Edo 2020 Chess Event Update: Round One

The first round of the National Sports Festival Chess event was fairly paired using the average rating system.

In the male category, the Oyo state chess team is top-seeded followed by Bayelsa and Delta states. Oyo state female team is also Top seed even though the information provided by the arbiters on the chess result server says otherwise. Bayelsa, Delta, and Edo were ranked top seeds in the female category.

Report by: Tolulope Fasinu

Some entertaining matches lasted over 4 hours, such as Kaduna State versus Bayelsa State and the upset of big names in the male and female categories. It appeared to be a nice way to start the 20th National Sports Festival Chess Event.

Upsets in Round 1:

FIDE Master Abdulrahman Abdulraheem Akintoye—2264 (Oyo) lost to Bashir Rabiu—1684 (Kano)

International Master Aikhoje Odion—2239 (Bayelsa) lost to unrated Oladunjoye Abiola—0 (Kaduna)

Dennis Ogbogho—0 (Delta) lost to Hussein Balogun—0 (Kogi)

Doris Bomoye—0 (Delta) lost to Aliyah Jimba Titilayo—0 (Kwara)

Dzaayem Vivian—1649 (Edo) lost to unrated Adaramaja Temitope—0 (Lagos)

The arbiters did keep to their words on ensuring strict adherence to rules and regulations, a good example of this was the technical loss dealt with John Abiona—an Osun State chess player who was found using his phone within the playing hall. Also, FIDE Master Bomo Kigigha won his game while he claimed his opponent had a smartwatch (electronic device) on.

However, some chess players reached out to us about arbitration issues which include decision-making by the arbiters without consulting the players involved.

The tournament hall was strictly invigilated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) officials to ensure adherent COVID-19 protocol.

One of the reason events such as the National Sports Festival is always so anticipated and interesting to be part of is that it is where you find the old-knights comes back on the chessboard—the Edo 2020 is graced with the presence of International Master Odion Aikhoje (2239) and FIDE Master Adegboyega Adebayo (2271).

The 20th National Sports Festival chess event has a total of 15 FIDE titleholders, 3 International Masters, 8 FIDE Masters and 2 Candidate Masters and 2 Woman FIDE Masters. Oyo State has two of the three IMs—IM Daniel Anwuli and IM Balogun Oluwafemi. International Master Daniel Anwuli is the top seed in the male category. Bayelsa State has one International Master—IM Aikhoje Odion.

Even with all the titles, we can say that chess sometimes does not regard titles or ratings, the unrated underdogs are here to make their marks.

Starting rank of the National Sports Festival (EDO 2020)

