Edo 2020 Chess Event Update: Round Seven

Round 7 was full of irregularities as we experienced the absence of players and quick resignations. This can only be as a result of game dealings and it is quite disappointing.

There are teams in the National Sports Festival with junior players, and some teams with players that are attending a chess tournament for the first time. The question one might ask is; if the professional chess players play chess in this manner, what do they expect of the growing players?

Report by: Tolulope Fasinu

Games between Ogun and Delta States ended in less than 30min. Here, Delta State won on board 1 & 2. Alalibo Krama—2066 (Ogun) resigned to Animashaun Arowolo (Delta) —1940 within 1 hour of play.

Osun and Ebonyi state teams didn’t show up, some teams have only 2 of their players seated leaving some boards empty. With all these seen in round 7, the match results are very questionable to put mildly.

Meanwhile, interesting games were played too, like the long entertaining match between The Oyo and Edo chess teams. Candidate Master Okeke Issac—2041 held his own against FIDE Master Abdulraheem Abdulrahman Akintoye—2264. A draw was the outcome.

Round 7 also witnessed OKONKWO IFEANYI—2029 takedown CPAN’s Chess League MVP—FIDE Master Abiola Akinseye—2236 while Candidate Master Onokpite, Kennedy—2156 won Omoifo Osemekhian—2126 in an interesting same-colored bishop and two pawns endgame. Kennedy continued his winning streak for the gold medal.

The players themselves wouldn’t describe it as interesting but the audiences did enjoy analyzing the games all the way.

In the women’s section, however, it was a round of jubilation and celebrations for some but not all.

Oyo State Ladies didn’t have it easy playing against Delta State, as the Delta State also needs the win badly. However, after a long tough fight especially on the second board which lasted almost 5 hours, the Oyo States team dealt a fatal blow on team Delta winning 4-0.

Edo State Ladies took no hesitation in scooping all the wins on the third table against the Imo State Team opponent. The 2 point gain immediately took them up to third place on the ranking table.

Board Pairings & Results (Male)

