Cissé Amadou Lamine and Marochkina Nadezhda Valerevna are 2020 Senegal National Chess Champions

The first part of Senegal National Open Championship held in December 2020. The event was Open to Senegalese and Foreigners. The seven (7) round Open swiss system tournament had 44 participants and time control of 60 minutes. The event held at Cours Sainte Marie De Hann from December 4, 2020 to December 6, 2020. Top ten (10) Senegalese players in the Opens’ final ranking qualified to play in the Senegal Closed National Chess Championship.

Final ranking After Round 7

Top Ten Senegalese Qualifiers are:

Rg	Initial row		Last name	FED	Elo	Club / City	Pts	Dep. 1	Dep.2	Dep.3
1	1		Sy Mansour Gbedo	SEN	2063		6.0	21.5	25.00	2472
2	2		Marochkina Nadezda	SEN	1966		5.5	21.5	22.00	1858
3	9		Diatta Kaunduma Robert	SEN	1787		5.0	22.0	20.25	1719
4	7		Diop Wara	SEN	1821		5.0	22.0	20.00	1705
5	5		Badji Sekou Aransbene	SEN	1905		5.0	22.0	19.50	1874
6	10	CM	Wane Al Hassane	SEN	1763		5.0	21.5	18.25	1816
7	3		Lesbros Bernard	SEN	1949		5.0	20.5	20.00	1850
8	8		Cisse Amadou Lamine	SEN	1808		5.0	20.0	17.50	1814
9	12		Fall Mouhamadou Mourtada	SEN	1702		5.0	19.0	16.00	1573
10	6		Bodin-Hullin Thomas	ENG	1841		5.0	18.0	16.50	1684
11	23		Ognalaga Stephen	SEN	1484	UCAD	4.5	20.5	14.25	1659
12	41		Rabosaona Herisolo	CIV	0		4.5	19.0	16.25	1669
13	17		Dioum Mouhamadou Falilou	SEN	1600		4.0	23.5	16.50	1732

The Closed Championship which would have held in December of 2020 got stalled due to COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of COVID, the event was postponed many times until a final decision was reached for it to hold. The Nine round (9) Senegal closed National Chess Championship swiss event kicked off at Senegal National Arena, Pikine, Senegal, on June 11, 2021 through June 20, 2021. Time control: 90min/40 moves + 30min + 30s

At the end of nine fighting rounds, Cissé Amadou Lamine with the exceptional performance of 9/9 is crowned 2020 Senegal National Chess Champion. Cissé (who doubles as player and President of Senegal Chess Federation) was ahead of the pack with 1.5 points and had won the championship with a round to spare.

In second place with 7.5/9 is Mansour Gbedo Sy who ranks Number on FIDE rating for Senegal. Mansour also was 1.5 points ahead of third and fourth place

Lesbros Bernard and Fall Mouhamadou Mourtada tied for third and fourth place with 5.5/9 respectively. Lesbros Bernard with the better tiebreak finished third.

Marochkina Nadezhda Valerevna—the only lady participant in the tournament held her own among the men and proved herself to be a worthy opponent by scoring 50%. She finished the championship with 4.5/9 thereby crowned undisputed 2020 Senegalese Women National Chess Champion.

Final classification after 9 rounds

Rg	Initial row		Last name	FED	Elo	Pts	Dep. 1	Dep.2	Dep.3	not	w	we	w-we	K	Elo +/-
1	5		Cisse Amadou Lamine	SEN	0	9.0	36.00	2580	14239	8	8
2	7		Mansour Gbedo Sy	SEN	2111	7.5	25.75	2155	12128	7	6.5	6.18	0.32	40	12.8
3	10		Lesbros Bernard	SEN	1916	5.5	18.25	1990	12323	7	5.5	4.86	0.64	20	12.8
4	9		Fall Mouhamadou Mourtada	SEN	1700	5.5	16.75	1893	12539	7	4.5	2.79	1.71	40	68.4
5	1		Marochkina Nadezhda Valerevna	SEN	1607	4.5	15.25	1855	12632	7	4	1.96	2.04	40	81.6
6	3	CM	Wane Al Hassane	SEN	1776	3.5	9.75	1678	12463	7	2.5	3.52	-1.02	40	-40.8
7	8		Badji Sekou Aransbene	SEN	1786	3.0	9.00	1621	12453	7	2	3.62	-1.62	40	-64.8
8	6		Dioum Mouhamadou Falilou	SEN	0	2.5	9.75	1639	14239	8	2.5
9	2		Diop Wara	SEN	1650	2.0	6.50	1640	12589	7	2	2.34	-0.34	40	-13.6
10	4		Kaundum A. Robert Diatta	SEN	1693	2.0	4.50	1483	12546	7	1	2.73	-1.73	40	-69.2

Also worthy to note; the 2020 Senegal National Chess Championship is the first ever National Championship to be FIDE rated in the history of Chess in Senegal.

Congratulations to Federation Senegalaise des Echecs (FESEC) for organizing a beautiful and colorful National Championship.

Many thanks to Federation Senegalaise des Echecs (FESEC) for all the pictures provided.