maputo.doc ZONE 4.3 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP - JULY 2008
REPORT OF THE CHIEF ARBITER – H E Price IA (RSA)
This tournament, the first team-event ever in Zone 4.3, was held in Maputo, Mozambique from July 13th to 19th. Players were accommodated in the Hotel Turismo while play took place in the Public Library a few hundred metres away. The Mozambique Chess Federation, under President Pedro Chambule, is to be congratulated for undertaking the event, which proceeded very smoothly, although the torn-out was a bit disappointing. The venue was spacious and well lit. The only negative feature, not under the organiser’s control, was occasional noise from building operations and repairs in the adjoining road. Lewis Ncube, Fide Vice-President, attended the last two days and handed out the trophies at the closing ceremony, adding a touch of glamour to the proceedings.
The spirit and behaviour of the players was excellent. Not a single incident took place! Rounds lasted typically 4 hours and my impression, although no complaints were received, is that the players would have appreciated some form of beverage service, although cold-water from a water-cooler was usually available.
I would like to thank the organisers for the invitation to officiate, and my assistant, Alex Mpuisang of Botwana, for taking an enormous load off my feet. Thanks, too, to our hosts in the library, and Angola and Mozambique for putting up with my zero Portuguese.
Special mention should be made of Burundi. This was their first international venture and their play was much stronger than indicated by their points-score. One hopes to see them in future as regular participants.
DECISIONS TAKEN AT TECHNICAL MEETING 20h30 2008jul13
3 delegations had arrived (and, of course, Mozambique). Angola had phoned from Johannesburg to say they were on their way. It was resolved to play the tournament as a double round-robin, two rounds per day, with a slightly faster time-limit (15 minutes for phase II instead of the originally announced 30 minutes). The first round would start at 11h00 with the next three morning rounds starting at 10h00 and round 9 starting at 09h00. Afternoon rounds would be at 16h00 except for round 10 which would be at 14h30. After the draw, with the CA drawing for Angola, it was resolved to change numbers so that Angola would have the bye in round 1 (in case they did not arrive in time – which, in fact, they did not).
RESULTS OF THE DRAW
1=RSA 2=BYE 3=BOT 4=MOZ 5=ANG 6=BUR
It appears that some countries misinterpreted the pairings and played with colours reversed – this was, of course, corrected in the re-match.
TIE-BREAK. Original schedule was a 9 - round Swiss based on game-points:
Tie Break a)Sonneborn-Berger b)Bucholz c)Double-truncated Bucholz d)Matches.
In view of the change of format the CA felt that these criteria alone might not resolve ties so extra criteria were agreed as follows:
e) DE f) team score weighted 4,3,2,1 g) Blitz match h) 1-game Armageddon
For board prizes the overall percentage would count, provided at least 5 games had been played (3 games for board 5). If equal percentages then the number of games would count. If still tied money would be shared.
TIME LIMIT 40 moves in 90 minutes, add 15 minutes and play to a finish
30 seconds per move increment from move 1
SUBMISSION OF TEAMS Forms for the morning match to be submitted by 21h30 the night before For afternoon, within 10 minutes of finish of the last morning game.
CROSS-TABLE
RSA BOT MOZ ANG BUR TOTAL
RSA XXX 4+2 3½+3 2+1 4+4 23½
BOT 0+2 XXX 3½+3 1½+2 4+4 20
MOZ ½ +1 ½ +1 XXX 0+1½ 4+4 12½
ANG 2+2 2½+2 4+2½ XXX 3+4 23
BUR 0+0 0+0 0+0 1+0 XXX 1
RSA Bouah, Lyndon
Gluckman, David 1966may27 IM 1 - 1 0 - 1 - - - ½
Van der Nat, Nicholas 1979oct01 FM 1 - 1 ½ ½ - - 0 1 0
Steenkamp, Johan 1978jan28 143 029 26 1 - 1 1 ½ 1 - ½ - ½
Klaasen, Calvin 1987may16 1 - - 1 1 1 - 1 ½ -
Moshetle, Kgaugho 1985dec22 - - 1 1 - 1 - ½ 1 -
BOT Bontsi, Chazha
Oatlhotse, Providence 1985dec18 2170 ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 1 1 ½ 1
Njobvu, Ignatius 1981sep29 2240 1 0 0 - 1 1 - ½ - 1
Phemelo, Ketho 1983nov26 2229 1 1 0 - 1 0 0 - - 1
Pitlagano, Tebogo 1980sep20 2155 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 - -
Gaealafshwe, Barileng 1982jan03 2107 - - - - 1 1 1 ½ - 1
MOZ Andrade, Ivan
Viageiro, Daimateus 1980jul29 2201 ½ 1 0 ½ - - 1 - ½ -
Calicoca, Wilton 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 ½ 0 -
Maconi(yoma), Miguel - - - 0 - 0 - ½ - -
Miai, Mariano 1983jun28 0 1 0 0 - 1 1 0 ½ -
Ventura, Pedro 1984oct16 0 1 0 - - 0 1 ½ 0 -
BUR Ntagasi ………..
