African Individual Chess Championships (2014) gets volatile with 3 rounds to go

African Individual Chess Championships 2014 Open has gotten extremely competitive with so many twists and turns coupled with interesting upsets in every single round of the event , in round 6 CM Kigigha Bomo (Nigeria) with the white pieces  lost to IM Solomon Kenny (South Africa) on board three while CM Fawole John Oyeyemi(Nigeria) defeated a much higher rated IM Chumfwa Stanley (2356) of Zambia on board six. On board one FM Wanyama Harold (Uganda) who has been in top form lost with the black pieces to IM Farahat Ali (Egypt) who remained unbeaten and is now back to a one point lead on the top boards, IM Cawdery Daniel (South Africa)  won on board two against CM Simoes Joao (Angola)
 ROUND 7
With three rounds to go every match point is now very important especially the clash on top boards on board one The GM-elect , International master Solomon Kenny with 4.5 is up against the seemingly unstoppable Egyptian International Master  Farahat Ali who has opened a one point lead at the top of the ranking list but IM Solomon Kenny who defeated GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt  in round five is also in a very good form to make this round a very exciting one. On board two ,GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt who's two losses came from two South Africans meets yet another South African -  IM Cawdery Daniel in another top board clash, CM Fawole John Oyeyemi (Nigeria) is up against Uganda's FM Wanyama Harold on board three while CM Kigigha Bomo (Nigeria ) will be clashing with the strong Zambian International Master Jere Daniels , CM Magana Ben of Kenya who missed his first two rounds has climed up to board seven and he is up against IM Chumfwa Stanley of Zambia who has not measured up to his rating so far in the standing.
  In the women's Section, WIM Solomons Anzel  South Africa, WFM Du Toit Sune (South Africa) and WGM Wafa Shrook (Egypt) are ranked first to third respectively on the ranking list after WFM Tembo Epah of Zambia droped from number one spot to number four after her loss to  Wafa Shrook in round 6. WCM Rabiu Olabisi of Nigeria defeated a higher rated  WCM Nepando Jolly of Namibia. Find below the Pairings /Results for round 6 & 7 and the ranking list courtesy Chess-result.com

Pairings/Results

Round 6 on 2014/12/19 at 15:00

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

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		5½	IM	Farahat Ali	EGY	2386		3
2	2		IM	Cawdery Daniel	RSA	2430	4½		4	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2591		1
3	11		FM	Wanyama Harold	UGA	2241	4		4	CM	Fawole John Oyeyemi	NGR	2214		13
4	9		CM	Kigigha Bomo	NGR	2291	3½		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		3½	CM	Abrantes Persson	MOZ	1972		26
7	6		IM	Chumfwa Stanley	ZAM	2356	3		3	CM	Magana Ben	KEN	2063		22
8	8		IM	Ameir Moheb	EGY	2316	3		3	FM	Kayonde Andrew	ZAM	2336		7
9	18		FM	Phiri Richmond	ZAM	2143	3		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		2½		Anquandah Francis Eric	GHA	1952		27
12	23		CM	Handjaba Mclean	NAM	2033	2½		2		Chimthere Alfred Charles	MAW	2006		24
13	32			Kamberipa William	NAM	0	1½		1½		Khoa Goodwill	NAM	1990		25
14	28		CM	Hoareau Benjamin	SEY	1853	1½		1		Botsoe Koffi	TOG	1566		30
15	17		FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2177	2	0			bye