Sérgio Miguel wins Luanda City Chess Open

 

Luanda - FIDE Master Sérgio Miguel won Thursday the chess competition "Luanda City Open" with 7,5 points after defeating Edivaldo Gama, National Specialist , in the ninth and last day of the event held at Paz Flor Cultural Center.

The International Master David Silva was runner ups with 7 pts after overcoming Master Candidate José Cambando seventh place with six points.

With the participation of 54 athletes in both male and female, the competition allusive to the 446 years of the city of Luanda was played in nine rounds (Swiss system), one round.

Fairly balanced there was only a two point difference between first and tenth place.

Classification of the first ten competitors

1° MF Sérgio Miguel -7, 5 points

2° IM David Silva - 7

3° Lutuima Amaro -7

4° Márcio Filipe - 6,5

5° MF Domingos Júnior - 6,5

6° Edivaldo Gama - 6

7° José Cambando - 6

8° MF Luzia Pires - 6

9th MI Esperança Caxita - 5,5

10th MI Erikson Soares - 5,5

 

Covid-19: Angola reports 378 recoveries, 19 new infections

 Luanda - Angola has reported, in the last 24 hours, 378 recovered patients, 19 new infections and 1 death.

According to the daily bulletin, 111 reside in Luanda, 57 in Cabinda, 46 in Zaire, 41 in Benguela, 39 in Malanje, 28 in Cunene, 21 in Kwanza Sul, 13 in Namibe, 12 in Bié and 10 in Lunda Norte.

 Among the new cases, of which 13 are male and six female patients, aged between 20 and 83, 11 were in Huila and eight in Luanda.

In the last 24 hours, 6,793 samples were processed by RT-PCR, with a positivity rate of 0.27 percent.

The death was registered in Huíla province.

Angola has a cumulative total of 98,076 confirmed cases, of which 1,533 are active, 1,895 have died and 94,628 have been recovered.

Of the active cases, 1 is in critical condition, 7 serious, 8 moderate, 24 light and 1,513 asymptomatic.

In treatment centres, 40 patients are hospitalised, while 17 are serving institutional quarantine and 1,513 in home isolation.