5TH PRESIDENT'S CUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FIDE RATED (Round 1-5)

 

The Fifth presidents Cup Chess championship  kicked off on the 1st of July 2015, the nine rounds, Swizz format tournament is organized by the Ghana chess federation in conjunction with Kasparov Chess foundation. The tournament is featuring a number of players from Nigeria, ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL (2152),  ERHABOR DAVID (2055),ODIASE OLUWASEUN (1877), OFOWINO TORITSEMUWA (1753), ARAMUDE SANDRA (1675),CRIM JOMA and AJAYI AYOKANMI, a number of players from the Ivory Coast are also in attendance FM Degondo Simplice (2139) , Manan Yoboue Hermann (2092)  and  Boua Remi, CM Fumey Enyonam Sewa is flying the Togolese flag at the event while International Master  Anqandah Francis Eric  tops the list of many players of the host nation Ghana.

    The tournament after five rounds of nine and with 4 rounds to go has been very interesting , tournament top seed, Ochuko Onovughe  and Manam Yoboue Hermann who shared the point in their round four clash are both on 4½ / 5  and leading the rest of the pack going into round six with one point ahead of their closest rivals. Nigerian female player, Ofowino Toritsemuwa  has been very outstanding in her games so far in the tournament with just one point behind the tournament leaders and having lost only one game out of five so far to CM Thompson Edward Nii Lamptey of Ghana in round 4, she is up against Joma Crim an unrated but relatively  strong Nigerian player who is set to join the ranks of FIDE rated players after this encounter. Aramude Sandra another Nigerian female player is also doing well at the event having 2½ /5 having defeated  a higher rated Odiase Oluwaseun in round two , however Odiase seems to have found his rhythm after the shock defeat and is on a 3 game winning streak going into round 6 with 3/5 points.  FM Degondo Simplice Armel of Ivory coast is now on 3/5 points despite forfeiting round two and   his shock defeat in round three to   a much lower rated opponent  Ghanaian Kpodo Evans Mawuko (1660 ). The race for the top spot is very hot with CM FUMEY ENYONAM SEWA CM Fumey Enyonam Sewa (2870) is squared against joint Onovughe Ochuko on board one while  Manam Yoboue Hermann is up against Anqandah Francis Eric on board two.  see below the pairings for Round 6 and also the Ranking list after five rounds. courtesy Chess-result.com

Pairings/Results

Round 6

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	9	CM	FUMEY ENYONAM SEWA	1870	3½		4½		ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL	2152	1
2	3		MANAN YOBOUE HERMANN	2092	4½		3½	IM	ANQUANDAH FRANCIS ERIC	1966	5
3	11		OFOWINO TORITSEMUWA	1753	3½		3½		CRIM JOMA	0	22
4	4		ERHABOR DAVID	2055	3		3½	CM	THOMPSON EDWARD NII LAMPTEY	1890	7
5	2	FM	DEGONDO SIMPLICE ARMEL	2136	3		3		AMEXO AMBROSE	0	18
6	19		ANHWERE BENARD	0	3		3		ODIASE OLUWASEUN	1877	8
7	21		BOUA REMI	0	3		3		KPODO EVANS MAWUKO	1660	13
8	24		KOUYA TYEOULOU BERNARDIN	0	3		2½		ARAMUDE SANDRA	1675	12
9	26		NKRUMAH SEKOU DR	0	2½		2½		OSOM DANIEL	0	27
10	23		GYAMFI KWAME ADUTWUM	0	2		2	CM	JAMENA JOSEPH MENSAH	1959	6
11	17		AJAYI AYOKANMI	0	2		2		AMEKU PHILIP ELIKEM	1852	10
12	15		ASHLEY CHRISTIANA NAA MERLEY	1414	2		2		AYIKU ANGELA NAA AMERLEY	0	20
13	16		AJAVON ANTHONY OBIENI	0	1½		1½		SOSU EDWARD	0	29
14	30		TANDOH CHARLES RAYMOND APPIAH	0	1		1½		MILLS-PAPPOE BENJAMIN ADOAYI	0	25
15	14		ALLOTEY DORCAS	1545	0		1		SENYEGAH PAUL	0	28
16	31		TETTEH MICHAEL	0	1	0			not paired

