{"id":237705,"date":"2022-09-21T00:57:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=121669"},"modified":"2022-09-21T00:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:57:34","slug":"gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Gqeberha\u2019s Nevin castles opponents to win chess festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121670\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=121670\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"wp-image-121670 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121670 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"175\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The top three players in the open section of the Madibaz Chess Festival at Nelson Mandela University this weekend were, from left, Ismael Lagardien (third), Tyler Nevin (first) and Ewan Kromhout (second). With them is tournament director Tinus Goosen. Photo: Full Stop Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tyler Nevin of Gqeberha and the Rhodes A team emerged with the major accolades from the Madibaz Chess Festival held at Nelson Mandela University this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was divided into classical chess, blitz and rapid team events.<\/p>\n<p>Madibaz coach and tournament director Tinus Goosen said the festival drew 89 participants between the ages of eight and 65.<\/p>\n<p>The open competition, played over three days, was the main event and games lasted between two and four hours each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a tough event with many upsets during the five rounds,\u201d said Goosen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The youngest player in this section, Samuel Driscoll, beat fifth seed Brett Dakin in a long game in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make the event more accessible, we broadcast the top two boards of each round to the public and broader chess community,\u201d explained Goosen.<\/p>\n<p>Nevin won the open tournament with a full score (5\/5), followed by veteran Ewan Kromhout (3.5\/5). Third place went to Ismael Lagardien (3.5\/5).<\/p>\n<p>In the team event, Rhodes A won the open section, followed by Madibaz A and Madibaz B respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team category was very competitive,\u201d said Goosen. \u201cRhodes University brought their strongest team and in the end it showed as they beat us in the last round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the primary section of the team event, PECC Knights beat Rowallan Park and Checkmates.<\/p>\n<p>Goosen described the blitz category as \u201cthe real fun part\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The open tournament was won by Jaco Serfontein (6\/7) while Garen Twigg came first in the primary section.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament forms part of the local chess calendar, with Madibaz hosting their next competition from October 7 to 8.<\/p>\n<p>It is sponsored by the physics department at Nelson Mandela University and is open to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Before that, the Eastern Cape provincial tournament will take place on October 1 and 2.<\/p>\n<p>Goosen said the Madibaz Chess Festival helped to raise funds for the team to compete at the University Sport South Africa tournament in Kimberley in December.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">91<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/gqeberhas-nevin-castles-opponents-to-win-chess-festival\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The top three players in the open section of the Madibaz Chess Festival at Nelson Mandela University this weekend were, from left, Ismael Lagardien (third), Tyler Nevin (first) and Ewan Kromhout (second). 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