The Capablanca Chess Festival 2014 was held from 25th April to 4th May, 2014 at Southdowns College Arena, in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa.
Local IM Kenny Solomon shared the first place in Prestige GM tournament with GM Aleksa Strikovic (SRB) and CM Andrew Kayonde (ZAM) with 5.5/9 points each. IM Solomon took the trophy, due to his superb tie-break score.
IM Johannes Mabusela (RSA) emerged clear winner of Prestige IM tournament with 6/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind. Second place was shared in a 3-way tie by Kgaugelo Mosetlhe (RSA), IM Chitumbo Mwali (ZAM) and WGM Katarzyna Toma (POL) with 5.5/9 points each.
Jason Davies (RSA) was superior in Prestige “A” tournament with 8/9 points, 1.5 point ahead of the runner-up.
Johan Wasserman (RSA) claimed Prestige “B” tournament with the same score of 8/9 points.
You can see the winners of CHESSA tournaments below:
CHESSA “A” – Mduduzi Mkhonza (7/7 points)
CHESSA “B” – Xolan Mndebele Thokozani (6.5/7 points)
CHESSA “C” – James Dinham (5.5/7 points)
CHESSA “D” – Aarti Datharam (6/7 points)
CHESSA “E” – Keanan Fourie (4/4 points)
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Prestige GM final standings:
1 IM Solomon Kenny RSA 2353 5,5
2 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2533 5,5
3 CM Kayonde Andrew ZAM 2280 5,5
4 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2474 5
5 GM Murshed Niaz BAN 2464 5
6 GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2480 4,5
7 IM Emojong Elijah UGA 2316 4,5
8 IM Makoto Rodwell ZIM 2271 3,5
9 IM Kobese Watu RSA 2333 3
10 FM Van Der Nat Nicholas RSA 2366 3
Prestige IM final standings:
1 IM Mabusela Johannes RSA 2210 6
2 Mosetlhe Kgaugelo RSA 2143 5,5
3 IM Mwali Chitumbo ZAM 2248 5,5
4 WGM Toma Katarzyna POL 2300 5,5
5 Anderson Gavin RSA 2165 4,5
6 Van Rensburg Ryan Pierre RSA 2174 4,5
7 Van Der Westhuizen Willem RSA 2050 4
8 IM Oatlhotse Providence BOT 2181 4
9 Hercules Benjamin Vincent RSA 2123 3
10 Masango Spencer ZIM 2198 2,5
Nice job by Solomon.