Eldoret Chess Championship

March 19, 2012

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Eldoret Chess Championship

Well guys it is now over. The Eldoret Chess Championship (or it was called North-Rift International Chess Tournament or Ambasi International Tournament or whatever). One of Kenya’s top players Peter Gilruth decimated the opposition with a perfect 6/6 score to collect a cool KES 30,000 as the top prize. Second prize was KES 7,000 and third was KES 4,000.

The event’s turnout was very poor due to various reasons – poor publicity and horrible politics being played out away from the board. This does not mean in any way that Peter Gilruth had it easy. We had 9 Kenyans and 6 mean tough Ugandans in this event. Here is the standings;

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Gilruth Peter	KEN	2180	6.0	21.0
2	Kamoga Rajab	UGA	2121	4.5	19.0
3	Nsubuga Haruna	UGA	2103	4.5	18.5
4	Ssegwanyi Arthur	UGA	2166	4.0	20.0
5	Kanduho Washaba	UGA	2100	3.5	18.5
6	Kagambi Lawrence	KEN	2000	3.5	16.5
7	Gonza Simon	UGA	2075	3.0	24.0
8	Bibasa Bob Gilbert	UGA	2160	3.0	19.0
9	Miheso Clement	KEN	2210	3.0	17.5
	Mony Jacktone	KEN	2000	3.0	17.5
11	Nyongesa Humphrey	KEN	1950	2.0	18.5
12	Oketch Dismas	KEN	1950	2.0	17.0
13	Ochogo Carey	KEN	1950	2.0	16.5
14	Miheso Bernard	KEN	1950	2.0	15.5
15	Ambasi Militsa	KEN	1950	2.0	11.0

Peter Gilruth v Arthur Ssegwanyi

Rajab Kamoga v Peter Gilruth

Ladies Section

The top prize for the ladies was also KES 30,000 and the cross table is shown below.

Final Ranking after 5 Rounds

Rk.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	Namaganda Christine	UGA	2000	4.0	8.75
2	Wabuti Rose	KEN	2000	3.0	5.50
3	Amoko Ivy	UGA	2000	3.0	5.00
4	Asiema Isabelle	KEN	2000	2.5	5.50
5	Mutesi Phiona	UGA	2000	2.0	4.75
6	Nsubuga Ritah N	UGA	2000	0.5	1.00

I do not have photos to share at the moment. I have asked my contacts to send me some photos which I will surely put up here for all of you. The other interesting point is that the organiser of the this event was Chess Kenya and even an unknown chess club called ‘Soy Chess Club‘. Do not ask me as the only time I heard about Soy Chess Club was some few months ago when I mentioned it some time on this blog.