Zhemba Jemusse finishes 15th in a star-studded field of 44 tough players…in the Prestige Section of the Botswana Open 2016…as Zambian International Master Gillian Bwalya clinches the tournament’s first prize with 7 points out of 9 rounds. Zhemba’s starting rank was number 25, elo rating 1939 and his tournament performance rating 2110. He had 5 points. His tournament journey went as follows:
Round 1 drew IM Oatlhotse Providence rated 2198 BOT.
Round 2 lost to CM Masole Clifford 1917 BOT
Round 3 beat Mthunzi Clive 1848 RSA
Round 4 beat Simulundu Judah 2100 ZAM
Round 5 drew Notha Moakofi 2119 BOT
Round 6 lost to FM Olebile Thato 2189 BOT
Round 7 beat CM Pitlagano Tebogo 2085 BOT
Round 8 beat Mapini Otsile 1972 BOT
Round 9 lost to Mulenga Prince Daniel 2173 ZAM
Fellow countrymen Elisha Chimbamu, Hamilton Bhudha Mandeya and Brian Dzvetera also took part in this very tough Prestige Section dominated by Zambians and Botswana sharks. Elisha Chimbamu a Zim National player who came recently from the Baku Olympiad finished at 5.5pts position 12th, Hamilton was 23rd with 4.5pts. Both Elisha and Hamilton missed the 1st round. I’m not sure if their positions were to improve had they not missed the first round. Mr Dzvetera had tough days in the office from Thursday to Sunday 2nd of Oct. 2016 the event days. But well all shall be well in the near future..have a brave heart! In the Ladies Section WGM Sabure of Botswana had a fine incredible run of 8pts in the Ladies Section! …In the Youth Boys Section our own Zim young boy Tinaye Madamombe (7 turning 8 soon) had 5/9. Well played young boy…the future is bright!
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds of the Prestige Section.
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg RtgI Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 w-we K rtg+/- 1 1 IM Bwalya Gillan ZAM 2297 2297 7,0 1,5 58,5 42,75 38,0 0,65 0 0,0 2 8 Simutowe Musatwe ZAM 2176 2176 7,0 1,0 55,0 39,75 35,0 1,69 0 0,0 3 6 FM Khetho Phemelo BOT 2191 2191 7,0 0,5 55,0 38,25 35,5 1,22 0 0,0 4 7 FM Olebile Thato BOT 2189 2189 6,5 0,0 49,0 34,00 31,0 0,20 0 0,0 5 3 CM Phiri Godwin ZAM 2228 2228 6,0 0,0 52,5 31,25 33,0 0,01 0 0,0 6 5 IM Oatlhotse Providence BOT 2198 2198 6,0 0,0 51,5 31,50 34,0 -0,47 0 0,0 7 9 Mulenga Prince Daniel ZAM 2173 2173 6,0 0,0 45,0 29,25 30,0 -1,01 0 0,0 8 2 IM Chunfwa Kelvin ZAM 2240 2240 5,5 0,0 59,5 34,00 38,5 -0,07 0 0,0 9 14 Gumpo Thabo BOT 2069 2069 5,5 0,0 47,5 24,75 28,0 0,39 0 0,0 10 10 Mwale Joseph