2016 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships Rounds 2,3 & 4 Updates/reports

The African zone 4.4 individual tournament entered its third day on the 30th of March 2016 , with explosive games in rounds two and three in the Open section, in round 2  FM Anwuli Daniel of Nigeria who is the top seed in the tournament had a very tough time against the calm Camerounian top rated player FM Ebosse Kingue Victor Patrick in a dispute over the Sicilian defence Najdof where Anwuli employed the sozin attack (a favourite of the American Bobby Fischer ) he was eventually able to pick the full point in a two Bishop and Rook Vs two rooks ending  on board one, Manan Yoboue Herman (2104 ELO) Of of Ivory coast with the white pieces defeated the 2363 rated Nigeria FM Bomo Kigigha in the biggest upset of the round FM Bomo employed the scandinavian defence (main line) but he was not able to solve his opening problems as the Ivorean was in his elements dishing out straight fforwards moves towards the enemy king in a very interesting tactical melee reminiscent of the great Tal, International master Dapo Adu (Nigeria) who employed the English opening as white could only get a draw on board three against the Ghanaian star player International Master  Anquadah Francis Eric in a game where the Nigerian IM had considerable material advantage in the ending but IM Anquadah who was very resourceful was able to find draw by perpetual checks on the king ,Odeh Kenneth (Nigeria) lost to CM  Balogun Olufemi who successfully used his pet line the ''pirc defence ''on board four  while 2184 FIDE rated Abimbola Osunfuyi (Nigeria) could only manage  to get a draw with CM Thompson Edward Nii Lamptey (Ghana)in a ruy lopez set up ,on another board female Nigerian player Ofowino Toritsemuwa with the white pieces defeated  Attah Elikem Kofi (Ghana) using a very interesting ''London set up" See the full table of round two results below (from Chess-results server) –

Pairings/Results Round 2 on 2016/03/30 at 10:00 Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 1 FM ANWULI Daniel 2365 1 1 - 0 1 FM EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick 2047 10 2 9 MANAN Yoboue Hermann 2104 1 1 - 0 1 FM KIGIGHA Bomo 2363 2 3 3 IM ADU Oladapo 2281 1 ½ - ½ 1 IM ANQUANDAH Francis Eric 1993 14 4 11 ODEH Kenneth 2031 1 0 - 1 1 CM BALOGUN Oluwafemi 2249 4 5 5 FM OSUNFUYI Abimbola 2184 1 ½ - ½ 1 CM THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey 1890 16 6 13 CM OYAMA Ekok 2000 1 0 - 1 1 FM ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel 2166 6 7 7 FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel 2140 1 1 - 0 1 SAAH Thomas 0 31 8 28 CHARLES Haji Kiadii 0 1 0 - 1 1 ERHABOR David 2104 8 9 24 AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley 1523 0 0 - 1 0 CM KAMARA Ansumana 2015 12 10 15 CM MENSAH Joseph Jamena 1980 0 1 - 0 0 ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku 1560 23 11 26 AKINLEYE Akinseye 0 0 0 - 1 0 ADU JNR Lionel 1877 17 12 18 CM EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi 1861 0 1 - 0 0 BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou 1370 25 13 30 NKUM Michael 0 0 0 - 1 0 EBONGUE Emile 1802 19 14 20 OFOWINO Toritsemuwa 1793 0 1 - 0 0 ATTAH Elikem Kofi 0 27 15 32 TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah 0 0 0 - 1 0 HUSHIE Carlton 1761 21 16 22 SOSU Edward 1729 0 ½ - ½ 0 JALLAH Jacob 0 29

In Round three which shows what seems to be a resolution by other  countries in the Zone 4.4 to strongly challenge and perhaps stop the dominance of Nigerian players in the zone ,top Ivoirian  FM Degondo  simplice Armel (2140)  stunned The Nigerian 2249 rated CM Balogun Femi on from the black side of the Kings Indian attack on Board two while his second  2104 shocked yet another Nigerian  FM Onovughe Ochuko Emmanuel on board three to send a very strong message   as  two Ivorian together with the highest rated FM Daniel Anwuli of Nigeria are the three players remaining on perfect score with 3 out of 3. See the full table of round three results below (from Chess-results server) ,

Pairings/Results

Round 3 on 2016/03/30 at 16:00

Bo.	No.			Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg		No.
1	8			ERHABOR David	2104	2	0 - 1	2	FM	ANWULI Daniel	2365		1
2	4		CM	BALOGUN Oluwafemi	2249	2	0 - 1	2	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2140		7
3	6		FM	ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2166	2	0 - 1	2		MANAN Yoboue Hermann	2104		9
4	16		CM	THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey	1890	1½	0 - 1	1½	IM	ADU Oladapo	2281		3
5	14		IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1993	1½	½ - ½	1½	FM	OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2184		5
6	2		FM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2363	1	1 - 0	1		OFOWINO Toritsemuwa	1793		20
7	10		FM	EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick	2047	1	1 - 0	1		CHARLES Haji Kiadii	0		28
8	17			ADU JNR Lionel	1877	1	0 - 1	1		ODEH Kenneth	2031		11
9	12		CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2015	1	½ - ½	1	CM	EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	1861		18
10	19			EBONGUE Emile	1802	1	1 - 0	1	CM	OYAMA Ekok	2000		13
11	21			HUSHIE Carlton	1761	1	1 - 0	1	CM	MENSAH Joseph Jamena	1980		15
12	31			SAAH Thomas	0	1	½ - ½	½		SOSU Edward	1729		22
13	29			JALLAH Jacob	0	½	1 - 0	0		AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley	1523		24
14	23			ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku	1560	0	0 - 1	0		NKUM Michael	0		30
15	25			BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou	1370	0	1 - 0	0		TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah	0		32
16	27			ATTAH Elikem Kofi	0	0	1 - 0	0		AKINLEYE Akinseye	0		26

