Team Nigeria comprising of five female players and five male players are set to jet out tonight to the city of Tromso in Norway for the 41st edition of the World chess Olympiads which is the world's 4th largest event to be held from the 1st day of August to the 14th day of August 2014. Team Nigeria (chess) will be represented in both Open category and the female category of the event. The Nigerian contingent was selected after a rigorous selection process to select the very best players to represent the country at the biannual event tagged Chess Olympiads Tromso 2014. The Team Nigeria male chess team has a Team-starting rank of 103 out of a total of 179 countries represented in the Open category While the Female team is ranked 121 out of 137 teams in the female category.
Team composition for federation NGR
| 103. NGR (RtgAvg:2221, Captain:AGBONKHESE Peter Ojon) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | IM | OLAPE Bunmi | 2273 | NGR |
| 2 | CM | KIGIGHA Bomo | 2211 | NGR |
| 3 | CM | BALOGUN Oluwafemi | 2221 | NGR |
| 4 | AKINSEYE Abiola | 2179 | NGR | |
| 5 | FM | AJIBOWO Olamide Patrick | 2131 | NGR |
| 122. NGR (RtgAvg:1215, Captain:GANIYU-OPOLO Bidemi) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | WFM | OLATUNJI Oluwatobiloba | 1860 | NGR |
| 2 | RABIU Olabisi | 0 | NGR | |
| 3 | ENAREVBA Mandy | 0 | NGR | |
| 4 | COKER Omolabake | 0 | NGR | |
| 5 | ARAMUDE Sandra | 0 | NGR | |
Go team Nigeria, learnt they traveled to Norway already. this is like the chess world cup. wow
They are up to the task.
I admire this set of players. I expect an excellent result from Team Nigeria. Go NIGERIA
Watch out for Abiola Akinseye!!