Major upset as 2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships enters penultimate round (8)

 

 The  2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships holding in Togo took another dimension today in ROUND 7  open Category as The Nigerian National champion  CM KIGIGHA Bomo on board one lost to the Ivorian FIDE Master Degondo  in a knight endgame   , in spite of this shock defeat of the current Nigerian number one chess player, it was still generally a Nigerian affair as IM ADU Oladapo (Nigeria) defeated Daniel Anwuli (Nigeria) with the black pieces on board two,CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong(Nigeria) beat  ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel (Nigeria) , International Master Bunmi Olape (Nigeria) defeated the Ghanaian International Master  ANQUANDAH Francis Eric on board four,
International master Oladapo Adu's victory in round seven gave him the number one spot on  the Ranking list after seven games with 6/7 , CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong , CM KIGIGHA Bomo and FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel are second, third and fourth respectively  all with 5.5/7 but ranked based on tie break..
  Round 8 promises to be very interesting as it  could be a very crucial round for players on the top board  IM  ADU Oladapo(Nigeria) will be meeting  FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel (Ivory coast) who has defeated three Nigerians in this event,CM KIGIGHA Bomo (Nigeria) is paired against IM Bunmi Olape(Nigeria) on board two while CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong (Nigeria) is facing Daniel Anwuli (Nigeria) on board three , CM FAWOLE John Oyeyemi(Nigeria) is up against  IM ANQUANDAH Francis Eric (Ghana) ,

Results

Round 7 on 2015/03/19 at 18:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2145	4½	1 - 0	5½	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2287	1
2	21		ANWULI Daniel	0	4½	0 - 1	5	IM	ADU Oladapo	2199	4
3	7		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2165	4	0 - 1	4½	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	2285	2
4	10	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1956	4	0 - 1	4	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	2232	3
5	12		AMEKU Philip Elikem	1888	3½	½ - ½	3½	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	2199	5
6	14	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	1859	3	0 - 1	3		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2176	6
7	18		ADU JNR Lionel	0	3	0 - 1	3	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2074	9
8	28		TOURE Yves	0	3	1 - 0	3		EBONGUE Emile	1893	11
9	23		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	0	2½	1 - 0	3		OYAMA Ekok	0	27
10	13		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	1888	2½	0 - 1	2½		LWEBUGA Ronald	1782	15
11	16		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	1705	2	0 - 1	1½		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	0	20
12	19		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	0	2	1 - 0	1½		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	0	25
13	22		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	0	2	0 - 1	1		BOTSOE Koffi	1536	17
14	24		HUSHIE Carlton	0	1½	1 - 0	1		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	0	26

Pairings

Round 8 on 2015/03/20 at 18:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	4	IM	ADU Oladapo	2199	6		5½	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2145	8
2	1	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2287	5½		5	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	2232	3
3	2	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	2285	5½		4½		ANWULI Daniel	0	21
4	5	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	2199	4		4	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1956	10
5	9	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2074	4		4		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2176	6
6	12		AMEKU Philip Elikem	1888	4		4		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2165	7
7	15		LWEBUGA Ronald	1782	3½		4		TOURE Yves	0	28
8	11		EBONGUE Emile	1893	3		3½		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	0	23
9	19		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	0	3		3	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	1859	14
10	27		OYAMA Ekok	0	3		3		ADU JNR Lionel	0	18
11	13		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	1888	2½		2½		HUSHIE Carlton	0	24
12	20		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	0	2½		2		BOTSOE Koffi	1536	17
13	25		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	0	1½		2		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	0	22
14	26		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	0	1		2		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	1705	16

Rank after Round 7

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	IM	ADU Oladapo	NGR	2199	6.0	0.0	192.5	5
2	2	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	NGR	2285	5.5	0.0	199.0	5
3	1	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	NGR	2287	5.5	0.0	197.5	5
4	8	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	CIV	2145	5.5	0.0	187.5	5
5	3	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	NGR	2232	5.0	0.0	191.5	5
6	21		ANWULI Daniel	NGR	0	4.5	0.0	184.5	4
7	6		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	NGR	2176	4.0	0.0	190.5	3
8	7		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	NGR	2165	4.0	0.0	188.5	4
9	9	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	SLE	2074	4.0	0.0	181.5	4
10	10	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	GHA	1956	4.0	0.0	181.0	4
11	5	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	NGR	2199	4.0	0.0	178.0	3
12	12		AMEKU Philip Elikem	GHA	1888	4.0	0.0	172.5	3
13	28		TOURE Yves	TOG	0	4.0	0.0	172.0	3
14	23		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	TOG	0	3.5	0.0	173.0	3
15	15		LWEBUGA Ronald	SLE	1782	3.5	0.0	164.5	3
16	14	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1859	3.0	0.0	183.5	3
17	27		OYAMA Ekok	NGR	0	3.0	0.0	176.0	2
18	11		EBONGUE Emile	CMR	1893	3.0	0.0	164.5	3
19	18		ADU JNR Lionel	GHA	0	3.0	0.0	161.0	3
20	19		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	TOG	0	3.0	0.0	149.0	3
21	13		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	GHA	1888	2.5	0.0	167.0	2
22	20		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	TOG	0	2.5	0.0	158.5	2
23	24		HUSHIE Carlton	GHA	0	2.5	0.0	146.5	2
24	16		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	TOG	1705	2.0	0.0	163.0	2
25	17		BOTSOE Koffi	TOG	1536	2.0	0.0	154.0	2
26	22		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	TOG	0	2.0	0.0	147.5	2
27	25		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	CAR	0	1.5	0.0	139.0	1
28	26		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	TOG	0	1.0	0.0	138.5	1

Courtesy Chess-result server