Robert Gwaze

Robert Gwaze
Robert Gwaze
Country	Zimbabwe
Born	January 1982 (age 42); Salisbury, Zimbabwe
Title	International Master (2001)
FIDE rating	2422 (April 2024)
Peak rating	2454 (July 2012)

Robert Gwaze (born 1982) is a Zimbabwean chess player. He is a former student at Prince Edward School, in Harare. At age 15, he was a Zimbabwe National Chess Champion at both junior and senior levels.^[1]

Gwaze won the 1998 African Junior Championship in Nairobi, Kenya, which earned him the International Master (IM) title.^[1] Probably his greatest success was at the 2002 Chess Olympiad tournament in Bled, Slovenia when he achieved a rare perfect score, winning all nine of his games on first board for Zimbabwe, an achievement that only he and Alexander Alekhine did.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 2007, he won the African Individual Chess Championship in Windhoek, Namibia, earning a spot in the 2007 Chess World Cup.^[5] In this qualification tournament for the 2010 Chess World Championship Gwaze was eliminated in the first round by fifth-seed Alexei Shirov.^[6] In 2010 he came first in the Cuca Trophy international tournament in Luanda, Angola.^[7] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.^[8]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Shabazz, Daaim (January 2003), The Talking Drum featuring IM Robert Gwaze, retrieved 2010-06-16
^ 35th Chess Olympiad: Bled 2002, www.olimpbase.org: the encyclopedia of team chess, retrieved 2010-06-16, He won ahead of GM Garry Kasparov
^ Shabazz, Daaim (November 2002), IM Robert Gwaze creates buzz with Golden Performance!, retrieved 2010-06-16
^ Gwaze, Robert, www.olimpbase.org: the encyclopedia of team chess, retrieved 2010-06-16
^ Crowther, Mark (2007-09-17). "TWIC 671: African Championships". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
^ Crowther, Mark (2007-11-26). "TWIC 681: World Chess Cup". London Chess Center. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
^ "Zimbabwean wins Angolan chess tournament". Afrique en ligne. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 17 June 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 14 November 2011.