Esperanca Caxita | |
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| Country | Angola |
| Born | 1999 (age 25–26) Cafunfo, Lunda Norte [1] |
| Title | Woman International Master (2014) |
| Peak rating | 1967 (October 2024) |
Esperanca Caxita (born 1999) is an Angolan chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master, which she earned in 2014.
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]