Luena - The defending champion of the Provincial Absolute Chess Championship, Donaldo Dickson, lost his match against Balduíno Palanga at the weekend, in the second round of the Provincial Chess Championship.
Faced with a 26-year-old opponent, considered a "talent" and self-taught in chess, Donaldo Dickson was forced to use up all his time, totalling two hours, but this was insufficient given the "solid" and "intelligent" game strategy put together by Balduíno Palanga, who used up only 30 minutes of his time.
The matches also saw the second victory in the competition for Laurindo Missengo, two-time champion (2022 and 2023) and the first "titled" player from this region of the country, with a 1902 rating in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings, against Amilton Helder de Sousa.
Of the seven games played, there was only one draw between Ernesto Dumba and Estevao Zango Angolar.
Here are the full results from the second round:
Laurindo Missengo 1 - 0 Amilton Helder de Sousa
Dionísio Da Silva 0 - 1 Sula Mateus
Ernesto Dumba - Estevao Zango Angolar (draw)
Alione Muzangueno 0 - 1 Jose Tchimatamata
Donaldo Dikson 1 - 0 Balduíno Palanga
Adilson Silva 0 - 1José Mutondo
Round 3 continues next Saturday with the following matches:
Missengo, Laurindo versus Tchimatamata, Jose
Palanga, Balduíno versus Muzangueno, Alione
Mutondo, José versus Dikson, Donaldo
Mateus, Sula versus Helder de Sousa, Amilton
Coutinho, Adilson versus Angolar, Este
Dumba, Ernestro versus Da Silva, Dionísio
Current ranking
Tchimatamata José - 2
Palanga Balduíno - 2
Missengo Laurindo - 2
Dikson Donaldo - 1
Muzangueno Alione - 1
Helder de Sousa Amilton - 1
Mutondo José - 1
Mateus Sula - 1
Angolar Estevao Zango - 0,5
Dumba Ernestro - 0,5
Da Silva Dionísio - 0
Coutinho Adilson - 0
TC/YD/MRA/DOJ
