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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]
| Robert Gwaze | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Zimbabwe |
| Born | January 1982 (age 42) Salisbury, Zimbabwe |
| Title | International Master (2001) |
| FIDE rating | 2428 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2454 (July 2012) |
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Chess | ||
| Representing Zimbabwe | ||
| All-Africa Games | ||
 | 2011 Maputo | Singles |
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]
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