He is busy preparing for the World Cup match against the former World Champion Ruslan Ponomarionv of Ukraine later this month.Makoto pocketed a cool one thousand dollars for winning the championship and taking it away from the Botswana based Dion Moyo who as placed joint third.
He admitted that the tournament was difficult for him this year as he struggled to defend it and had no option rather than to give it to another champion who was the best player in that tourney.
Spencer Masango had to wait for the last round to get a second spot after defeating another former National Champion Elisha Chimbamu in the last round to finish with 5,5pointspocketing a cool six hundred dollars. There was a joint in third place with; Elisha Chimbamu, Farai Masanganise, Dion Moyo and Bismarck Bhobhojani all scoring 5 points out of the nine games of play.
Lewis Kahoba and Byron Gurajena were eliminated from the national championships and will lay in the candidates next year. In the candidates section Castro Sibanda and Hamilton Mandeya were tied in the first position with 8 points out of 9 games of play. Castro qualified to play in the Nationals next year because he won the Candidates on butcholz.
Scholar Michael Musekiwa of Mufakose 2 High came a credible third winning the best scholar as well as the main prize. Another interesting player note was young Kudakwashe Zimbowa.in the women section Colletta Wakuruwarehwa walloped all her opponents to pocket a cool four hundred dollars pushing Rhoda Masiyazi the tournament favourite to second position with 8 points out of 9 games of play. Rhoda pocketed a cool three hundred dollars.
Meanwhile in a National scholars chess championship held from the 4th-8th of August Harare Province won a floating shield. Bulawayo came second followed by Mash West,Masvingo was fourth,Midlands came fifth, Mash East sixth, Mash Central seventh, Mat South, Mat North and Manicaland completed the list. More news about this tourney in the next report.
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