Rank after Round 5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	3		MANAN YOBOUE HERMANN	CIV	2092	4.5	16.5	2138
2	1		ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL	NGR	2152	4.5	15.5	2010
3	7	CM	THOMPSON EDWARD NII LAMPTEY	GHA	1890	3.5	16.0	1772
4	5	IM	ANQUANDAH FRANCIS ERIC	GHA	1966	3.5	14.5	1441
5	22		CRIM JOMA	NGR	0	3.5	14.0	1906
6	11		OFOWINO TORITSEMUWA	NGR	1753	3.5	12.5	1487
7	9	CM	FUMEY ENYONAM SEWA	TOG	1870	3.5	12.0	1660
8	13		KPODO EVANS MAWUKO	GHA	1660	3.0	14.0	2031
9	19		ANHWERE BENARD	GHA	0	3.0	13.5	1720
10	21		BOUA REMI	CIV	0	3.0	13.5	1711
11	24		KOUYA TYEOULOU BERNARDIN	TOG	0	3.0	13.0	1731
12	2	FM	DEGONDO SIMPLICE ARMEL	CIV	2136	3.0	13.0	1696
13	18		AMEXO AMBROSE	GHA	0	3.0	12.5	1797
14	4		ERHABOR DAVID	NGR	2055	3.0	12.0	1554
15	8		ODIASE OLUWASEUN	NGR	1877	3.0	9.5	1367
16	12		ARAMUDE SANDRA	NGR	1675	2.5	16.0	1526
17	27		OSOM DANIEL	GHA	0	2.5	13.0	1448
18	26		NKRUMAH SEKOU DR	GHA	0	2.5	11.5	1720
19	10		AMEKU PHILIP ELIKEM	GHA	1852	2.0	14.5	1449
20	6	CM	JAMENA JOSEPH MENSAH	GHA	1959	2.0	14.0	1306
21	17		AJAYI AYOKANMI	NGR	0	2.0	12.0	1221
22	23		GYAMFI KWAME ADUTWUM	GHA	0	2.0	10.5	1393
23	20		AYIKU ANGELA NAA AMERLEY	GHA	0	2.0	10.5	1349
24	15		ASHLEY CHRISTIANA NAA MERLEY	GHA	1414	2.0	8.5	1261
25	29		SOSU EDWARD	GHA	0	1.5	11.0	0
26	25		MILLS-PAPPOE BENJAMIN ADOAYI	GHA	0	1.5	10.5	1231
27	16		AJAVON ANTHONY OBIENI	GHA	0	1.5	10.0	1338
28	28		SENYEGAH PAUL	GHA	0	1.0	12.5	1583
29	31		TETTEH MICHAEL	GHA	0	1.0	12.0	0
30	30		TANDOH CHARLES RAYMOND APPIAH	GHA	0	1.0	7.5	1200
31	14		ALLOTEY DORCAS	GHA	1545	0.0	9.5	535

