African Individual chess Championship 2014 Round 4 Results & Round 5 Preview

   

The African Individual chess Championship entered its day five with Nigerian players still in the race  for glory at the tournament taking place in Namibia , though with 'mixed' results the Nigerian players are still within range of making the requirements for chess titles and even prize range with determination and a bit of luck.
   In round four- Open section , CM Fawole John Oyeyemi (Nigeria) lost to GM  Adly Ahmed of  Egypt while CM Kigigha Bomo (Nigeria) defeated FM Olebile Thato  of Botswana after a hard fought battle,  IM Farahat Ali of Egypt  beat FM Phiri Richmond on board one and now leads the second ranked IM Jere Daniel of Zambia with one point being the only player in the tournament with a perfect  4/4 score, FM Wanyama Harold  rated 2241 of Uganda appears to be in good form as he remained undefeated in four games as he drew with  IM Van Den Heever Donovan of South Africa to put himself on a 3/4, CM Magana Ben of Kenya who missed the first two games due to travel/ transit visa  issues beat  Chimthere Alfred Charles of Malawi and is now on 2/4,IM Jere Daniel of Zambia remains on top after a draw with highly rated  IM Cawdery Daniel of South Africa. In the Women's Section Nigeria's Rabiu Olabisi and winner of the Zone 4.4 tournament is back in winning ways as she got her second win in a row by defeating a higher rated  Gondwe Vitumbiko of Malawi,

 ROUND FIVE
 As the tournament gets to the high way point , it gets tougher for the men on top boards though it appears at present that IM Farahat Ali of Egypt is poised to win the tournament and hand Egypt yet another Grand master title , but with five rounds still to be played nothing is certain and the top spots are still very much open to the determined minds. in round five IM Farahat Ali  is paired against
South african International master Cawdery Daniel on board one ,FM  Wanyama Harold of Uganda is up against IM Jere of Zambia while the South African GM-elect , IM Solomon Kenny is on a collision course against GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt. CM Kigigha Bomo of Nigeria is paired against IM Van Den Heever Donovan of South Africa on board 5 while CM Fawole John Oyeyemi (Nigeria) is paired against CM Handjaba Mclean of Namibia. The table of Pairings/results is posted below  Courtesy Chess-results server.

Results

Round 4 on 2014/12/16 at 15:00

Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.
1	3		IM	Farahat Ali	EGY	2386	3	1 - 0	2½	FM	Phiri Richmond	ZAM	2143		18
2	5		IM	Jere Daniel	ZAM	2370	2½	½ - ½	2½	IM	Cawdery Daniel	RSA	2430		2
3	11		FM	Wanyama Harold	UGA	2241	2½	½ - ½	2	IM	Van Den Heever Donovan	RSA	2286		10
4	1		GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2591	2	1 - 0	2	CM	Fawole John Oyeyemi	NGR	2214		13
5	12		CM	Simoes Joao	ANG	2232	2	½ - ½	2	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2380		4
6	9		CM	Kigigha Bomo	NGR	2291	1½	1 - 0	2	FM	Olebile Thato	BOT	2207		14
7	21			Mwale Joseph	MAW	2074	1½	0 - 1	1½	FM	Klaasen Calvin Jong	RSA	2180		16
8	26		CM	Abrantes Persson	MOZ	1972	1½	½ - ½	1½	CM	Nyambalo Joseph Xavier	MAW	2082		20
9	7		FM	Kayonde Andrew	ZAM	2336	1½	1 - 0	1	FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2177		17
10	29			Fumey Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1780	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Chumfwa Stanley	ZAM	2356		6
11	32			Kamberipa William	NAM	0	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Ameir Moheb	EGY	2316		8
12	22		CM	Magana Ben	KEN	2063	1	1 - 0	1		Chimthere Alfred Charles	MAW	2006		24
13	23		CM	Handjaba Mclean	NAM	2033	1	1 - 0	1		Botsoe Koffi	TOG	1566		30
14	25			Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1990	0	½ - ½	0		Anquandah Francis Eric	GHA	1952		27
15	28		CM	Hoareau Benjamin	SEY	1853	0	1			bye

Pairings/Results

Round 5 on 2014/12/17 at 15:00

Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.
1	2		IM	Cawdery Daniel	RSA	2430	3		4	IM	Farahat Ali	EGY	2386		3
2	11		FM	Wanyama Harold	UGA	2241	3		3	IM	Jere Daniel	ZAM	2370		5
3	4		IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2380	2½		3	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2591		1
4	16		FM	Klaasen Calvin Jong	RSA	2180	2½		2½	FM	Kayonde Andrew	ZAM	2336		7
5	10		IM	Van Den Heever Donovan	RSA	2286	2½		2½	CM	Kigigha Bomo	NGR	2291		9
6	18		FM	Phiri Richmond	ZAM	2143	2½		2½	CM	Simoes Joao	ANG	2232		12
7	6		IM	Chumfwa Stanley	ZAM	2356	2		2	CM	Nyambalo Joseph Xavier	MAW	2082		20
8	8		IM	Ameir Moheb	EGY	2316	2		2	CM	Magana Ben	KEN	2063		22
9	13		CM	Fawole John Oyeyemi	NGR	2214	2		2	CM	Handjaba Mclean	NAM	2033		23
10	14		FM	Olebile Thato	BOT	2207	2		2	CM	Abrantes Persson	MOZ	1972		26
11	24			Chimthere Alfred Charles	MAW	2006	1		1½		Mwale Joseph	MAW	2074		21
12	28		CM	Hoareau Benjamin	SEY	1853	1		1		Kamberipa William	NAM	0		32
13	30			Botsoe Koffi	TOG	1566	1		1		Fumey Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1780		29
14	17		FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2177	1		½		Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1990		25
15	27			Anquandah Francis Eric	GHA	1952	½	0			bye