2016 Zone 4.4 Individual Chess Championships - Round 4 & 5 updates

                                   FM Degondo Vs CM Femi Balogun
The Tournament has entered its crucial stages where the men are being separated from the boys,in round four FM  ANWULI Daniel defeated FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel who opted for the Berlin variation of the Spanish game (Ruy Lopez), on board two IM Oladapo adu (Nigeria ) with the black pieces adopted a side line of the sicilian defence as he defeated MANAN Yoboue Hermann (Ivory coast) in a Knight and rook ending, board three saw FM KIGIGHA Bomo using playing the Queen b6 variation of the Sicilian defence against FM EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick of Cameroon , it was indeed a long game as it took FM Bomo 83 moves before he could ensured that his one pawn advantage proved decisive as he took the full point off the game.on board four the legendary Ghanaian  International Master ANQUANDAH Francis Eric lost to CM BALOGUN Oluwafemi(Nigeria) who made use of the Pirc defence and won in a rook and pawn ending . See the full table of round four results 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

 In round five the top boards in particular witnessed very instructive games from the top players of various countries in the zone trying to move up the ranking ladder. it is pertinent to note that all the games in round five were decisive as there were no draws , this is an indication that this is event is getting more competitive and every one is ready for glory from the lowest board to the highest . A very determined International Master Oladapo Adu defeated fellow Nigerian and tournament top seed and favourite FM Daniel Anwuli on board one in a very tensed encounter , Adu the winner of the last edition carried out his assault in a queen side raid putting pressure on the B and C file . On board two it was another interesting encounter as FM KIGIGHA Bomo (Nigeria) using the black pieces  was able to beat FM DEGONDO Simplice Armel (Ivory Coast) it was a sweet victory for the Nigerian who was happy to avenge his defeat in the hands of the Ivorean in the last edition in Togo (2015), CM BALOGUN Oluwafemi(Nigeria)  using the Kings Indian attack had a long battle with the MANAN Yoboue Hermann (Ivory coast) on board three , he was however able to claim the full point in a Bishop and Knight Vs Rook ending where it was a matter of technique to convert the win. Board four witnessed a battle for supremacy between the old and the new school ,Mr  ERHABOR David representing the old school lost in a very tough contest against FM OSUNFUYI Abimbola , the biggest upset of the round took place on board seven where ELO 1793 Nigerian female chess player OFOWINO Toritsemuwa with the black pieces defeated CM KAMARA Ansumana (ELO 2015) in a very interesting display of chess intelligence sending a signal that female chess in the zone must be encouraged and taken more seriously. See the full table of round five results 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	1 - 0	4	FM	ANWULI Daniel	2365		1
2	7		FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	2140	3	0 - 1	3	FM	KIGIGHA Bomo	2363		2
3	4		CM	BALOGUN Oluwafemi	2249	3	1 - 0	3		MANAN Yoboue Hermann	2104		9
4	8			ERHABOR David	2104	3	0 - 1	3	FM	OSUNFUYI Abimbola	2184		5
5	6		FM	ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	2166	2½	1 - 0	2½	CM	EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	1861		18
6	11			ODEH Kenneth	2031	2½	0 - 1	2	FM	EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick	2047		10
7	12		CM	KAMARA Ansumana	2015	2	0 - 1	2		OFOWINO Toritsemuwa	1793		20
8	13		CM	OYAMA Ekok	2000	2	1 - 0	2		HUSHIE Carlton	1761		21
9	19			EBONGUE Emile	1802	2	0 - 1	2	IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	1993		14
10	27			ATTAH Elikem Kofi	0	2	0 - 1	2	CM	MENSAH Joseph Jamena	1980		15
11	17			ADU JNR Lionel	1877	2	1 - 0	2		JALLAH Jacob	0		29
12	16		CM	THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey	1890	1½	1 - 0	1½		SAAH Thomas	0		31
13	30			NKUM Michael	0	1	0 - 1	1		SOSU Edward	1729		22
14	25			BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou	1370	1	0 - 1	1		CHARLES Haji Kiadii	0		28
15	32			TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah	0	1	0 - 1	1		AKINLEYE Akinseye	0		26
16	23			ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku	1560	0	1 - 0	0		AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley	1523		24