Round 7 on 2021/04/10 at 2 PM
Bo.	1	OYO	Rtg	–	6	EDO	Rtg	2½:1½
1.1	IM	Anwuli, Daniel	2330	–		EVBUOMWAN, EFOSA	0	1 – 0
1.2	CM	Onokpite, Kennedy	2156	–		Omoifo, Osemekhian I	2126	1 – 0
1.3	FM	Abdulraheem, Abdulrahman Akintoye	2264	–		Okeke, Issac	2041	½ – ½
1.4	FM	Akinseye, Abiola	2236	–		OKONKWO IFEANYI	0	0 – 1
Bo.	8	ONDO	Rtg	–	3	DELTA	Rtg	1 : 3
2.1		OKHIPO EMMANUEL BARTHOLOMEW	2032	–	CM	Omorere, Benjamin Aruoture	2084	0 – 1
2.2		Ikuenomore, Ayodeji Olumuyiwa	1831	–	FM	Oragwu, Chukwunonso	2241	0 – 1
2.3		Akinseye, Oladotun	2086	–		Maduagwuna, Emmanuel	2203	0 – 1
2.4		Animashaun, Arowolo	1940	–		Alalibo, Krama	2066	1 – 0
Bo.	2	BAYELSA	Rtg	–	4	OGUN	Rtg	3 : 1
3.1	FM	Kigigha, Bomo	2270	–		Ajayi, Peter Taiwo	2043	0 – 1
3.2	FM	Adebayo, Adegboyega	2271	–		Oluwalasinu, Bamidele Adebusayo	2078	1 – 0
3.3		Eyenghe, Sunny	2083	–		Fabeyo, Frederick	2032	1 – 0
3.4	IM	Aikhoje, Odion	2239	–		Oladele, Oluwole	1949	1 – 0
Bo.	14	KADUNA	Rtg	–	12	BAUCHI	Rtg	1 : 3
4.1		IYKE NZERIBE	0	–		Oluwadare, Samuel	0	0 – 1
4.2		Adejoh, Joshua	2086	–		SAMSON OFUBU	0	1 – 0
4.3		WILL GABRIEL	0	–		Rapheal, Titoluwanimi	1898	0 – 1
4.4		OLADUNJOYE ABIOLA	0	–		DESTINY, ERHERIENE	0	– – +
Bo.	18	NIGER	Rtg	–	5	YOBE	Rtg	2 : 2
5.1		Oyelabi, Jonathan	1925	–		VICTOR OKPO UWE	0	0 – 1
5.2		Ijish, Skimike	0	–		ELUEKEZIE CHUKWUWIKEH	0	0 – 1
5.3		COLE CHRIS	0	–		ADEBAYO FOLAYAN	0	1 – 0
5.4		TAKEET ADEYINKA EZEKIEL	0	–		OKEMAKINDE TOLUWANIMI	0	1 – 0
Bo.	7	EKITI	Rtg	–	25	PLATEAU	Rtg	2 : 2
6.1		OFE MORDECAI	0	–		RWANG DALYOP	0	– – +
6.2		OMODIAGBE HEART	0	–		REUBEN IBRAHIM	0	0 – 1
6.3		Izuogu, Mickey	1949	–		LUCKY KEYI MUSA	0	1 – 0
6.4		ERHEMWUNSE , EMMANUEL	0	–		NATTY LOVE LAR	0	1 – 0
Bo.	13	KANO	Rtg	–	9	AKWA IBOM	Rtg	2 : 2
7.1		Kamal, Musa	1504	–	FM	Unwana, Eugene Ekpoikong	2072	0 – 1
7.2		BASHIR RABIU	0	–		JUSTICE EVANS	0	1 – 0
7.3		MOHAMMED IBRAHIM	0	–		Etukakpan, Leonard	2142	0 – 1
7.4		Tinubu, Babajide	2038	–		EFFIONG EFRETUEI	0	+ – –
Bo.	11	IMO	Rtg	–	15	KOGI	Rtg	2 : 2
8.1		Akagha, Tochukwu	2091	–		Ichado, Innocent	1993	1 – 0
8.2		ETTOH IKECHUKWU	0	–		HUSSEIN BALOGUN	0	0 – 1
8.3		ANDERSON BERNARD	0	–		ALIYU ABDULYAZID	0	0 – 1
8.4		Nwala, Emmanuel	1896	–		MONDAY ABOH	0	+ – –
Bo.	10	FCT	Rtg	–	17	KWARA	Rtg	1½:2½
9.1		ADEYEMI, DAVID OWOWA	0	–		IBRAHIM BELLO TUNDE	0	½ – ½
9.2		OSIM JOHN EFFIOM	0	–		ANUEBUNWA EMMANUEL	0	0 – 1
9.3		Humphrey, Yinalanah Mandu	0	–		Teniola, Abiola	1954	0 – 1
9.4		Olusoga, Olawale	2068	–		Adeoti, Oladapo Bolaji	0	1 – 0
Bo.	21	CROSS RIVER	Rtg	–	23	JIGAWA	Rtg	0 : 4
10.1		JONAH MOSES PIUS	0	–		MATHEW OTACHE	0	0 – 1
10.2		FIDELIS GEORGE ABATURE	0	–		LEONARD EMAIKWU	0	0 – 1
10.3		no player	0	–		USMAN OBEKPA	0	– – +
10.4		no player	0	–		JAMES GUMMA	0	– – +
Bo.	19	ABIA	Rtg	–	22	EBONYI	Rtg	4 : 0
11.1		Onyemuwa, Victor	0	–		ABBA VINCENT IHECHIKARA	0	+ – –
11.2		JOSEPH, MADUKWE	0	–		EZE, NELSON	0	+ – –
11.3		Iheke, Chukwuemeka	0	–		no player	0	+ – –
11.4		AWOMUKWU , BENJAMIN	0	–		no player	0	+ – –
Bo.	24	OSUN	Rtg	–	16	GOMBE	Rtg	0 : 4
12.1		ESAN DOKUN	0	–		MELA ELSA TELEH	0	– – +
12.2		JOHN ABIONA	0	–		JONATHAN ILKO	0	– – +
12.3		no player	0	–		Damaryam, Yakkon Kenneth	0	– – +
12.4		no player	0	–		DANIEL YAKUBU	0	– – +

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Report by: Tolulope Fasinu