African Individual Tournament 2014 ROUND 2 update & Round 3 preview

*From right - left CM Kigigha, Cm Fawole Oyeyemi John and Akinov Akinseye*

The African individuals 2014 Chess tournament enters its round 3 today with the Nigerian players still in good position .
 In ROUND TWO   CM Kigigha Bomo of  Nigeria played a drawn game with FM Klaasen Calvin Jong of South Africa a vert tricky opponent whose ability can not be judged from his rating of 2180 as he defeated the Egyptian Grand Master  Adly Ahmed rated 2591 in round one so getting a draw with him is a fair result as the players are still warming themselves into the proper rhythm for the tournament.  CM Fawole John however lost a winning position to IM Jere Daniels of Zambia in a keenly contested battle. the Nigerian players are in a very good mood to battle till the very end in this tournament. According to CM Bomo on his Facebook wall    last night ' I'm in a good frame of mind going into this round... i just don't have to despise my opponent because he is not sleeping right
now...' I will love to get into winning spell... Just need to put a little bit of energy into play...yesterday my opponent was better of but decided to go for the three-fold....wouldn't get that from other opponents...'
CM Fawole John  said 'While discussing my game with my Ghanian friend, he said: "Rethink every new position like its a new puzzle so u don't blunder"- Philip Elikem Ameku '
  The ROUND THREE pairings are out and CM Bomo of Nigeria is facing another very tricky player FM Phiri Richmond of Zambia though a 2143 rated player he drew with  IM Cawdery Daniel(2430) of South Africa in round one and defeated  IM Ameir Moheb of Egypt in round two . CM Fawole John is up against  an unrated  Kamberipa William of Namibia and he is expected to win this encounter.
In The Female section , the sole representative from Nigeria WCM Rabiu Olabisi is having a slow start losing in  round one and two but it is believed that  the 2014 Zonal 4.4 Champion will get back to winning ways pretty soon and finish better than she started
Find below the pairings for Round three courtesy chess-results.com

Pairings/Results (Open section)

Round 3 on 2014/12/15 at 15:00

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

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