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UGANDA BEATS KENYA IN CHESS MATCH PDF 

Uganda's National Chess team beat Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) from Kenya by a total of 9 to 7 after four grueling rounds played at Hotel Africana on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 May 2013. The win meant that Uganda retains the Migingo Cup won last year in Nairobi.

NCC comprised of Kenya's Olympians and National team players Peter Gilruth, Ben Magana, Hinga Githinji and Akello Atwoli while Uganda had FM Harold Wanyama, CM Bob Bibasa, Grace Nsubuga and Haruna Nsubuga.

At the end of the day, the scores in the four rounds were 3-1 for Kenya in the first round, 2-2 in the second, 2-2 in the third and 4-0 for Uganda in the final round to make an aggregate score of 9 -7.

In the first round, Ugandans were stunned with Haruna Nsubuga losing early to Atwoli after falling for a Gambit and totally being outplayed in the opening. Wanyama too crumpled at the hands of Gilruth after a good fight and Grace Nsubuga had a solid position against Magana but totally mishandled his time to lose too. Bibasa was the Ugandan hero in the round, rescuing the solitary point for his team against Githinji in a long game.

Action continued in the second round and Wanyama missed a crucial tactic to crumple at the hands of Magana. Haruna Nsubuga went a Pawn down a gaisnt Githinji and it made the difference.
Bibasa grinded out a hard fought win against Atwoli before Nsubuga Grace equalised the score with a crucial win against Gilruth in an interesting game that lasted hours.

The Kenyan got an exchange to end up with a Rook and Bishop against a Bishop pair in what previously seemed like a drawn ending. Gilruth tried so hard to eke out a win and indeed he got the advantage with a Passed Pawn before tiring to lose a Rook 'enprise' in time trouble with both players having less than a minute left on the clock.

With a 2-2 score and Uganda having lost 1-3 in the first round the tally stood at 5-3 in favour of Kenya.

Nsubuga's crucial win against Gilruth had reduced the deficit and set up an interesting third round in which the Ugandans were itching to get back at their tormentors.

They however didn't find willing accomplices as the Kenyans were equally determined to safeguard their national pride and put up a gallant show to register yet another 2-2 draw in the third round. Wanyama registered a quick win against Githinji before Gilruth squared it up after attacking and dismantling Bibasa's Dutch defence.

Grace Nsubuga engaged Atwoli in a Cat and Mouse Rook Pawn ending before the two settled for a draw. Grace had a more advanced Pawn against Atwoli's two but this couldnt count with exposed Kings and Rooks lurking on either side.

The game of the round was perhaps the hard fought draw that Haruna curled out against Magana in what appeared to be a won position for White. Haruna started the game badly and was almost caught napping in the opening with an offside Knight on the h file and delayed development which gave Magana a lot of play that culminated into a Rook and Pawn ending with Magana having two Pawns against one. Haruna made up for his slow start by excellently playing the ending to drag his flank Pawn to the seventh rank. The Queening threat forced Magana into perpetual checks leading to yet another 2-2 draw.

The second successive draw in the third round set up a titanic finale with Team Uganda having to win by a margin of 3.5-0.5 or atleast 3-1 to draw the match and set up a tie break play off. Instead, the Ugandans made it 4-0.

Wanyama set the pace for his teammates. He went into his fourth and last game against Atwoli with all guns blazing and he deployed a Carokan that culminated into some early tactical exchanges which led to Atwoli's loss of Queen for two minor pieces. After that the execution was simple. Bibasa followed cue by slowly grinding out a win against Magana before Grace Nsubuga forced Githinji into submission in an ending in which both sides had a Bishop pair and Pawns. The positional structure on the board suited Nsubuga's style which made him a legend during his hey days in the early 90s. Haruna Nsubuga was meanwhile busy redeeming himself from a shaky start by beating Gilruth in a game that could have gone either way.

