Hey! Who wants to be a Chess millionaire? i guess that is the caption that should best describe the Lagos Millionaire Satellite Chess Festival 2015 , a FIDE rated Chess event taking place in Gbagada , Lagos state at the moment, The first 6 rounds of 9 of the event has been very competitive and this is only Logical taking a quick glance at the stakes involved ,the Overall winner will receive free entry,Flight, accommodation,and meal allowance to facilitate their participation in Millionaire Chess ,all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas U.S.A for the Main millionaire Open Event that will be held October 8- 12 , 2015 !!
The tournament entered its round 7 with very interesting games and highly unpredictable games on the top board CM Uwana Eugene popularly known as 'The wild one'who lost his first round game Manan Yoboue Hermann from Ivory Coast has shot himself back into the number one rank by winning five games in a row by defeating Cole Michael Christopher, Fabeyo Fredrick, Fajemirokun Abimbola, Osunfuyi Abimbola, and IM Olape respectively thereby throwing the top boards open as Uwana Eugene and IM Olape who are both on 5 points are the tournament leaders but are faced with some stiff opposition in the form of CM Adesina Adeyinka and CM Femi Balogun (winner of the 2015 C4 tournament) respectively both players are will be highly motivated to fight the top pointers as they are just half a point behind. following closely on board three Anwuli Daniel is squared against Obioma Onuoha with both players also on 4.5/6 and still very much in contention, Obioma Onuoha who is of the older generation of master chess players in Nigeria started the tournament with a four game winning steak before being halted by IM Olape in round 5, Daniel Anwuli on the other hand belongs to the young generation of Master chess players and is currently ranked second in the under 18 age Category on the African Continent making the board 3 old vs new school clash very difficult to predict. Oluwaseyitan Femi (4points) is up against Osunfuyi Abimbola (4 points) in another clash of Old vs new generation of Players. The top boards going into round 7 is very volatile and the players knows they can not afford any careless slip at this point, it is still very difficult to predict a likely first place winner as the players on top boards are all very capable of having a heroic last three rounds.
A number of players pulled out of this event due to its tough nature as they could no longer cope with the excruciating competitive heat of the tournament !! below is a table of the Ranking after 6 rounds and also the round 7 pairings courtesy Chess-result server.
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