No.		Name	Fide ID	Rtg	FED	Team	Bo.
1	IM	Anwuli Daniel	8504580	2330	NGR	OYO	1
2	FM	Adebayo Adegboyega	8500282	2271	NGR	BAYELSA	3
3	FM	Kigigha Bomo	8500037	2270	NGR	BAYELSA	1
4	FM	Abdulraheem Abdulrahman Akintoye	8504563	2264	NGR	OYO	4
5	IM	Balogun Oluwafemi	8501246	2247	NGR	OYO	5
6	FM	Osunfuyi Abimbola	8502439	2246	NGR	OYO	3
7	FM	Oragwu Chukwunonso	8501254	2241	NGR	DELTA	3
8	IM	Aikhoje Odion	8500240	2239	NGR	BAYELSA	5
9	FM	Akinseye Abiola	8503010	2236	NGR	OYO	6
10		Maduagwuna Emmanuel	8501416	2203	NGR	DELTA	5
11		Onabogun Kolade	8500410	2190	NGR	EDO	1
12	CM	Onokpite Kennedy	8503486	2156	NGR	OYO	2
13	FM	Onovughe Ochuko Emmanuel	8501424	2146	NGR	DELTA	4
14		Etukakpan Leonard	8504598	2142	NGR	AKWA IBOM	5
15		Omoifo Osemekhian I	2078830	2126	USA	EDO	3
16		Akande Temitope	8506337	2113	NGR	OGUN	3
17		Igwubor Kikosem	8508585	2101	NGR	BAYELSA	2
18		Adebayo Folayan	8502943	2098	NGR	YOBE	4
19		Akagha Tochukwu	8505497	2091	NGR	IMO	2
20		Eluekezie Chukwuwikeh	8503966	2091	NGR	YOBE	3
21		Adejoh Joshua	8503672	2086	NGR	KADUNA	2
22		Akinseye Oladotun	8508100	2086	NGR	ONDO	3
23	CM	Omorere Benjamin Aruoture	8500487	2084	NGR	DELTA	1
24		Eyenghe Sunny	8503974	2083	NGR	BAYELSA	4
25		Oluwalasinu Bamidele Adebusayo	8503435	2078	NGR	OGUN	2
26	FM	Unwana Eugene Ekpoikong	8502536	2072	NGR	AKWA IBOM	2
27		Olusoga Olawale	8505969	2068	NGR	FCT	6
28		Alalibo Krama	8509034	2066	NGR	DELTA	6
29		Eyetonghan Denyefa Callistus	8511462	2048	NGR	YOBE	5
30		Adebayo Akinniyi Damola	8505470	2047	NGR	EKITI	6
31		Ajayi Peter Taiwo	8501742	2043	NGR	OGUN	1
32		Okeke Issac	8508526	2041	NGR	EDO	4
33		Tinubu Babajide	8503575	2038	NGR	KANO	6
34		Fabeyo Frederick	8503176	2032	NGR	OGUN	4
35		Ichado Innocent	8504016	1993	NGR	KOGI	1
36		Esangbedo Odion James	8504431	1967	NGR	GOMBE	2
37		Teniola Abiola	8508364	1954	NGR	KWARA	3
38		Izuogu Mickey	8509905	1949	NGR	EKITI	3
39		Oladele Oluwole	8506280	1949	NGR	OGUN	5
40		Bakare Toyosi Akyme	8505578	1944	NGR	EKITI	5
41		Animashaun Arowolo	8507279	1940	NGR	ONDO	4
42		Sasha Winston – Onyiah	8510288	1936	NGR	FCT	1
43		Oyelabi Jonathan	8507961	1925	NGR	NIGER	1
44		Rapheal Titoluwanimi	8505772	1898	NGR	BAUCHI	3
45		Nwala Emmanuel	8508577	1896	NGR	IMO	6
46		Okemakinde Toluwanimi	8508534	1889	NGR	YOBE	6
47		OKPO UWE		1885	NGR	YOBE	2
48		Alex Ayomide	8507708	1868	NGR	BAUCHI	5
49		Ikuenomore Ayodeji Olumuyiwa	8503222	1831	NGR	ONDO	2
50		Kamal Musa	12205710	1504	SUD	KANO	2
51		ABBA VINCENT IHECHIKARA		0	NGR	EBONYI	1
52		Adeoti Oladapo Bolaji	8511764	0	NGR	KWARA	4
53		ADEYEMI DAVID OWOWA		0	NGR	FCT	2
54		ALIYU ABDULYAZID		0	NGR	KOGI	3
55		ANDERSON BERNARD		0	NGR	IMO	5
