African Individual Chess Championships (2014): as the battle enters the penultimate round

 

The African Individual Chess championship round 8 lived up to expectation as the battle got extremely hot  and  perhaps too hot to handle for many chess warriors on the 64 squares.  IM Solomon Kenny (South Africa) defeated IM Farahat Ali (Egypt)  keep the top spot open as both players are now tied on 5.5 for the first spot on the ranking list but IM Solomon Kenny who now seem unstoppable with two rounds to go leads on tie break.
    GM Adly Ahmedof Egypt proved himself a dangerous threat to the top board contenders as he crushed  IM Cawdery Daniel of south Africa, FM Wanyama Harold of Uganda who has been very impressive in this tournament defeated CM Fawole John Oyeyemi of Nigeria in a hard - fought and keenly contested game.while CM Kigigha Bomo of Nigeria also lost to Zambia's  IM Jere Daniel  , The reigning Nigerian Champion has lost two games in a row , both with the white , a very rare occurrence in his chess career.
 IM Chumfwa Stanley , FM Kayonde Andrew and FM Phiri Richmond all of Zambia  all  defeated  CM Magana Ben (Kenya), IM Ameir Moheb (Egypt) and  Fumey Enyonam Sewa (Togo) to make it a perfect day for the Zambian representative.
   A quick glance at  ROUND 8 indicates this is going to be the most crucial encounter of the tournament as every result on the top board will dictate the intensiveness of the games in the final round. International Master (GM -Elect) Solomon Kenny is at the moment the favorite to win this tournament as he had played in previous rounds  all the  Contenders on top board who could pose real danger to his quest for the first position. FM Harold Wanayama of Uganda has got a difficult clash ahead of him as he squares up against the formidable Egyptian Grand master who i predicted could play the spoiler to some top contenders, the battle between  IM Jere Daniel of Zambia and IM Farahat Ali of Egypt on board one is definitely going to be a cracker as the Zambian who seems to have gotten back his mojo knows he now has a golden opportunity to to overtake one of his rivals to the top spot. Ladies and Gentle men........ Expect a very interesting round 8 !!

Pairings/Results

Round 7 on 2014/12/20 at 15:00

Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.
1	4		IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2380	4½	1 - 0	5½	IM	Farahat Ali	EGY	2386		3
2	2		IM	Cawdery Daniel	RSA	2430	4½	0 - 1	4	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2591		1
3	11		FM	Wanyama Harold	UGA	2241	4	1 - 0	4	CM	Fawole John Oyeyemi	NGR	2214		13
4	9		CM	Kigigha Bomo	NGR	2291	3½	0 - 1	4	IM	Jere Daniel	ZAM	2370		5
5	21			Mwale Joseph	MAW	2074	3½	- - +	3½	CM	Simoes Joao	ANG	2232		12
6	16		FM	Klaasen Calvin Jong	RSA	2180	3½	0 - 1	3½	CM	Abrantes Persson	MOZ	1972		26
7	6		IM	Chumfwa Stanley	ZAM	2356	3	1 - 0	3	CM	Magana Ben	KEN	2063		22
8	8		IM	Ameir Moheb	EGY	2316	3	0 - 1	3	FM	Kayonde Andrew	ZAM	2336		7
9	18		FM	Phiri Richmond	ZAM	2143	3	1 - 0	3		Fumey Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1780		29
10	10		IM	Van Den Heever Donovan	RSA	2286	2½	+ - -	2½	CM	Nyambalo Joseph Xavier	MAW	2082		20
11	14		FM	Olebile Thato	BOT	2207	2½	1 - 0	2½		Anquandah Francis Eric	GHA	1952		27
12	23		CM	Handjaba Mclean	NAM	2033	2½	0 - 1	2		Chimthere Alfred Charles	MAW	2006		24
13	32			Kamberipa William	NAM	0	1½	0 - 1	1½		Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1990		25
14	28		CM	Hoareau Benjamin	SEY	1853	1½	½ - ½	1		Botsoe Koffi	TOG	1566		30
15	17		FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2177	2	1			bye

Pairings/Results

Round 8 on 2014/12/21 at 15:00

Bo.	No.			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	FED	Rtg		No.
1	3		IM	Farahat Ali	EGY	2386	5½		5	IM	Jere Daniel	ZAM	2370		5
2	2		IM	Cawdery Daniel	RSA	2430	4½		5½	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2380		4
3	1		GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2591	5		5	FM	Wanyama Harold	UGA	2241		11
4	26		CM	Abrantes Persson	MOZ	1972	4½		4½	CM	Simoes Joao	ANG	2232		12
5	6		IM	Chumfwa Stanley	ZAM	2356	4		4	FM	Phiri Richmond	ZAM	2143		18
6	7		FM	Kayonde Andrew	ZAM	2336	4		4	CM	Fawole John Oyeyemi	NGR	2214		13
7	10		IM	Van Den Heever Donovan	RSA	2286	3½		3½	FM	Klaasen Calvin Jong	RSA	2180		16
8	17		FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2177	3		3½	CM	Kigigha Bomo	NGR	2291		9
9	14		FM	Olebile Thato	BOT	2207	3½		3	IM	Ameir Moheb	EGY	2316		8
10	22		CM	Magana Ben	KEN	2063	3		3		Fumey Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1780		29
11	27			Anquandah Francis Eric	GHA	1952	2½		2½	CM	Handjaba Mclean	NAM	2033		23
12	25			Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1990	2½		2	CM	Hoareau Benjamin	SEY	1853		28
13	30			Botsoe Koffi	TOG	1566	1½		1½		Kamberipa William	NAM	0		32
14	24			Chimthere Alfred Charles	MAW	2006	3	0			bye