By BRian NkiwaneZimbabwe’s top two chess players, fide master Rodwell Makoto and international master Robert Gwaze, are taking part in the Capablanca Open chess Festivals currently underway at Eduplex Pre-Primary School in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The chess festival that started on April 27 will run until Tuesday May 1.
Rodwell is playing in the A Section which has a rating of 2255 and is already on position seven. The Zimbabwean-born will be hoping to finish six or below for him to earn the international master tag. Gwaze is playing in the B Section where he finished the day as joint leaders with South Africa’s candidate master Jurgensen Graham. Gwaze performed extremely well earning himself two points after two rounds. He has to play the entire nine rounds against South African as he is the only foreigner in that group.
