41st Chess Olympiads, ROUND TEN PAIRINGS FOR NIGERIA

  Team Nigeria (male) who are now ranked first in their group at the 41st world chess Olympiads are facing an uphill task today in the penultimate round as they  have been paired against Albania , a team with an average rating of ELO 2427 as against Nigeria's average rating of 2206 , The coaching crew has however rested the seemingly out of form IM Bunmi Olape while giving Olympiads debutant and green horn Akinseye Abiola  a golden opportunity  to prove his worth. The team is in high spirit and are hoping to get something positive out of this very tough match as it is very crucial to Nigeria's position in Group D of the Event.

Bo.	107	Nigeria (NGR)	Rtg	-	63	Albania (ALB)	Rtg	0 : 0
35.1	CM	Kigigha, Bomo	2197	-	GM	Dervishi, Erald	2581
35.2	FM	Ajibowo, Olamide Patrick	2168	-	IM	Mehmeti, Dritan	2416
35.3	CM	Balogun, Oluwafemi	2187	-		Ashiku, Franc	2284
35.4		Akinseye, Abiola	2156	-	IM	Seitaj, Ilir	2382

The female Team is going to be doing battle with the FIJI National chess team and the Nigerians now fired up with two of the players Olabisi Rabiu and Mandy Tega-Soyoye bagging the women Candidate master (WCM)title and Sandra Aramude aiming towards the title as well as she needs a win against an equally yet to be FIDE rated Sewak Aarti, the Nigerian girls are likely going to give a good account of themselves 

Bo.	120	Nigeria (NGR)	Rtg	-	115	Fiji (FIJ)	Rtg	0 : 0
52.1	WFM	Olatunji, Oluwatobiloba	1860	-	WFM	Lyons, Kieran	1811
52.2		Coker, Omolabake	0	-	WCM	Sukhu, Gloria	1501
52.3		Rabiu, Olabisi	0	-	WFM	Vukikomoala, Hilda	1461
52.4		Aramude, Sandra	0	-		Sewak, Aarti	0