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International participants and coaches
All players who have been selected for International Participation for 2012, as well as coaches, managers and accompanying persons are kindly requested to ensure that their passports are valid. This means that your passport should be valid for at least 6 months after you are due back into the country.


Junior Selections
There appears to be some ambiguity with regards to whether or not the reserve list would be published. However, we have now decided to publish this list BUT players and parents MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PLAYER, THE LIST IS NOT IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER and should the need arise, the selectors will select the reserve player from the published list.
List of players.


Tournaments using Swiss Manager pairing software
Organisers and Arbiters.  Please take note of the following important message.


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To the South African Chess Community


Proposals for change in format of Junior Nationals
 Thursday 17 May 2012

These proposals will affect all our junior players across the entire country and we, therefore, invite comments from all interested parties. All comments to be sent to newformat@chessa.co.za on or before 20 June 2012 so this can be finalised at the next National Council Meeting which will be held on 30 June in Cape Town.  More...

CHESSA won the bid to host the WYCC in 2014
 Thursday 17 May 2012

We are extremely delighted to announce that we, Chess South Africa, will be the hosts of the 2014 World Youth Chess Championships.  The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 18 years. The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship which commenced officially in 1974 in France.  More...

World Youth Chess Championship 2014 - Logo Competition
 Thursday 17 May 2012

COMPETITION!!! COMPETITION!!! COMPETITION!!!

Our federation, Chess South Africa, is extremely delighted to announce that we have been awarded the bid to host the WYCC in 2014. The WYCC is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 18.  The province which was chosen to host this prestigious event is the alluring, magnificent and mesmerizing multi-cultural pride and joy destination flanked by warm Indian Ocean and soaring peaks, Kwa Zulu Natal or the Zulu Kingdom.  More...


2012 SA Open website launched - entries now open!
 Sunday 13 May 2012

This year the South African Open takes place at the world famous Newlands Rugby Stadium in Cape Town. We are expecting over 500 national and international competitors - register now to be one of them!
Visit the website.


Capablanca format a resounding success
 Saturday 05 May 2012

The experimental format of the 2012 Capablanca Open proved to be a resounding success and is likely to serve as a model for many new tournaments in the future. The tournament ultimately boasted no less than 5 FIDE rated round robin events and resulted in fighting chess from the opening round until the very last game of the tournament.  More...

Junior selections announced
 Saturday 05 May 2012

Congratulations to the following players who were selected to represent South Africa at the various FIDE Junior and Youth tournaments.  They are...

FIDE Chess Olympiad teams announced
 Saturday 05 May 2012

Congratulations to the following players who were selected to represent South Africa at the World Chess Olympiad to be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 28 August 2012 to 10 September 2012.  They are...

Cuca International Tournament, Luanda (Angola)
 Friday 20 April 2012

The Cuca International Tournament started in Luanda (Angola) on Wednesday.  Cuca is the official sponsor of the event and also the largest brewery in Angola.  Round 1 saw the first major upset when CM Deon Solomons (2217) drew with the Dutch Grandmaster, GM Erwin L'ami (2611).  More...

Titles obtained at 2012 SAJCCC
 Friday 06 April 2012

Congratulations to the following players who have won CHESSA titles at the 2012 South African Junior Closed Chess Championships.  More...

Capablanca Open to include South Africa’s 1st IM Norm Round Robin
 Saturday 31 March 2012

Gauteng North Chess Association and the Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa are delighted to confirm that the 2012 Capablanca Open will include South Africa’s very first IM Norm Closed Round Robin event. Ten of Africa’s top players will be invited to participate in this prestigious event which is designed to provide a realistic IM norm opportunity for all participants.  More...

 
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In order to ensure that CHESSA delivers on its mandate we, as CHESSA, would like to formalize our communication channels with the South African Chess Community.

CHESSA consists of various Unions and as such the Union, through their Presidents, have elected the CHESSA members. To ensure, we react on all questions/comments/queries from any one of you (our chess community) we will require that all communication should go via the elected Union President and should the President not be able to assist/advise you with your query he/she will then escalate it to the appropriate Committee/Commission within CHESSA via the CHESSA Secretary.

Union Presidents are kindly asked to forward their contact details to the CHESSA Secretary.

Bidding for the following 2013 events has been opened.  Deadline for submitting bids is Friday 01 June 2012 (midnight).  Please contact the CHESSA Secretary for more details.

Organisers and Arbiters, please take note of the following important message.

Tournaments where the Swiss Manager pairing software was used will only be rated if they comply with all of the following points:

  1. The correct union of each player is added in the "fed" field.  The default setting is RSA - this must be changed to reflect each player's correct union.
  2. The CHESSA ID of each player is added (for ALL existing players).  This ID must be added in the "Fide-no" field.
  3. The date-of-birth of each player is added and must be in the format yyyy/mm/dd (e.g. 2002/03/24).

The above is necessary to prevent duplication of player records and to ease the process of having the tournaments rated.

Please note that, as of 01 May 2012, any tournaments not complying with the above will not be rated.

Dear Chess player/Parent

Please note that CHESSA will unfortunately not be able to announce the junior players selected for international participation for this year by the original published deadline. We can, however, confirm that the selection process is well underway and all players will be announced by SATURDAY 5 MAY 2012.

The cause for this delay is feedback received from our recent meeting with SASCOC, on Friday 20 April, which necessitated the selectors having to revisit certain selections. We understand your frustration as we all eagerly await the announcement of the junior SA players ourselves and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused.

We thank you for your patience.

Yours in Chess
Marius van Zyl
Vice President Chess South Africa