Esperança Caxita

Esperanca Caxita
CountryAngola
Born1999 (age 25–26)
Cafunfo, Lunda Norte[1]
TitleWoman International Master (2014)
Peak rating1967 (October 2024)

Esperanca Caxita (born 1999) is an Angolan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master, which she earned in 2014.

Chess career

The daughter of a domestic worker, Caxita left her parents in Cafunfo to stay with her aunt in Luanda at age 9, and first started playing chess at age 11.[1]

She won the African Junior Chess Championship in 2013, 2014 and 2016, as well as the Madagascar zonal championship in 2018 and 2019.[2]

Caxita has represented Angola in multiple Chess Olympiads, the first in 2014 at the 41st Chess Olympiad, where she finished on 4/11 on board 1,[3] as well as the 42nd Chess Olympiad (6/10 on board 1), the 43rd Chess Olympiad (3/10 on board 1),[4] the 44th Chess Olympiad (5/10 on board 1),[5] and in the 45th Chess Olympiad finishing on 7/10 on board two.[6]

Caxita qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2025, where she was defeated by Bella Khotenashvili in the first round.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Somos! (29 July 2019). "Angola: Campeã de xadrez ambiciona ser Grande Mestre". Somos! (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. ^ "O xadrez é pouco valorizado em Angola". O Pais (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 41st Chess Olympiad 2014 Women". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Chess Olympiad 2018 Women". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Women". s3.chess-results.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024". s1.chess-results.com. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Results – FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 – Batumi, Georgia". Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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