ZIM 2189 6,5 0,0 19,5 24,75
2 7 Zhemba Zhemusse ZIM 1939 5,5 0,0 21,0 21,75
3 3 Chimbamu Elisha ZIM 2134 5,5 0,0 20,5 22,25
4 39 Muririma Mugove ZIM 0 5,5 0,0 19,5 20,25
5 22 Jele Tapiwa ZIM 0 5,5 0,0 19,5 18,75
6 6 Thabo Elisha ZIM 1947 5,0 0,0 20,0 18,00
7 12 Zimbowa Kudakwashe ZIM 1581 5,0 0,0 19,5 18,00
8 36 Mukoviya Terrance ZIM 0 4,5 0,0 23,5 19,25
9 4 Moyo Dion ZIM 2072 4,5 0,0 23,0 19,00
10 27 Mapuranga Vitalis ZIM 0 4,5 0,0 21,0 15,25
11 10 Mandeya Hamilton ZIM 1842 4,5 0,0 18,5 14,75
12 29 Matiringe Archford ZIM 0 4,5 0,0 18,0 14,25
13 18 Chimbwanda Panashe ZIM 0 4,5 0,0 18,0 12,50
14 38 Murasiranwa Blessing ZIM 0 4,5 0,0 17,0 13,50
15 44 Pondo Tawanda ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 21,5 15,00
16 8 Maketo Albert ZIM 1911 4,0 0,0 21,5 14,00
17 20 Gweshe Moses ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 20,5 14,00
18 47 Tayengwa Tinodaishe ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 19,0 14,00
19 2 Musekiwa Michael BOT 1854 4,0 0,0 18,0 12,50
20 31 Moyo Peter ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 17,0 10,50
21 23 Joshua Brighton ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 16,0 12,00
22 19 Chinyama Donald ZIM 0 4,0 0,0 16,0 10,00
23 9 Tavagwisa Lawrence ZIM 1886 3,5 0,0 20,5 11,75
24 17 Chikwavaire Tapiwa ZIM 0 3,5 0,0 18,5 10,75
25 42 Nyamayaro Tawanda ZIM 0 3,5 0,0 17,5 10,25
26 40 Muungani Adolf ZIM 0 3,5 0,0 17,5 9,75
27 28 Mathonzi Justice ZIM 0 3,5 0,0 16,5 9,00
28 24 Kanyama Obert ZIM 0 3,0 0,0 18,5 7,50
29 21 Hamandishe Jemitias ZIM 0 3,0 0,0 16,5 7,00
30 48 Thom Munyaradzi ZIM 0 3,0 0,0 16,0 9,50
31 49 Mwadzura Roy ZIM 0 3,0 0,0 15,5 7,75
32 14 Mudodo Refiloe ZIM 1268 3,0 0,0 15,5 6,50
33 13 Mabodongwa Collins ZIM 1454 3,0 0,0 14,5 8,00
34 45 Pwere Charles ZIM 0 3,0 0,0 13,0 5,50
35 11 Gumbe Farirai ZIM 1795 3,0 0,0 12,0 6,50
36 32 Moyo Ruvarashe ZIM 0 2,5 0,0 17,0 7,50
37 15 Chakwizira Suggest ZIM 0 2,5 0,0 16,5 5,25
38 37 Murandu Elisha ZIM 0 2,5 0,0 15,0 6,00
39 16 Chayamiti Vasco ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 19,0 5,50
40 5 Dzvetera Brian ZIM 1955 2,0 0,0 16,0 4,00
41 46 Tawodzera Tinashe ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 14,5 5,00
42 34 Muchemwa Allan ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 13,5 5,00
43 50 Zvidzai Tafadzwa ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 13,5 4,00
44 25 Katsande Calvin ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 13,0 4,00
45 30 Manhai Talent ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 12,5 5,25
46 41 Chigwereve Augustine ZIM 0 1,0 0,0 15,0 2,00
47 43 Nyayera Tonderai ZIM 0 1,0 0,0 15,0 1,00
48 26 Kawadza Ephraim ZIM 0 1,0 0,0 14,5 1,00
49 33 Mphambela Clive ZIM 0 1,0 0,0 14,0 1,50
50 35 Mugozori Keith ZIM 0 0,0 0,0 12,0 0,00
Meanwhile in the rated Ladies Section Linda Shaba was victorious with 6/7.