Expected New International Chess rating for Nigerian chess players

The World Governing body for chess will give Nigerian Chess players a big harvest of international rating in the next few days as a result of  the first two major chess tournament in the Country this year , namely C4 Tournament and The millionaire Chess event held in  the month of May and June respectively.
   According to the FIDE Official website , Nigeria is expecting more than 20 newly rated chess players getting there initial (first ) FIDE Chess rating top among the players is Oluwadurotimi Lapite who is expecting a first FIDE rating of  ELO 2238  a rating that will qualify him for  the Candidate Master (CM) title. The provisional list of the  players is as follows
EXPECTED FIDE RATINGS of newly rated Nigerian chess players
Rotimi Lapite - 2238 (7 Games) CANDIDATE MASTER**
Obioma Onuoha- 2165 (8 games)
Felix Omodunni 2155 (6 games)
Fajemirokun Abimbola - 2152 (12 games)
Dooterna Shaapera 2138 (7 games)
Tolulope Ogunwobi - 2135 (11 games)
David Obanuta - 2131 (7 games)
Ewi Yemi - 2110 - (6 games)
Jacdonmi Temisan 2096 (5 games)
Hezekiah, Robert 2086 (5 games)
Salawu Mutiu O, Mutiu. 2070 (5 games)
Ogbor Offoboche - 2058 (8 games)
Adegbayi Oluwadara 2023 (12 games)
Ositelu Oluwasiji - 2031 (10 games)
Agusto, Olaonikpekun 2026 (9 games)
Oluwaseun Odiase - 1877 (10 games)
Daramola, Dennis - 1913 (9 games)
ABDULLAHI MUSA 1956 (6 games)
Sulaiman Osunkoyaan.o.1802 (5 games)
Toritsemuwa Ofowino 1753 (9 games)
There are several players who have one or two FIDE rated games  to play in order to get a first (initial rating) Akagha Tochukwu, Amosun Akeen, Didimakon steve,Ogunlabi Ademola Philip and many more players.
 Nigerian chess is going to witness an ''explosion'' of NEWLY internationally rated players with more FIDE sanctioned players lined up for the remaining part of the year ,the commutative effect will definitely produce many more FIDE rated Chess players. Among the upcoming tournaments are National friends of Chess (NFOC) coming up in August, Nigerian Breweries PLC tournament 2015 and Lagos Classics coming up respectively in October, Obs's cup Benin City, NCF Presidents cup and other tournaments with which we could be talking about more than 50 newly rated chess players by the end of the year !! 

Among the already rated players  Balogun, Oluwafemi who won the C4 chess tournament and rated 2183 gained +50.6 ELO , Oragwu, Chukwunonso rated 2215 gained +39 ELO points, IM Bunmi Olaperated 2227 gained 19 points,  Eugene Uwanarated 2321  is expected to lose 20 rating points and will be overtaken into number two in the top rank by Bomo Kigigha.

LAGOS MILLIONAIRE SATELLITE CHESS FESTIVAL 2015

 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.

Pairings/Results

Round 7

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	CM	Unwana Eugene Ekpoikong	2321	5		4½	CM	Adesina Adeyinka	2174	8
2	5	CM	Balogun Oluwafemi	2186	4½		5	IM	Olape Bunmi	2227	3
3	6		Anwuli Daniel	2179	4½		4½		Obioma Onuoha	0	43
4	26		Oluwaseyitan Femi	2071	4		4		Osunfuyi Abimbola	2147	14
5	47		Ogunwobi Tolulope	0	4		4		Edet Udeme	2119	19
6	22		Omoifo Osemekhian I	2097	4		4		Dr Martin Odum	2042	28
7	4	CM	Edunwale Hakeem	2205	3½		4		Lapite Oluwadurotimi	0	42
8	25		Babalola Bayo	2074	3½		3½		Akinseye Abiola	2156	12
9	16		Ajele Rotimi	2139	3½		3½		Agusto Olaonipekun	0	34
10	17	FM	Ajibowo Olamide Patrick	2137	3½		3½		Ewi Yemi	0	39
11	40		Fajemirokun Abimbola	0	3½		3½		Onokpite Kennedy	2102	21
12	46		Ogbor Offoboche	0	3		3		Manan Yoboue Hermann	2045	27
13	29		Fabeyo Fredrick	2031	3		3		Odiase Oluwaseun	0	44
14	30		Okpo Uwe	1908	2½		2½		Eluekezie Chukwuwikeh	2177	7
15	13	FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	2147	2½		2½		Daramola Dennis	0	36
16	45		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	0	2½		2½		Osunkoya Sulaiman.o.	0	51
17	20		Oyeneyin Tajudeen	2103	2		2		Dooterna Shaapera	0	37
18	50		Ositelu Oluwasiji	0	2		2		Aramude Sandra	1641	32
19	38		Ekpo Edidiong Friday	0	2		1½		Ojikutu Samuel	0	48
20	35		Cole Michael Christopher	0	1½		0		Okubuarere Karebo	2171	11