 
UGANDA VS NAIROBI CHESS CLUB GAME SET FOR AFRICANA
The return leg of the Uganda National Chess team against star studded Nairobi Chess Club is scheduled to be held on Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 May 2013 at Hotel Africana starting at 9:00 am.
Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) players have already confirmed they will arrive in Kampala on Friday 17th May 2013 ahead of the showdown with the Ugandan team dubbed "battle for Migingo". The NCC team will comprise of Kenya's National Chess team players Peter Gilruth, Ben Magana, Atwoli Akello and Hinga Githinji, who is also the current Chairman of the Kenya Chess Association.
Uganda's four man team will be led by FM Harold Wanyama and will also comprise of CM Bob Bibasa, veteran Olympian Grace Nsubuga and fast rising Haruna Nsubuga. All the four players on either side will play against each other in four rounds based on the Scheveningen System (with two rounds per day) as per pairing bellow:
UGANDA CHESS TEAM VS NAIROBI CHESS CLUB
“Migingo Cup”
Venue: Hotel Africana, Kampala Uganda.
1 The Teams
Uganda
Board 1: FM Harold Wanyama - Captain
Board 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Board 3: CM Bob Bibasa
Board 4: Haruna Nsubuga
Reserve: ….........................
Nairobi Chess Club
Board 1: Peter Gilruth - Captain
Board 2: Ben Magana
Board 3: Hinga Githingi
Board 4: Akello Atwoli
Reserve: ….........................
2 Schedule of Rounds and Board Pairings
The pairing system shall be the Scheveningen System. The pairings and schedule are as
shown below:
Round 1
Date 18th May 2013
Time 9:00 am
Table 1: FM Harold Wanyama vs Peter Gilruth
Table 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel vs Ben Magana
Table 3: Hinga Githingi vs CM Bob Bibasa
Table 4: Akello Atwoli vs Haruna Nsubuga
Round 2
Date 18th May 2013
Time 15:00 pm
Table 1: Ben Magana vs FM Harold Wanyama
Table 2: Peter Gilruth vs Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Table 3: CM Bob Bibasa vs Akello Atwoli
Table 4: Haruna Nsubuga vs Hinga Githingi
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Round 3
Date 19th May 2013
Time 9:00 am
Table 1: FM Harold Wanyama vs Hinga Githingi
Table 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel vs Akello Atwoli
Table 3: Peter Gilruth vs CM Bob Bibasa
Table 4: Ben Magana vs Haruna Nsubuga
Round 4
Date 19th May 2013
Time 15:00 pm
Table 1: Akello Atwoli vs FM Harold Wanyama
Table 2: Hinga Githingi vs Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Table 3: CM Bob Bibasa vs Ben Magana
Table 4: Haruna Nsubuga vs Peter Gilruth

4 Tie Break
There shall be a tie-break, if the score of each team is 8 points after all round have been
played. The tiebreak match shall also be played using the Scheveningen Pairing system as
in 3) above. The tie break shall be in form of blitz match.
5 Time Control
1. The time control of the match shall be 1 hour 30 minutes for the first 40 moves, plus 30
minutes for the rest of the game and a 30 second increment per move for the entire game.
2. The time control for the tie break match shall be of 3 minutes plus 2 second increments per
move.
Uganda won the first leg which was hosted and fully sponsored by NCC in Nairobi last year. The NCC team will be accomodated at Jevine Hotel in Rubaga next to Pope Paul Memorial Hotel.
Relatedly, the National Chess League continues this weekend at Hotel Africana on Sunday 19th May 2013 with leaders and defending champions DMARK itching to extend their lead. League games will be played concurrently with the third and fourth rounds of the UG versus NCC match in the same Katonga Hall at Hotel Africana.

Leaders DMARK will be deprived of the services of Wanyama who will be on national duty and so will Mulago Kings who will miss Grace Nsubuga as well.

 
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 PDF 

Final Standings - Men
Final Standings - Ladies
Post Championship Blitz

FM Elijah Emojong is the 2013 National Chess Champion. He attained this feat after tying with fellow Olympian Patrick Kawuma at 9.5 points out of 11 but beating the later with a better Sonneborn-Berger tie break of 48.5 to 43.5 in games played at Pope Paul Memorial Hotel climaxing on Sunday 28 April 2013.

Emojong set an early pace in the event that started three weeks ago, going into the final three rounds with half a point ahead of Kawuma before the later assumed the lead with a win against Aaron Kanaabi in the tenth round as Emojong fell at the hands of unrated Rajab Kamoga in a very interesting duel that set up a titanic final in the 11th and last round. Kamoga shocked Emojong with a double Rook sacrifice that paid off after a series of tactical exchanges that culminated into a Knight and Bishop mate.
In the last round, Kawuma only needed a win to snatch the title but could only draw against fellow Olympian Harold Wanyama, a result that ultimately handed the title to Emojong who beat Grace Nsubuga to wrap up a splendid performance in the event in which he won nine games, drew one and lost one.
The Championship was held in a round robin format for the top 12 players in the country. To win the title, Emojong beat Patrick Kawuma, Haruna Nsubuga, Raphael Buti, Aaron Kanaabi, Shadrack Kantinti, Daniel Baagadde, Grace Nsubuga, Jordan Teeba and Fred Washaba. He drew with Wanyama and lost to Kamoga.
Kawuma, who put in an equally impressive performance with 9 wins, a draw and one loss was just unlucky to finish second. In third position was another very impressive and fast rising youngster in Haruna Nsubuga with 8.5 points.
Unrated Raphael Buti also surprised many with calm and collected performances that saw him take clear fourth position with 7.5 points, half a point ahead of fifth placed Olympian Harold Wanyama. There was a big gulf between the top 5 and the rest of the pack as three points separated the fifth from the sixth as evidenced from the standings below:

Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk.

Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pts.
TB1
1
FM
Emojong Elijah
2211
UGA
*
1
1
1
½
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
9.5
48.50
2
CM
Kawuma Patrick
2245
UGA
0
*
1
1
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
9.5
43.50
3

Nsubuga Haruna
2112
UGA
0
0
*
½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8.5
34.75
4

Buti Raphael
0
UGA
0
0
½
*
1
1
½
1
1
½
1
1
7.5
31.25
5
FM
Wanyama Harold
2219
UGA
½
½
0
0
*
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
7.0
29.50
6

Kamoga Rajab
0
UGA
1
0
0
0
0
*
½
1
½
0
1
½
4.5
20.25
7

Kanaabi Arlone
0
UGA
0
0
0
½
1
½
*
0
0
+
½
1
4.5
18.75
8

Kantinti Shadrack
2121
UGA
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
*
1
1
1
½
4.5
14.50
9

Nsubuga Grace Daniel
2197
UGA
0
0
0
0
0
½
1
0
*
1
1
1
4.5
12.75
10

Baagadde Daniel
2030
UGA
0
0
0
½
0
1
-
0
0
*
1
1
3.5
10.75
11

Teeba Jordan
0
UGA
0
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
0
0
*
1
1.5
3.00
12

Washaba Fred Kanduho
2056
UGA
0
0
0
0
0
½
0
½
0
0
0
*
1.0
4.50

The top three (Emojong, Kawuma and Nsubuga) have now qualified to represent Uganda in the Dar-es-Salaam Open due to run from 7-9 June 2013 with accommodation and transport catered for by the hosts. Players from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya among other countries are expected to take part in the Dar-es-Salaam FIDE rated tourney that will also be arbitrated by Uganda’s FA Stephen Kisuze.
The national champion is also eligible to represent Uganda at the Commonwealth Chess Championships to be held in South Africa in July 2013.
Most of the participants in the round robin especially the four unrated players are winners in their own right as the event was FIDE rated, which gives them an opportunity to get international ratings and the rated stand chances of improving on their ratings, which is well in line with the Federation’s objective of increasing the pool of rated players in the country.
The ladies event was won by Grace Kigeni who made history by successfully defending her National Chess Championship title, finishing with 6 points out of 7 followed by fellow Olympian Ivy Amoko with 5.5 points while little known but fast rising Sharon Twongyeirwe snatched third position with 4 points. Sharon had a better tie break than Christine Namaganda and Joyce Kabengano who all had 4 points.
Final Ranking crosstable after 7 Rounds
Rk.

Name
Rtg
FED
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pts.
TB1
1

Kigeni Grace
1650
UGA
*
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
6.0
16.50
2
WCM
Amoko Ivy
1753
UGA
1
*
0
1
½
1
1
1
5.5
16.50
3

Twongyeirwe Sharon
0
UGA
0
1
*
½
½
0
1
1
4.0
11.50
4

Namaganda Christine
0
UGA
0
0
½
*
1
1
½
1
4.0
9.50
5

Kabengano Joyce
0
UGA
0
½
½
0
*
1
1
1
4.0
9.25
6

Angolikin Goretti
0
UGA
0
0
1
0
0
*
½
1
2.5
5.00
7

Kenyangye Cathy
0
UGA
0
0
0
½
0
½
*
1
2.0
3.25
8

Nakajubi Hellen
0
UGA
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
0.0
0.0

The 2013 editition National Chess Championship acted as a timely warm up for Emojong and Namaganda who are due to both represent Uganda at the Zone 4.2 Africa Chess Championship in Cairo, Egypt from 29 April to 8 May 2013. The two depart for Cairo aboard Ethiopian Airlines on Monday 29 April 2013.
 
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