Ladies Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 8 Shaba Linda ZIM 1508 6,0 0,0 20,0 22,75
2 7 Ncube Sinelisiwe ZIM 0 5,0 1,0 16,5 12,50
3 5 Mawire Rumbidzai ZIM 1156 5,0 0,0 20,0 18,25
4 4 Makwena Christine ZIM 1327 4,0 1,0 19,5 11,00
5 3 Makiwa Evelyn ZIM 1133 4,0 0,0 16,5 7,50
6 6 Mlambo Thandeka ZIM 1128 3,5 1,0 17,5 8,00
7 10 Chizikani Termaine ZIM 1661 3,5 0,0 18,5 9,00
8 9 Sithole Praise ZIM 0 2,0 1,0 17,0 2,00
9 1 Kalumbu Laika ZIM 0 2,0 0,0 19,5 3,50
10 2 Madamombe Anotidaishe ZIM 0 0,0 0,0 17,0 0,00
And in the U14 Junior Section Tinashe Chimhanga won the event (though the boy is over aged!). John Chibvuri Jnr (7) who had a very fine run of 4/7 beating some Zim Youth National Team players in this section had to face this 16 or 17 year old boy in the last rounds on top boards and lost. After this brave effort the young boy could not even get an U8 prize (as previously advertised) consequently demoralizing the rising young star. Hope in future Organizers shall look into this and listen to other people’s complains about over aged players like Tinashe!…after all fairness and motivating youngsters is always a noble thing. The Chitungwiza Open 2016 was organized by Harare Chess Association in partnership with The Zimbabwe Chess Foundation.
U14 Final Ranking after 7 Rounds
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 4 Chimhanga Tinashe ZIM 0 6,0 31,0 22,5 25,50
2 8 Hernandez Calixto ZIM 0 5,5 30,0 22,5 22,75
3 7 Herbert Mhlanga ZIM 0 5,5 29,5 21,0 23,00
4 16 Mhlanga Matthew ZIM 0 5,0 30,5 21,0 19,50
5 11 Madzinge Gibson ZIM 0 5,0 28,5 20,5 17,50
6 5 Chiutsi Anotida ZIM 0 5,0 26,0 19,0 16,00
7 2 Chibvuri John jnr ZIM 0 4,0 29,0 21,5 12,50
8 25 Mandizvidza M ZIM 0 4,0 25,5 19,0 11,50
9 15 Mawire Tawananyasha ZIM 0 4,0 24,5 17,0 10,00
10 10 Madamombe Tinaye ZIM 0 3,5 27,0 19,5 10,25
11 21 Nyamwa Anesu ZIM 0 3,5 26,0 17,5 10,25
12 3 Chigova Tinashe ZIM 0 3,5 25,5 18,5 9,75
13 24 Vilika Eugene ZIM 0 3,5 25,0 18,0 9,25
14 17 Mukwambo Tinashe ZIM 0 3,5 22,0 16,0 7,75
15 14 Matau Tawananyasha ZIM 0 3,5 19,5 13,5 6,25
16 23 Sagambe Kudakwashe ZIM 0 3,0 21,0 14,5 6,50
17 13 Matau Anashe ZIM 0 3,0 18,5 13,0 6,00
18 20 Nyambi Tariro ZIM 0 2,5 21,0 14,5 5,50
19 12 Masuku Tristan ZIM 0 2,5 16,5 12,0 4,75
20 18 Munawa Tanatswa ZIM 0 2,0 26,0 19,0 5,00
21 19 Ncube Theresa ZIM 0 2,0 23,5 16,0 4,00
22 9 Kalumba Takudzwa ZIM 0 2,0 20,0 15,0 4,00
23 6 Felistas ZIM 0 2,0 16,5 12,0 3,75