Rank after Round 6

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	1	CM	Unwana Eugene Ekpoikong	NGR	2321	5.0	0.0
	3	IM	Olape Bunmi	NGR	2227	5.0	0.0
3	5	CM	Balogun Oluwafemi	NGR	2186	4.5	0.0
	6		Anwuli Daniel	NGR	2179	4.5	0.0
	8	CM	Adesina Adeyinka	NGR	2174	4.5	0.0
	43		Obioma Onuoha	NGR	0	4.5	0.0
7	14		Osunfuyi Abimbola	NGR	2147	4.0	0.0
	19		Edet Udeme	NGR	2119	4.0	0.0
	22		Omoifo Osemekhian I	USA	2097	4.0	0.0
	26		Oluwaseyitan Femi	NGR	2071	4.0	0.0
	28		Dr Martin Odum	NGR	2042	4.0	0.0
	42		Lapite Oluwadurotimi	NGR	0	4.0	0.0
	47		Ogunwobi Tolulope	NGR	0	4.0	0.0
14	4	CM	Edunwale Hakeem	NGR	2205	3.5	0.0
	12		Akinseye Abiola	NGR	2156	3.5	0.0
	16		Ajele Rotimi	NGR	2139	3.5	0.0
	17	FM	Ajibowo Olamide Patrick	NGR	2137	3.5	0.0
	21		Onokpite Kennedy	NGR	2102	3.5	0.0
	25		Babalola Bayo	NGR	2074	3.5	0.0
	34		Agusto Olaonipekun	NGR	0	3.5	0.0
	39		Ewi Yemi	NGR	0	3.5	0.0
	40		Fajemirokun Abimbola	NGR	0	3.5	0.0
23	2	IM	Adu Oladapo	NGR	2270	3.0	0.0
	9		Onovughe Ochuko Emmanuel	NGR	2174	3.0	0.0
	27		Manan Yoboue Hermann	CIV	2045	3.0	0.0
	29		Fabeyo Fredrick	NGR	2031	3.0	0.0
	44		Odiase Oluwaseun	NGR	0	3.0	0.0
	46		Ogbor Offoboche	NGR	0	3.0	0.0
29	7		Eluekezie Chukwuwikeh	NGR	2177	2.5	0.0
	13	FM	Degondo Simplice Armel	CIV	2147	2.5	0.0
	30		Okpo Uwe	NGR	1908	2.5	0.0
	36		Daramola Dennis	NGR	0	2.5	0.0
	45		Ofowino Toritsemuwa	NGR	0	2.5	0.0
	51		Osunkoya Sulaiman.o.	NGR	0	2.5	0.0
35	20		Oyeneyin Tajudeen	NGR	2103	2.0	0.0
	23		Oyama Ekok	NGR	2089	2.0	0.0
	32		Aramude Sandra	NGR	1641	2.0	0.0
	37		Dooterna Shaapera	NGR	0	2.0	0.0
	38		Ekpo Edidiong Friday	NGR	0	2.0	0.0
	49		Oluwadara Adegbayi	NGR	0	2.0	0.0
	50		Ositelu Oluwasiji	NGR	0	2.0	0.0
42	35		Cole Michael Christopher	NGR	0	1.5	0.0
	48		Ojikutu Samuel	NGR	0	1.5	0.0
	52		Salawu Mutiu.Omobolaji	NGR	0	1.5	0.0
45	10		Ajibola Olanrewaju	NGR	2172	1.0	0.0
	18		Caiafas Theophilus	NGR	2128	1.0	0.0
	33		. Abdullahi Musa	NGR	0	1.0	0.0
48	15		Onabogun Kolade	NGR	2142	0.5	0.0
	31		Efemuai Odafe	NGR	1692	0.5	0.0
	41		Ikuenomore Ayodeji Olumuyiwa	NGR	0	0.5	0.0
51	11		Okubuarere Karebo	NGR	2171	0.0	0.0
	24		Dennis Ogbogho	NGR	2077	0.0	0.0

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