Rank after Round 5

Rk.	SNo			Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	n	K	rtg+/-
1	3		IM	ADU Oladapo	NGR	2281	4,5	0,0	8,5	3,0	2397	5	20	14,4
2	1		FM	ANWULI Daniel	NGR	2365	4,0	0,0	9,0	2,0	2330	5	20	-0,2
	2		FM	KIGIGHA Bomo	NGR	2363	4,0	0,0	9,0	2,0	2229	5	20	-6,2
	4		CM	BALOGUN Oluwafemi	NGR	2249	4,0	0,0	9,0	2,0	2252	5	20	3,0
5	5		FM	OSUNFUYI Abimbola	NGR	2184	4,0	0,0	7,5	2,0	2150	5	20	-0,8
6	6		FM	ONOVUGHE Ochuko Emmanuel	NGR	2166	3,5	0,0	8,0	1,0	2094	5	20	-5,4
7	9			MANAN Yoboue Hermann	CIV	2104	3,0	0,0	11,5	2,0	2158	5	20	18,2
8	14		IM	ANQUANDAH Francis Eric	GHA	1993	3,0	0,0	10,0	1,0	1975	4	20	13,0
9	7		FM	DEGONDO Simplice Armel	CIV	2140	3,0	0,0	9,5	2,0	1979	4	20	5,8
10	10		FM	EBOSSE Kingue Victor Patrick	CMR	2047	3,0	0,0	8,5	1,0	1824	3	40	8,8
11	8			ERHABOR David	NGR	2104	3,0	0,0	8,0	2,0	1839	4	20	-7,4
12	20			OFOWINO Toritsemuwa	NGR	1793	3,0	0,0	8,0	1,0	1797	3	40	24,8
13	17			ADU JNR Lionel	GHA	1877	3,0	0,0	6,5	2,0	1551	2	40	-14,8
14	13		CM	OYAMA Ekok	NGR	2000	3,0	0,0	6,5	1,0	1796	4	40	-19,6
15	15		CM	MENSAH Joseph Jamena	GHA	1980	3,0	0,0	4,5	1,0	1410	3	20	-12,4
16	11			ODEH Kenneth	NGR	2031	2,5	0,0	9,5	2,0	1868	4	20	-4,6
17	16		CM	THOMPSON Edward Nii Lamptey	GHA	1890	2,5	0,0	8,5	0,0	1693	3	20	-1,8
18	18		CM	EPHOEVI-GA Adama Mawulikplimi	TOG	1861	2,5	0,0	7,0	0,0	1783	4	40	2,8
19	19			EBONGUE Emile	CMR	1802	2,0	0,0	10,0	1,0	1820	4	40	13,6
20	21			HUSHIE Carlton	GHA	1761	2,0	0,0	9,0	1,0	1782	4	40	15,2
21	28			CHARLES Haji Kiadii	LBR	0	2,0	0,0	8,0	2,0	1811	5
22	27			ATTAH Elikem Kofi	GHA	0	2,0	0,0	7,5	1,0	1635	4
23	29			JALLAH Jacob	LBR	0	2,0	0,0	7,0	0,0	1757	5
24	12		CM	KAMARA Ansumana	SLE	2015	2,0	0,0	6,5	1,0	1363	3	40	-36,4
25	26			AKINLEYE Akinseye	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	6,0	1,0	1425	3
26	22			SOSU Edward	GHA	1729	2,0	0,0	5,5	1,0	1161	1	40	-3,2
27	31			SAAH Thomas	LBR	0	1,5	0,0	8,0	0,0	1771	5
28	25			BODJONA Abalou Bitchareou	TOG	1370	1,0	0,0	7,5	0,0	1349	3	40	-9,6
29	30			NKUM Michael	GHA	0	1,0	0,0	7,0	1,0	1535	5
30	23			ARKO-DADZIE George Kweku	GHA	1560	1,0	0,0	6,0	0,0	1289	3	20	5,8
31	32			TANDOH Charles Raymond Appiah	GHA	0	1,0	0,0	5,0	1,0	1269	4
32	24			AYIKU Angela Naa Amerley	GHA	1523	0,0	0,0	5,0	0,0	736	3	40	-24,4