Positive Minds Chess Tournament from 24 - 26 July, 2015

The Positive Minds Chess Club, in conjunction with the Nigeria Chess Federation presents The Positive Minds Chess Tournament from 24 - 26 July, 2015 at FRESHLAND HOTELS LTD, Abuja. Please find below the flyer containing the necessarydetails for the tournament.

Nigeria Win Abidjan Chess Tourney

Team Nigeria emerged as champions at the 2015 Ivory Coast Chess Championships concluded on Sunday in Abidjan.

The championships also featured Team Ghana and two teams representing the host country.

Nigeria won the tournament with a total of 45.5 points ahead of hosts Ivory Coast, who had 25.5 points. Ghana finished third with 20.5 points, while Ivory Coast’s second team had 16.5 points to stay at fourth position.

In the first category, Nigerian duo Daniel Anwuli and Osunfuyi Abimbola finished with nine points apiece to top the log, while their compatriots Adeyinka Adesina and Efemuai Odafe finished as the top two in the second category with 8.5 points and 7.5 points respectively.

Nigeria Chess Federation President, Lekan Adeyemi, said the championships had further sharpened the players’ skills.

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“Participating in international championships will bring players against some of the best in the world. This event has served the purpose of giving some of them international experience,” Adeyemi said after the team arrived on Tuesday.

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Nigerian wins Chess President’s Cup in Ghana

Accra, July 6, GNA - Nigerian Emmanuel Ochuku Onovughe brushed aside competition from compatriot Erhabor David and Manan Yoboue Hermann from Cote d’Ivoire to win the 5th President’s Cup Chess Championship held at the Theodosia Okoh Hockey Stadium.

    The competition saw about 30 participants from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo to battle in the five day event.

    Onuvughe  capped his excellent tournament with draws in the final two rounds to gain 7.5 points ahead of veteran Erhabor who came second with seven points to pocket USD 700 whilst Erhabor took USD 500 with the third Hermann awarded USD 400.

    Nigerian Ofowino Toretsemuwa emerged as the top placed lady winner whilst Ghanaian duo International Master Anquandah Francis Eric and Candidate Master Jamena Joseph Mensah ended the event as the top placed local players.

                                The winner in the middle with the executives

   

 In the U 16 junior category top seed Devyansh Agarwal emerged winner in the male category whilst Marian Farmmer won the female category.

    The 5th President’s Cup by Ghana Chess Association (GCA) in partnership with Kasparov Chess Foundation who presented 600 chess sets to GCA was held to improve the performance of players and create awareness for the discipline.

    Onuveghe told GNA Sports that "This is my first time and I feel excited to win because I had a stiff competition from my competitors.

    "I think chess should be introduced in schools for the youth to partake.

     It was a well organised tournament with good players who are improving with lots of potentials in them and all they need is tournaments like this to better their performance’’.

    The vice president of GCA Phillip Ameku stated that, the chess sets presented to them will be used to develop the game at school level across the country and urged the players to keep training ahead of the inter-club and the National Championship.

    Ameku revealed that, his outfit hoped to participate in next year’s Chess Olympiad.