Nigerian chess players shows total domination as they cruise into the FINAL round of 2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships in Togo !!

   

 Round 8 which is the penultimate round of the 2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships in Togo turned out to be the most crucial round for Nigerian chess plays on display at the event. International Master ADU Oladapo(Nigeria) defeated Fide Master DEGONDO Simplice Armel (Ivory Coast) in a dispute over the Neo Grunfeld defence on board one, CM KIGIGHA Bomo (Nigeria) dismissed  IM OLAPE Bunmi(Nigeria) in 16 moves on board two after tactical melee resulting from the English opening which the Nigerian chess Champion has perfected over the years and in what many termed as an upset CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong(Nigeria) with the white pieces lost to young talent ANWULI Daniel (Nigeria) in a very entertaining tactics filled game on board three, CM FAWOLE John Oyeyemi(Nigeria) defeated IM ANQUANDAH Francis Eric of Ghana on board four ,OSUNFUYI Abimbola (Nigeria) beat CM KAMARA Ansumana while  ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel and Oyama Ekok both won their games to conclude a round eight filled with Nigerian victories.
    Round nine is potentially an anti climax as   IM ADU Oladapo (Nigeria) who is on 7/8 points and is ranked number one is up against LWEBUGA Ronald of serria Leone , CM KIGIGHA Bomo (Nigeria) is up against  EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi of Togo on board three, CM UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong (Nigeria) is paired against FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel of Ivory coast who has been a dangerous opponent for Nigerian opponents.find below the Table of Pairings and results for round 8 and 9 .courtesy Chess-results server

2015 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships - Open

Pairing

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	1 - 0	5½	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2145	8
2	1	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2287	5½	1 - 0	5	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	2232	3
3	2	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	2285	5½	0 - 1	4½		ANWULI Daniel	0	21
4	5	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	2199	4	1 - 0	4	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1956	10
5	9	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2074	4	0 - 1	4		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2176	6
6	12		AMEKU Philip Elikem	1888	4	0 - 1	4		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2165	7
7	15		LWEBUGA Ronald	1782	3½	1 - 0	4		TOURE Yves	0	28
8	11		EBONGUE Emile	1893	3	0 - 1	3½		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	0	23
9	19		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	0	3	0 - 1	3	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	1859	14
10	27		OYAMA Ekok	0	3	1 - 0	3		ADU JNR Lionel	0	18
11	13		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	1888	2½	1 - 0	2½		HUSHIE Carlton	0	24
12	20		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	0	2½	0 - 1	2		BOTSOE Koffi	1536	17
13	25		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	0	1½	0 - 1	2		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	0	22
14	26		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	0	1	1 - 0	2		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	1705	16

Pairings

Round 9 on 2015/03/21 at 10:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	15		LWEBUGA Ronald	1782	4½		7	IM	ADU Oladapo	2199	4
2	23		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	0	4½		6½	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2287	1
3	8	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2145	5½		5½	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	2285	2
4	21		ANWULI Daniel	0	5½		4		AMEKU Philip Elikem	1888	12
5	3	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	2232	5		4	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2074	9
6	28		TOURE Yves	0	4		5	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	2199	5
7	10	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1956	4		5		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2165	7
8	6		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2176	5		3		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	0	19
9	22		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	0	3		4		OYAMA Ekok	0	27
10	24		HUSHIE Carlton	0	2½		4	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	1859	14
11	20		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	0	2½		3½		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	1888	13
12	17		BOTSOE Koffi	1536	3		3		ADU JNR Lionel	0	18
13	11		EBONGUE Emile	1893	3		2		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	0	26
14	16		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	1705	2		1½		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	0	25

Rank after Round 8

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	IM	ADU Oladapo	NGR	2199	7.0	0.0	296.0	6
2	1	CM	KIGIGHA Bomo	NGR	2287	6.5	0.0	295.0	6
3	2	CM	UNWANA Eugene Ekpoikong	NGR	2285	5.5	0.0	294.5	5
4	21		ANWULI Daniel	NGR	0	5.5	0.0	285.5	5
5	8	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	CIV	2145	5.5	0.0	280.0	5
6	3	IM	OLAPE Bunmi	NGR	2232	5.0	0.0	290.5	5
7	7		ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	NGR	2165	5.0	0.0	282.0	5
8	6		OSUNFUYI Abimbola	NGR	2176	5.0	0.0	279.5	4
9	5	CM	FAWOLE John Oyeyemi	NGR	2199	5.0	0.0	270.5	4
10	23		EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	TOG	0	4.5	0.0	265.5	4
11	15		LWEBUGA Ronald	SLE	1782	4.5	0.0	244.0	4
12	10	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	GHA	1956	4.0	0.0	269.5	4
13	14	CM	FUMEY Enyonam Sewa	TOG	1859	4.0	0.0	267.5	4
14	27		OYAMA Ekok	NGR	0	4.0	0.0	267.5	3
15	9	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	SLE	2074	4.0	0.0	261.5	4
16	12		AMEKU Philip Elikem	GHA	1888	4.0	0.0	255.5	3
17	28		TOURE Yves	TOG	0	4.0	0.0	252.5	3
18	13		SEKYERE Kwame Frimpong	GHA	1888	3.5	0.0	240.5	3
19	11		EBONGUE Emile	CMR	1893	3.0	0.0	239.5	3
20	18		ADU JNR Lionel	GHA	0	3.0	0.0	239.0	3
21	17		BOTSOE Koffi	TOG	1536	3.0	0.0	233.5	3
22	19		AJAVON Ayayi Jean Le Clair	TOG	0	3.0	0.0	226.0	3
23	22		ASSAGBA Kodjo Mawuli	TOG	0	3.0	0.0	225.0	3
24	20		AMEWOUNOU Komlan Kouessan	TOG	0	2.5	1.0	227.0	2
25	24		HUSHIE Carlton	GHA	0	2.5	0.0	221.5	2
26	26		NUMATSI Yawotsu Dzigba	TOG	0	2.0	1.0	215.0	2
27	16		KOUEVI Mawuvi Koue	TOG	1705	2.0	0.0	234.5	2
28	25		KOURAKOUMBA Désiré Florent	CAR	0	1.5	0.0	209.5	1

 FEMALE SECTION

In the Female section The Nigerian female national champion , COKER Omolabake continued in her winning ways while WCM RABIU Olabisi (Nigeria) defeated OFOWINO Toritsemuwa (Nigeria) in a crucial game which will determine which Nigerian lady comes second and third in a female section completely dominated by Nigeria . The Nigerian women are set to  Win the Ladies category taking the first, second and third position just like their male counterpart