56		ANDREW ONOJA		0	NGR	BENUE	3
57		ANUEBUNWA EMMANUEL		0	NGR	KWARA	2
58		AWOMUKWU BENJAMIN		0	NGR	ABIA	6
59		BASHIR RABIU		0	NGR	KANO	3
60		BASSEY NSUA		0	NGR	KADUNA	6
61		CHINEDU OBIKILI		0	NGR	PLATEAU	6
62		COLE CHRIS		0	NGR	NIGER	3
63		COLE CHRIS		0	NGR	NIGER	3
64		Damaryam Yakkon Kenneth	8505667	0	NGR	GOMBE	4
65		DAMASUS CHIKEZIE		0	NGR	IMO	1
66		DANIEL YAKUBU		0	NGR	GOMBE	5
67		DENNIS OGBOGHO		0	NGR	DELTA	2
68		DESMOND ADACHE		0	NGR	JIGAWA	1
69		DESTINY ERHERIENE		0	NGR	BAUCHI	4
70		EFFIONG EFRETUEI		0	NGR	AKWA IBOM	6
71		EFOSA EVBUONWAN		0	NGR	EDO	2
72		EKEKE BRIGHT		0	NGR	ABIA	5
73		Ekong Uwem	8509085	0	NGR	AKWA IBOM	3
74		EMMANUEL ENTOND		0	NGR	BENUE	1
75		ERHEMWUNSE EMMANUEL		0	NGR	EKITI	4
76		ESAN DOKUN		0	NGR	OSUN	1
77		ETTOH IKECHUKWU		0	NGR	IMO	3
78		EZE NELSON		0	NGR	EBONYI	2
79		FATIHU AUWATU ABUBAKAR		0	NGR	KANO	1
80		FIDELIS GEORGE ABATURE		0	NGR	CROSS RIVER	2
81		FRANCIS OGIRIMA		0	NGR	NIGER	5
82		Humphrey Yinalanah Mandu	8506108	0	NGR	FCT	5
83		HUSSEIN BALOGUN		0	NGR	KOGI	2
84		IBRAHIM BELLO TUNDE		0	NGR	KWARA	1
85		IGUNBOR MICAH		0	NGR	EDO	5
86		Iheke Chukwuemeka	8505454	0	NGR	ABIA	4
87		Ijish Skimike	8504636	0	NGR	NIGER	2
88		IYKE NZERIBE		0	NGR	KADUNA	1
89		JAMES GUMMA		0	NGR	JIGAWA	6
90		JERRY OGBUSU		0	NGR	KADUNA	5
91		JOHN ABIONA		0	NGR	OSUN	2
92		JONAH MOSES PIUS		0	NGR	CROSS RIVER	1
93		JONATHAN ILKO		0	NGR	GOMBE	3
94		JONATHAN OGWOCHE		0	NGR	PLATEAU	3
95		JOSEPH MADUKWE		0	NGR	ABIA	3
96		JUSTICE EVANS		0	NGR	AKWA IBOM	4
97		KOKO OBELE		0	NGR	BAYELSA	6
98		LEONARD EMAIKWU		0	NGR	JIGAWA	4
99		LUCKY KEYI MUSA		0	NGR	PLATEAU	4
100		MARTIN PILAKU		0	NGR	BENUE	2
101		MATHEW OTACHE		0	NGR	JIGAWA	3
102		MELA ELSA TELEH		0	NGR	GOMBE	1
103		MOHAMMED IBRAHIM		0	NGR	KANO	4
104		MONDAY ABOH		0	NGR	KOGI	4
105		NATTY LOVE LAR		0	NGR	PLATEAU	5
106		Nwokocha John	8510156	0	NGR	ABIA	1
107		OCHE PRINCE NOAH		0	NGR	JIGAWA	2
108		OFE MORDECAI		0	NGR	EKITI	1
109		OKHIPO EMMANUEL BARTHOLOMEW		0	NGR	ONDO	1
110		OKONKWO IFEANYI		0	NGR	EDO	6
111		OLADUNJOYE ABIOLA		0	NGR	KADUNA	4
112		Oluwadare Samuel	8508313	0	NGR	BAUCHI	1
113		OLUWASEYI OLADIMEJI		0	NGR	BAUCHI	6
114		OMODIAGBE HEART		0	NGR	EKITI	2
115		Onyekwere Macdonald	8508860	0	NGR	IMO	4
116		Onyemuwa Victor	8509239	0	NGR	ABIA	2
117		OSIM JOHN EFFIOM		0	NGR	FCT	4
118		REUBEN IBRAHIM		0	NGR	PLATEAU	2
119		ROLAND AKENUWA		0	NGR	FCT	3
120		RWANG DALYOP		0	NGR	PLATEAU	1
121		SAMSON OFUBU		0	NGR	BAUCHI	2
122		TAKEET ADEYINKA EZEKIEL		0	NGR	NIGER	4
123		UMAR ABDULKADIR		0	NGR	KANO	5
124		UNWANA WHITE		0	NGR	AKWA IBOM	1
125		USMAN OBEKPA		0	NGR	JIGAWA	5
126		VICTOR		0	NGR	YOBE	1
127		WILL GABRIEL		0	NGR	KADUNA	3

