Angola crowns National Chess Champions

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The Angola National Chess Championships 2022 in Open and Women’s sections for classical, rapid and blitz time controls took place from 22-28 May.

The main classical event was played from 22-27 May with 35 competitors in the Open event. After 9 rounds played in swiss system, IM David Silva won the Championship scoring unbeaten 7/9 points. Three players tied for second position, all with the same score of 6/9 points: FM Sergio Miguel, Dias Vanderson and FM Manuel Alberto, with the tiebreak criteria deciding that Sergio Miguel takes silver and Vanderson Dias came third. (scroll down for final rankings)

IM David Silva was victorious also in the Rapid competition, convincingly winning gold with 8/9 points. Adilson Joao clinched silver with 7.5 points and IM Catarino Domingos was third with 7 points. As five players tied for the top of the National Blitz Championship, FM Ediberto Domingos, FM Eduardo Pascoal, IM David Silva, IM Luciano Oliveira and FM Domingos Junior proceeded to a playoff 4 round robin competition that determined the Winner. FM Eduardo Pascoal and FM Ediberto Domingos scored 3.5 points in the playoffs to tie for the first place, FM Domingos Junior was third with 2 points.

Eight players competed for the title of National Champion in the Women’s section playing the 7 rounds round-robin tournament. WIM Esperanca Caxita triumphed with final score of 6.5/7 points, having half a point more than the runner-up WFM Ednasia Junior who clinched silver with 6 points. Jemima Paulo was third with 5.5 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

WIM Esperanca Caxita clinched also the Rapid National Women’s Championship with 5.5 points. Interestingly, WFM Junior Ednasia again claimed silver and Paulo Jemima came third as she had lower tiebreak criteria than Ednasia who had the same score of 4.5 points. The Winning trio was the same in the Angola Women’s Blitz competition, but this time WFM Junior Ednasia claimed gold, Paulo Jemima was second and WIM Esperanca Caxita took the bronze medal.

Final rankings – Angola Open Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Silva David	ANG	2314	7	0	52	5
2	FM	Miguel Sergio	ANG	2278	6	0	55	3
3		Dias Vanderson	ANG	2110	6	0	53	3
4	FM	Alberto Manuel	ANG	2167	6	0	52	3
5	CM	Simoes Joao	ANG	2179	5.5	0	53	2
6		Gama Edivaldo Jr	ANG	2061	5.5	0	50	3
		Joelson Ricardo	ANG	1985	5.5	0	50	3
8		Felix Claudio	ANG	2012	5.5	0	49	4
9	IM	Domingos Catarino	ANG	2215	5.5	0	49	3
10	IM	Oliveira Luciano	ANG	2148	5	0	50	4
11		Filipe Marcio	ANG	1989	5	0	49	4
12	FM	Domingos Ediberto	ANG	2163	5	0	48	3
13	FM	Junior Domingos	ANG	2138	5	0	48	1
14	FM	Pascoal Eduardo A	ANG	2170	5	0	46	2
15	CM	Lutuima Amaro	ANG	2050	5	0	43	3
16	CM	Agostinho Tito Andre Quiela	ANG	2032	4.5	0	51	2
17	CM	Cambando Jose	ANG	2136	4.5	0	49	3
18		Pacavira Adriano Paulo	ANG	2032	4.5	0	46	2
19		Joao Mario	ANG	2165	4.5	0	37	4
20		Borges Jose	ANG	1961	4	0	48	1
21		Sousa Estevao	ANG	1892	4	0	48	1
22		Andrade Pedro	ANG	1888	4	0	45	2
23		Adelino Vasco	ANG	1975	4	0	44	2
24		Domingos Sebastiao	ANG	1968	4	0	41	3
25		Arao Gerson	ANG	1883	3.5	1.5	38	2
26		Prego Bruno	ANG	0	3.5	1	39	1
27		Missengo Laurindo	ANG	1764	3.5	0.5	37	3
28		Cabuco Paulo	ANG	1824	3	0	40	2
29		Sapalo Gabriel	ANG	2065	3	0	37	2
30		Ribeiro Abilio Jose	ANG	1924	3	0	36	2
31		Antonio Apolinario	ANG	1899	3	0	35	2
32	CM	Julio Joao Manuel Dos Santos	ANG	2005	2	0	38	2
33		Pungo Honorato	ANG	1634	1.5	0	38	1
34		Da Costa Joaquim	ANG	1771	1.5	0	36	0
35	FM	Francisco Joao	ANG	1824	0	0	27	0

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Final rankings – Angola Women’s Chess Championship 2022:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WIM	Caxita Esperanca	ANG	1909	6.5	0	19	6
2	WFM	Junior Ednasia	ANG	1865	6	0	16	5
3		Paulo Jemima	ANG	1736	5.5	0	13	5
4		Sussu Margarida	ANG	1597	4	0	6	4
5	WCM	Joao Delfina	ANG	1682	3	0	3	3
6		Pereira Gertrudes	ANG	0	2	0	1	2
7		Kasivela Claudeth	ANG	0	1	0	0	1
8		Kangolo Napingala	ANG	0	0	0	0	0

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