Ndikumana, Yves 1979may29 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0
Muheto, Diendonne 1984oct31 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Kigale, Daniel 1948dec21 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Nimubona, Adelin 1949jul15 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0
Ntagasigumvani, Deo 1953mar22 - - - - - - - - - -
ANG …………………
Aderito, Pedro - ½ 1 - 1 - 0 ½ 1 ½
Domingos, Catarino - 1 1 0 ½ - 1 ½ - 1
Pascoal, Eduardo - 0 - 1 - - 1 1 1 ½
Agnelo, Amorim - 1 1 1 ½ - 0 - 1 -
Simeos , Joao - - 1 1 0 - - ½ 1 -
ROUNDS 1, 6 RSA 4-0 BUR BUR 0 – 4 RSA BOT 3½ - ½ MOZ MOZ 1-3 BOT
Glu 1 – 0 Ndi Ndi 0 – 1 Glu Oat ½ - ½ Via Cal 0 – 1 Oat
Nat 1 – 0 Muh Muh 0 – 1 Ste Njo 1 – 0 Cal Mac 0 –1 Njo
Ste 1 – 0 Kig Kig 0 – 1 Kla Khe 1 – 0 Mai Mai 1– 0 Khe
Kla 1 – 0 Nim Nim 0 –1 Mos Pit 1 – 0 Ven Ven 0 –1 Gae
ROUNDS 2, 7 ANG 2½-1½ BOT BOT 2 –2 ANG BUR 0-4 MOZ MOZ 4–0 BUR
Ade ½ - ½ Oat Oat 1 – 0 Ade Ndi 0 – 1 Via Via 1 – 0 Ndi
Dom 1 - 0 Njo Khe 0 – 1 Dom Muh 0 – 1 Cal Mai 1 – 0 Kig
Pas 0 – 1 Ket Pit 0 –1 Pas Kig 0 – 1 Mai Cal 1 – 0 Muh
Agn 1 – 0 Pit Gae 1 – 0 Agn Nim 0 –1 Ven Ven 1 – 0 Nim
ROUNDS 3, 8 RSA 4-0 BOT BOT 2-2 RSA ANG 4-0 MOZ MOZ 1½ -2½ ANG
Glu 1-0 Oat Oat 1 – 0 Nat Ade 1 – 0 Via Cal ½ - ½ Ade
Nat 1 – 0 Njo Njo ½ - ½ Ste Dom 1 – 0 Cal Mac ½ - ½ Dom
Ste 1 – 0 Khe Pit 0 – 1 Kla Agn 1 – 0 Mai Mai 0 – 1 Pas
Mos 1 – 0 Pit Gae ½ - ½ Mos Sim 1 – 0 Ven Ven ½ - ½ Sim
ROUNDS 4, 9 ANG – BUR BUR 1-3 ANG MOZ - RSA RSA 3½- ½ MOZ
Dom 0–1 Ndi Ndi 0–1 Dom Via ½-½ Nat Nat ½ - ½ Via
Pas 1–0 Muh Muh 0–1 Pas Cal 0–1 Ste Ste 1 – 0 Cal
Agn 1–0 Kig Kig 0–1 Agn Mac 0 –1 Kla Kla 1 – 0 Mac
Sim 1–0 Nim Nim 0–1 Sim Mai 0–1 Mos Mos 1 – 0 Mai
ROUNDS 5, 10 BOT 4-0 BUR BUR 0–4 BOT ANG 2–2 RSA RSA 1–3 ANG
Oat 1 – 0 Ndi Ndi 0-1 Oat Ade 1 – 0 Glu Glu ½ - ½ Ade
Njo 1 – 0 Muh Muh 0 –1 Njo Dom ½ - ½ Nat Nat 0 – 1 Dom
Khe 1 – 0 Kig Kig 0 – 1 Khe Agn ½ - ½ Ste Ste ½ - ½ Pas
Gae 1 – 0 Nim Nim 0 – 1 Gae Sim 0 – 1 Kla Mos 0 – 1 Agn
FINAL PLACINGS BOARD PRIZES
1st RSA 23½ gold BOARD 1 usd 250 Providence Oatlhtse BOT 6/8 = 75%
2nd ANG 23 silver BOARD 2 usd 200 Catanino Domingos ANG 5/7 = 71%
3rd BOT 20 bronze BOARD 3 usd 150 Johan Steenkamp RSA 5½/7 = 79%
4th MOZ 12½ BOARD 4 usd 100 Calvin Klaasen RSA 5½/6 = 91%
5th BUR 1 BOARD 5 usd 50 Barileng Gaealafshwe BOT 4½/5=90%
My apologies for any errors or omissions in this report. I have provided the information as best I could from that supplied to me, often illegibly. The language barrier proved difficult to surmount. Below are the forms supplied to captains at registration & for each round.
ZONE 4.3 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 2008 TEAM REGISTRATION FORM
HEAD OF DELEGATION/MANAGER ……………………………………………
BOARD FAMILY NAME “NAME” DATE OF BIRTH RATING FIDE ID
1
2
3
4
5
ZONE 4.3 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, JULY 2008 RESULT FORM
DATE ……… ROUND ……. vs
NAME result NAME result
1 White Black
2 Black White
3 White Black
4 Black White
TOTALS -
CAPTAINS SIGNATURES
ZONE 4.3 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, JULY 2008 TEAM FORM
To be handed in by 21h30 for the next morning’s round,
or within 10 minutes of the end of the morning round for the afternoon round
ROUND ………… COUNTRY …………………..
1
2
3
4
CAPTAIN’S SIGNATURE |