It was quite some intense games in the male section, players lost from winning positions, and some players out-edged their tough but still weaker contemporaries. Enjoy some of the games from round one with analysis.

Team pairings With Results

Round 1 on 2021/04/07 at 2PM
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
1	OYO	KANO	3	:	1
2	KADUNA	BAYELSA	1	:	3
3	DELTA	KOGI	3	:	1
4	GOMBE	OGUN	0	:	4
5	YOBE	KWARA	3	:	0
6	NIGER	EDO	½	:	3½
7	EKITI	ABIA	3	:	1
8	BENUE	ONDO	0	:	4
9	AKWA IBOM	CROSS RIVER	3	:	1
10	EBONYI	FCT	0	:	4
11	IMO	JIGAWA	4	:	0
12	OSUN	BAUCHI	0	:	4
13	PLATEAU	bye	2	:

Rank after Round 1

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	4	OGUN	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0
	8	ONDO	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0
	10	FCT	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0
	11	IMO	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0
	12	BAUCHI	1	1	0	0	2	4,0	0
6	6	EDO	1	1	0	0	2	3,5	0
7	2	BAYELSA	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
	5	YOBE	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
	7	EKITI	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
10	1	OYO	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
11	3	DELTA	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
12	9	AKWA IBOM	1	1	0	0	2	3,0	0
13	25	PLATEAU	0	0	0	0	2	2,0	0
14	24	OSUN	1	0	0	1	2	0,0	0
15	21	CROSS RIVER	1	0	0	1	0	1,0	0
16	15	KOGI	1	0	0	1	0	1,0	0
17	13	KANO	1	0	0	1	0	1,0	0
18	14	KADUNA	1	0	0	1	0	1,0	0
	19	ABIA	1	0	0	1	0	1,0	0
20	18	NIGER	1	0	0	1	0	0,5	0
21	16	GOMBE	1	0	0	1	0	0,0	0
	17	KWARA	1	0	0	1	0	0,0	0
	20	BENUE	1	0	0	1	0	0,0	0
	22	EBONYI	1	0	0	1	0	0,0	0
	23	JIGAWA	1	0	0	1	0	0,0	0