 The tournament got more interesting and exciting as we had very interesting clashes in round 4. With Nigeria and tournament highest ranked  FM Anwuli Daniel   tackling the Ivoirian  Highest ranked point man  FM Degondo  simplice Armel  on board one , Daniel got the full point off the game while IM ADU Oladapo halted MANAN Yoboue Hermann winning streak by beating him with the black pieces,FM KIGIGHA Bomo  in a very long but controlled game dismissed FM EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick also from the black side  …………. See the full table of round four result below (from Chess-results server) –

Pairings/Results

Round 4 on 2016/03/31 at 16:00

Bo.	No.			Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg		No.
1	1		FM	ANWULI Daniel	2365	3	1 - 0	3	FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2140		7
2	9			MANAN Yoboue Hermann	2104	3	0 - 1	2½	IM	ADU Oladapo	2281		3
3	10		FM	EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick	2047	2	0 - 1	2	FM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2363		2
4	14		IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1993	2	0 - 1	2	CM	BALOGUN Oluwafemi	2249		4
5	5		FM	OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2184	2	1 - 0	2		EBONGUE Emile	1802		19
6	11			ODEH Kenneth	2031	2	½ - ½	2	FM	ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2166		6
7	21			HUSHIE Carlton	1761	2	0 - 1	2		ERHABOR David	2104		8
8	29			JALLAH Jacob	0	1½	½ - ½	1½	CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2015		12
9	18		CM	EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	1861	1½	1 - 0	1½		SAAH Thomas	0		31
10	13		CM	OYAMA Ekok	2000	1	1 - 0	1½	CM	THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey	1890		16
11	15		CM	MENSAH Joseph Jamena	1980	1	1 - 0	1		BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou	1370		25
12	28			CHARLES Haji Kiadii	0	1	0 - 1	1		ADU JNR Lionel	1877		17
13	20			OFOWINO Toritsemuwa	1793	1	1 - 0	1		NKUM Michael	0		30
14	22			SOSU Edward	1729	1	0 - 1	1		ATTAH Elikem Kofi	0		27
15	26			AKINLEYE Akinseye	0	0	1 - 0	0		ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku	1560		23
16	24			AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley	1523	0	0 - 1	0		TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah	0		32

Round five promises to be very explosive as  IM ADU Oladapo  (winner of the last edition and the Zone's representative at the last FIDE Chess world Cup) shall be seeking to stop Top seed and tournament favourite FM ANWULI Daniel who remains the only player at the event with a perfect score of 4 points out of a possible 4 , another interesting clash will be on board 2 between FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel (Ivory Coast) and  FM KIGIGHA Bomo (Nigeria) , Board 3 will see CM BALOGUN Oluwafemi facing MANAN Yoboue Hermann. See the full table of round five pairings below (from Chess-results server)

Pairings/Results Round 5 on 2016/04/01 at 16:00 Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 3 IM ADU Oladapo 2281 3½ 4 FM ANWULI Daniel 2365 1 2 7 FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel 2140 3 3 FM KIGIGHA Bomo 2363 2 3 4 CM BALOGUN Oluwafemi 2249 3 3 MANAN Yoboue Hermann 2104 9 4 8 ERHABOR David 2104 3 3 FM OSUNFUYI Abimbola 2184 5 5 6 FM ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel 2166 2½ 2½ CM EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi 1861 18 6 11 ODEH Kenneth 2031 2½ 2 FM EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick 2047 10 7 12 CM KAMARA Ansumana 2015 2 2 OFOWINO Toritsemuwa 1793 20 8 13 CM OYAMA Ekok 2000 2 2 HUSHIE Carlton 1761 21 9 19 EBONGUE Emile 1802 2 2 IM ANQUANDAH Francis Eric 1993 14 10 27 ATTAH Elikem Kofi 0 2 2 CM MENSAH Joseph Jamena 1980 15 11 17 ADU JNR Lionel 1877 2 2 JALLAH Jacob 0 29 12 16 CM THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey 1890 1½ 1½ SAAH Thomas 0 31 13 30 NKUM Michael 0 1 1 SOSU Edward 1729 22 14 25 BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou 1370 1 1 CHARLES Haji Kiadii 0 28 15 32 TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah 0 1 1 AKINLEYE Akinseye 0 26 16 23 ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku 1560 0 0 AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley 1523 24