Wanyama closes in on Emojong at Olympiad qualifiers
Sunday, 06 May 2012
Written by Phillip Corry
The race for slots on the Uganda team to represent Uganda at the 40th World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul,Turkey intensified at the qualifiers today at Pope Paul Memorial Hotel with Harold Wanyama winning his two games and closing the gap on leader Fide Master Elijah Emojong.
Olympian Wanyama was the star after he won two games against Daniel Baagadde and Rajab Kamoga to get to 7.5 points, half a point behind leader FIDE Master Elijah Emojong.
On his part, Emojong who had a two point lead prior to the last two games saw his lead cut to half a point after he drew with Kamoga in the ninth round and lost to Haruna Nsubuga in the tenth round.
With a round to end the Qualifiers, Emojong is the only player certain of qualification leaving three slots up for grabs between Wanyama, Patrick Kawuma, Nsubuga, Bob Bibasa and Kamoga.
In other tenth round games, Kawuma beat Micheal Mawanda to get to third position with seven points with good chances of making the team. Shadrack Kantinti beat Farouk Fauza, Bibasa beat Kenneth Kakooza as Vianney Luggya drew with Baagadde.
The last and final decisive round will be played on Saturday 12 May 2012 with interesting battles featuring Wanyama against Nsubuga and Emojong against Kawuma.
In the ladies category, four people are tying at the top with Ivy Amoko, Goretti Angolikin, Phiona Mutesi and Rita Nsubuga all on eight points. Christine Namaganda is closely following with 7.5 points and waiting to sneak in should any of the four at the top falter in the last round.
Source: http://www.kawowo.com
Very good.