3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities · Samarkand, Uzbekistan · 11–17 September 2026
Zimbabwe
ZIM5 players over 7 rounds, a week before the 46th Olympiad opens in the same city.
The squad
Zimbabwe at the Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities
Zimbabwe
Seed 33 · average 1732Captain: Gora Tapiwa Allister
Qualified as Africa 3
| Bd | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIM Gora, Tapiwa Allister | 1911 |
| 2 | Machona, Tichaona | 1742 |
| 3 | Murove, Presence | 1650 |
| 4 | Shantel, Panashe Gweshe | 1624 |
| 5 | Mvududu, Tapiwa | unrated |
Board order is provisional until captains confirm it, and this page updates when it changes. Something wrong here? Tell us and we will fix it the same day.
What we provide
The analysis Zimbabwe receives, round by round.
All of it is built and running — the same engine that produced the worked example on the partner page, from the real game files of a previous Olympiad. Nothing here is a plan.
A full report after every round
Every board on its own: result, opening, how the evaluation moved through the game, the exact moves that turned it and what each cost, the clock, and the complete move list.
A dossier on the next opponents
Before each round, what every opponent has played at this event — their openings on both colours, their accuracy, their results, and whether they run short of time.
Opening preparation
What actually scores against the move an opponent opens with, measured over thousands of games between players of the same standard — with the sample size on every figure.
Each player across the event
Every round side by side: accuracy, opponent, clock, result — and what changed between the first half and the second. The answer to "is board 3 holding up?"
Per-player NCR profiles
A #myNCR profile for every player in the squad, with their rating history and their own reports — theirs to keep after the event.
A team book at the end
The whole event as one designed PDF: every round, every player, the openings played and the numbers behind them.
Who runs disabled chess in Zimbabwe
The federation
Zimbabwe Chess Federation
16th Floor, Joina City Mall, Corner Julius Nyerere/ Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe
- chesszimbabwe@gmail.com
- Phone
- +263 787 629 666 +263 772 421 432
- FIDE
- Directory entry
Office details as published in the FIDE member-federation directory. All 5 officials are named below, with their posts. Something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Are these details yours?
If you speak for Zimbabwe, this page is yours to correct and yours to use. Send us a named contact and we will dress it properly — at no cost.
Claim this pageWho holds which post
All 5 officials of Zimbabwe Chess Federation, in the order FIDE lists them — which puts the president first. Write to whoever the letter actually belongs with.
| Post | Name | Contact | FIDE |
|---|---|---|---|
| President/Delegate | Mapingire, Todd | mapingiret@gmail.com +263 772 421 432 | Profile of Mapingire, Todd on the FIDE rating site |
| Vice President | Shora, Elvis | shora.com@gmail.com | Profile of Shora, Elvis on the FIDE rating site |
| Treasurer | Mushangwe, Mukoti Mercy | mercy@vicfallssportsacademy.com | Profile of Mushangwe, Mukoti Mercy on the FIDE rating site |
| National Team Technical Director/Rating Officer | Kudakwashe Sibanda | kudakwashesibanda995@gmail.com | Profile of Kudakwashe Sibanda on the FIDE rating site |
| Executive Director | Gora, Tapiwa Allister | goratapiwa@gmail.com | Profile of Gora, Tapiwa Allister on the FIDE rating site |
Names, posts and contact details exactly as published in the FIDE member-federation directory — the entry for Zimbabwe Chess Federation. Where an official shows no direct line, FIDE publishes none; write to the office instead.
What's next?
If you speak for Zimbabwe, one short form puts the team on the partner list.