Board Pairings for the female section

Round 1 on 2021/04/07 at 2PM
Bo.	10	KOGI	Rtg	–	1	BAYELSA	Rtg	1 : 3
1.1		SULEIMAN HUMMI	0	–		MIRIAM GBOSE	0	0 – 1
1.2		ABUKA MERCY	0	–		AMARACHI AGIRI	0	0 – 1
1.3		SULEIMAN AZUMI AYISHA	0	–		Quickpen, Deborah	0	1 – 0
1.4		no player	0	–		Edward-Dappa, Rachael	1796	– – +
Bo.	2	DELTA	Rtg	–	11	KWARA	Rtg	3 : 1
2.1		Ofowino, Toritsemuwa	1793	–		RADHIYYAH TAIYE USMAN	0	1 – 0
2.2		DORIS BOMEYE	0	–		ALIYAH JIMBA TITILAYO	0	0 – 1
2.3		CHINYERE UDEMBA	0	–		MARDHIYYAH ABDULSALAAM	0	1 – 0
2.4		HAFSAT BELLO	0	–		RHODIYAH AHMED	0	1 – 0
Bo.	12	LAGOS	Rtg	–	3	EDO	Rtg	2 : 2
3.1		OSUNDINAKIN YEMI	0	–		Amadasun, Hope	0	½ – ½
3.2		OKE BIODUN	0	–		JOY ERABOR FELIX	0	0 – 1
3.3		EHIRIM CHINYERE	0	–		MICHEAL BRIDGET OGWAH	0	½ – ½
3.4		ADARAMAJA TEMITOPE	0	–		Dzaayem, Vivian	1649	1 – 0
Bo.	4	ABIA	Rtg	–	13	OGUN	Rtg	1 : 3
4.1		ONYENWEAKU JENIFER	0	–		ODUGBESAN BOLADE	0	0 – 1
4.2		ALOZE GLORY	0	–		ASSA OLUWASEUN	0	0 – 1
4.3		IKECHI BLESSING	0	–		OKUN ROSELINE	0	1 – 0
4.4		FRANK EVA	0	–		SAYEFIA ENDURANCE	0	0 – 1
Bo.	14	OSUN	Rtg	–	5	BENUE	Rtg	0 : 2
5.1		KAFAYA USMAN	0	–		NADOO AYONGO	0	– – +
5.2		ALEXIS OYEWALE	0	–		IVEDEN GEGE	0	– – +
5.3		no player	0	–		no player	0	– – –
5.4		no player	0	–		no player	0	– – –
Bo.	6	EKITI	Rtg	–	15	OYO	Rtg	0 : 4
6.1		AJAYI TEMITOPE	0	–		DEBORAH AKINTOYE	0	0 – 1
6.2		LUCKY GLORY	0	–		PERPETUAL OGBIYOYO	0	0 – 1
6.3		JEGEDE, OPEYEMI	0	–		EMMANUELLA ENOMOH	0	0 – 1
6.4		FATOYINBO, FAITH	0	–		PEACE SAMPSON	0	0 – 1
Bo.	16	PLATEAU	Rtg	–	7	FCT	Rtg	4 : 0
7.1		ADIMA REUBEN ELI	0	–		NATALIE BUTT	0	1 – 0
7.2		GABRIEL ANNA ODAMA	0	–		OBIJIOFOR PAULINE	0	1 – 0
7.3		TABITHA ELI ANKALA	0	–		ODEJIMI NANCY	0	+ – –
7.4		NAOMI MUSA	0	–		IYEFU ONOJA	0	1 – 0
Bo.	8	GOMBE	Rtg	–	17	RIVERS	Rtg	2 : 2
8.1		DEBORAH KUDI	0	–		YETUNDE ODUMADE	0	0 – 1
8.2		ADESEWA ADENITAN	0	–		MERIT ODELE	0	0 – 1
8.3		BRIDGET OTHNIEL	0	–		no player	0	+ – –
8.4		EDITH KARU	0	–		no player	0	+ – –
Bo.	18	SOKOTO	Rtg	–	9	IMO	Rtg	1 : 3
9.1		ALIBEKU DIKE	0	–		JOVITA KESHI	0	0 – 1
9.2		SNAKIRA ALAGA	0	–		MMESOMA NWAFOR	0	0 – 1
9.3		GLORIA ISHAYA KARU	0	–		ADAEZE MIRIAM	0	1 – 0
9.4		JESSICA TIRNOM BELLO	0	–		ANYANWU IFUNANYACHUKWU	0	0 – 1

Rank after Round 1 (Female Section)

Rk.	SNo	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	15	OYO	1	1	0	0	4,0	2	0
	16	PLATEAU	1	1	0	0	4,0	2	0
3	1	BAYELSA	1	1	0	0	3,0	2	0
	9	IMO	1	1	0	0	3,0	2	0
	13	OGUN	1	1	0	0	3,0	2	0
6	2	DELTA	1	1	0	0	3,0	2	0
7	5	BENUE	1	1	0	0	2,0	2	0
8	17	RIVERS	1	0	1	0	2,0	1	0
9	3	EDO	1	0	1	0	2,0	1	0
10	12	LAGOS	1	0	1	0	2,0	1	0
11	8	GOMBE	1	0	1	0	2,0	1	0
12	11	KWARA	1	0	0	1	1,0	0	0
13	4	ABIA	1	0	0	1	1,0	0	0
	10	KOGI	1	0	0	1	1,0	0	0
	18	SOKOTO	1	0	0	1	1,0	0	0
16	19	YOBE	0	0	0	0	0,0	2	0
17	6	EKITI	1	0	0	1	0,0	0	0
	7	FCT	1	0	0	1	0,0	0	0
	14	OSUN	1	0	0	1	0,0	0	0

Report by: Tolulope Fasinu