MAL 2145 2145 5,5 0,0 45,5 24,25 28,5 -0,98 0 0,0 11 11 Notha Moakofi BOT 2119 2119 5,5 0,0 44,0 24,25 26,5 -0,68 0 0,0 12 44 Chimbamu Elisha ZIM 2114 2114 5,5 0,0 43,0 23,25 27,0 0,19 0 0,0 13 19 Mosenya Ndawana BOT 2003 2003 5,0 0,0 51,0 23,25 31,0 0,45 0 0,0 14 16 FM Mphungu Gerrad MAL 2034 2034 5,0 0,0 50,5 24,50 31,0 0,70 0 0,0 15 25 Zhemba Jemusse ZIM 1939 1939 5,0 0,0 50,0 25,75 31,5 1,97 0 0,0 16 32 Machobane Moemedi BOT 1879 1879 5,0 0,0 47,0 24,75 30,5 2,11 0 0,0 17 12 Simulundu Judah ZAM 2100 2100 5,0 0,0 44,5 22,75 27,5 -1,46 0 0,0 18 26 Bokamoso Simon BOT 1936 1936 4,5 0,0 52,0 23,50 33,0 1,87 0 0,0 19 17 Masungwini Michael RSA 2022 2022 4,5 0,0 49,5 19,50 29,5 0,35 0 0,0 20 20 Kealeboga Baone BOT 2001 2001 4,5 0,0 47,0 19,75 28,5 -0,43 0 0,0 21 36 Mthunzi Clive RSA 1848 1848 4,5 0,0 46,5 21,25 30,5 1,80 0 0,0 22 21 CM Kokome Oaitse BOT 1985 1985 4,5 0,0 45,0 18,25 27,0 -0,08 0 0,0 23 43 Mandeya Hamilton ZIM 1842 1842 4,5 0,0 44,0 19,50 27,5 2,30 0 0,0 24 18 Goosen Anton RSA 2006 2006 4,5 0,0 44,0 19,25 27,0 -1,10 0 0,0 25 39 Thebetha Nhlantla RSA 1805 1805 4,5 0,0 40,0 16,75 24,0 1,26 0 0,0 26 35 Selemogwe Lesego BOT 1863 1863 4,5 0,0 39,5 18,25 24,5 0,18 0 0,0 27 15 Boikhutswane Kenneth BOT 2063 2063 4,5 0,0 38,0 19,25 25,0 -2,53 0 0,0 28 4 CM Gaealafshwe Barileng BOT 2199 2199 4,5 0,0 38,0 16,25 24,0 -2,93 0 0,0 29 22 Mapini Otsile BOT 1972 1972 4,0 0,0 48,5 20,00 30,5 0,85 0 0,0 30 13 CM Pitlagano Tebogo BOT 2085 2085 4,0 0,0 44,0 16,75 26,5 -1,79 0 0,0 31 42 Mokgedi Tsaone BOT 1803 1803 4,0 0,0 43,0 17,00 27,0 1,30 0 0,0 32 31 Mogale Onkabetse BOT 1881 1881 3,5 0,0 43,5 15,00 27,0 0,57 0 0,0 33 27 Mosutha Thuso BOT 1930 1930 3,5 0,0 43,5 14,00 25,5 0,19 0 0,0 34 41 Ngakane Dan RSA 1645 1645 3,5 0,0 38,5 12,25 22,5 2,12 0 0,0 35 37 Olesitswe Elias Success BOT 1846 1846 3,5 0,0 36,0 11,50 22,5 -0,20 0 0,0 36 23 Tjituka Silent BOT 1963 1963 3,5 0,0 36,0 10,50 19,5 -2,10 0 0,0 37 28 cm Masole Clifford BOT 1917 1917 3,0 0,0 50,5 18,25 31,5 0,28 0 0,0 38 38 Tuga Hercules BOT 1829 1829 3,0 0,0 37,5 11,25 23,5 0,48 0 0,0 39 40 Mariri Thabo BOT 1800 1800 3,0 0,0 33,0 10,25 19,0 -0,20 0 0,0 40 29 Bayani Kuda BOT 1899 1899 2,5 0,0 48,5 16,00 30,0 0,68 0 0,0 41 34 Mogale Losika BOT 1867 1867 2,5 0,0 34,5 8,25 20,5 -1,49 0 0,0 42 33 Mooketsi David BOT 1870 1870 2,0 0,0 40,0 8,75 24,0 -1,09 0 0,0 43 30 Lesole Pudungwane BOT 1884 1884 2,0 0,0 35,5 5,50 19,0 -1,34 0 0,0 44 24 Dzvetera Brian ZIM 1955 1955 2,0 0,0 32,0 5,50 18,0 -3,86 0 0,0
