IM Dante Beukes cemented his position as one of his country’s top players when he won the 2021 Namibian Closed Chess Championship with a perfect score of 9/9. It is his third national title. He won his first Namibian Championship at the age of 14 in 2017, and his second in 2019.

Khoa Goodwill who was the 2013 Champion finished a distant second with 6 points. CM Charles Eichab, the seven-time Namibia Chess Champion ended up in third place with 5½ points.

WCM Lishen Mentile, on the other hand, emerged as the winner of the Ladies section of the 2021 Namibian Closed Chess Championship. She won the event with a score of 6 points out of 7 rounds.

Lishen Mentile is one of Namibia’s top lady players. She has represented her country in 3 Olympiads (2012, 2016 and 2018). In addition, she has won the Namibian Chess Championship in 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

WFM Rauha Shipindo was second with 5½ points; Van Wyk Keisha came in third with 4.5 points.

The charming Windhoek Country Club Resort was one of the sponsors and the venue for the hotly contested competition. Three Dimension Printing CC and MNE Accounting Services were the other sponsors of the event.

Text: Kenya Chess Masala

Photo: Namibia Chess Federation