Hoërskool Linden pupil Elishia Retief has consistently demonstrated her tactical abilities in the Ancients Wargames throughout the year.
The Roodepoort resident, has managed to win every single female title in South Africa since 2014, as well as the 2014 Female World Championship for Ancients Wargames title.
According to Colin Webster from Mind Sports South Africa, “Wargames is a game much like three dimensional chess wherein players use representations of historical armies to determine which player has the greater tactical abilities. Older players who did officer training would remember the game as a ‘TEWT’ (Tactical Exercise without Troops) and such training has been used by the military since 1820.”
Webster added, “It is no surprise to see Elishia once again, and rightfully so, take her place in the 2015 Protea Squad.”
At the 2015 World Championships held at the Lugogo Sun, Swaziland recently, Elishia ripped her opponents apart, Webster recounted.
”As she demolished her opponents, she further entrenched herself as the top female wargames player in the world in order to retain her title.”
Elishia has now won the title for two consecutive years.
