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Sunday, December 21, 2014

African Individual Chess Championships 2014 Open: THE FINAL ROUND!!


  The African Individual Chess Championships 2014 comes to a close today at the Safari Hotel, Windhoek in Namibia,  the Egyptians,the Zambians and the South Africans turned out to be the most dangerous in this tournament as predicted by Akinov from the start, the fight for first place is still very much open at the top of the ranking list , three players: namely IM Solomon Kenny 2380 (South Africa), IM Farahat Ali  2386 (Egypt) and GM Adly Ahmed 2591 (Egypt) are tied for the top spot on 6 points ,these three players are closely followed by  IM Jere Daniel 2370 (Zambia) and CM Simoes Joao 2232 (Angola) on 5.5 Points and four players on 5 Points namely  IM Cawdery Daniel 2430 (South Africa), FM  Wanyama Harold 2241 (Uganda), FM Kayonde Andrew2336  (Zambia) ,  IM Chumfwa Stanley 2356 (Zambia)
In ROUND 8 on the first two boards IM Farahat Ali (Egypt) Vs IM Jere Daniel (Zambia) and IM Cawdery Daniel(South Africa) Vs IM Solomon Kenny South Africa) both ended in a draw while the Egyptian Grand Master Adly Ahmed  defeated the impressive FM Wanyama Harold of Ugandaon board three, CM Fawole John Oyeyemi of Nigeria however lost to FM Kayonde Andrew of Zambia while CM Kigigha Bomo (Nigeria) defeated FM Degondo Simplice Armel of Ivory coast.
ROUND 9 is scheduled to hold few hours earlier today, at 11:00 AM Namibian time (10:AM Nigerian time)  IM Jere Daniel (Zambia) has got a very tough battle ahead of him as he clashes with GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt on board one,  IM Farahat Ali of Egypt on 6 points is the most favoured as he has got the relatively easiest opposition among the players on 6 points and i tip him to tie for first in this event, he is up against  Angolan Candidate Master CM Simoes Joao on board two , IM Solomon Kenny (South Africa) though with the white pieces is up against a tough Zambian opposition ,IM Chumfwa Stanley on the third board , The Ugandan FM Wanyama Harold still got a chance to take a shot at the International Master title but standing on his way is a highly rated IM Cawdery Daniel (2430) of South Africa .CM Kigigha Bomo (Nigeria) on 4.5 is paired  against  CM Abrantes Persson (1972) of Mazambique  while CM Fawole John Oyeyemi Nigeria former National Champion is up against Kenyan Former National champion CM Magana Ben , both players are on 4 points. the complete pairings list is posted below (source - chess-result.com)
In the Women Section WGM Wafa Shrook is on 6.5 going into the last round , half point ahead of WFM Tembo Epah (Zambia) and WIM Solomons Anzel (South Africa) respectively who are taking a shot at the WGM title Nigeria's WCM Rabiu Olabisi , the zone 4.2 champion is still in the race to finish as high as she could on the ranking list perhaps she could get a higher title out of this event.
 well lets put some fun into this last round predict the results on board 1-6  in the Open category and win compressed PGN games of Chess greats (containing more than one thousand games of each chess legends) all you need to do is drop your predictions in the comment box below. if you get 3 out of 6 correctly - you will be sent more than 1000 games played by Carlsen, Anand, Caruana, ETC

Pairings/Results

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

Bo.No.NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtgNo.
13
IMFarahat AliEGY2386½ - ½5IMJere DanielZAM2370
5
22
IMCawdery DanielRSA2430½ - ½IMSolomon KennyRSA2380
4
31
GMAdly AhmedEGY259151 - 05FMWanyama HaroldUGA2241
11
426
CMAbrantes PerssonMOZ19720 - 1CMSimoes JoaoANG2232
12
56
IMChumfwa StanleyZAM235641 - 04FMPhiri RichmondZAM2143
18
67
FMKayonde AndrewZAM233641 - 04CMFawole John OyeyemiNGR2214
13
710
IMVan Den Heever DonovanRSA22861 - 0FMKlaasen Calvin JongRSA2180
16
817
FMDegondo Simplice ArmelCIV217730 - 1CMKigigha BomoNGR2291
9
914
FMOlebile ThatoBOT22070 - 13IMAmeir MohebEGY2316
8
1022
CMMagana BenKEN206331 - 03Fumey Enyonam SewaTOG1780
29
1127
Anquandah Francis EricGHA1952½ - ½CMHandjaba McleanNAM2033
23
1225
Khoa GoodwillNAM19901 - 02CMHoareau BenjaminSEY1853
28
1330
Botsoe KoffiTOG15660 - 1Kamberipa WilliamNAM0
32
1424
Chimthere Alfred CharlesMAW200631bye


Pairings/Results

Round 9 on 2014/12/22 at 11:00

Bo.No.NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtgNo.
15
IMJere DanielZAM23706GMAdly AhmedEGY2591
1
212
CMSimoes JoaoANG22326IMFarahat AliEGY2386
3
34
IMSolomon KennyRSA238065IMChumfwa StanleyZAM2356
6
411
FMWanyama HaroldUGA224155IMCawdery DanielRSA2430
2
57
FMKayonde AndrewZAM23365IMVan Den Heever DonovanRSA2286
10
69
CMKigigha BomoNGR2291CMAbrantes PerssonMOZ1972
26
724
Chimthere Alfred CharlesMAW200644IMAmeir MohebEGY2316
8
813
CMFawole John OyeyemiNGR221444CMMagana BenKEN2063
22
918
FMPhiri RichmondZAM21434FMOlebile ThatoBOT2207
14
1029
Fumey Enyonam SewaTOG17803Khoa GoodwillNAM1990
25
1132
Kamberipa WilliamNAM03FMDegondo Simplice ArmelCIV2177
17
1223
CMHandjaba McleanNAM203332CMHoareau BenjaminSEY1853
28
1327
Anquandah Francis EricGHA19523Botsoe KoffiTOG1566
30
1416
FMKlaasen Calvin JongRSA21800bye

Pairings/Results

Round 9 on 2014/12/22 at 11:00


Bo.No.NameFEDRtgPts.ResultPts.NameFEDRtgNo.
112
WCMFisher Michelle MRSA1651WGMWafa ShrookEGY2061
1
29
Rosalina SoniaANG176956WIMSolomons AnzelRSA1858
4
36
WIMVilhete Vania Fausto Da T.MOZ181246WFMTembo EpahZAM1889
3
47
WCMMbatha ConstanceZAM18094WFMDu Toit SuneRSA1689
10
52
WIMFrick DeniseRSA191344Tjatindi KamutuuaNAM1431
16
615
Tjaronda NicolaNAM14874WCMRabiu OlabisiNGR1489
14
718
WCMEsse Akua KosifeTOG034Mentile LishenNAM1418
17
819
Eulentin JesseeSEY013WCMNepando JollyNAM1667

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Board2 0-1
Board3 1-0
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Board 6 1-0, haryord2@yahoo.com
Nigeria. If I win,send me an email to get my name.

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