Patrick Kawuma Wins The 55th Nairobi Chess Club Championship
Well this was the press release that I prepared for the media.
The event attracted 64 players and included several big stars. These included the current Kenya National Champion Ben Magana, veteran Olympian player John Magana, Ken Omolo, and SOYA Award winner Sharanya Iyengar. This event had Adia Onyango who resides in the USA and who won the Ladies category to pocket KES 5,000. Two Ugandans Harold Wanyama and Bob Bibasa who have represented Uganda at various international events were also present.
Behind Patrick were Harold Wanyama, Mowlid Daud, Ricky Sang & Ken Omolo who each won KES 7,400 to take position 2 to 5.
Adia Onyango won the ladies with SOYA Award winner Sharanya Iyengar taking 2nd slot. Sanjana Deshpande took the 3rd place in the Ladies category.
Links
Full ranking list of the 55th Nairobi Chess Club Championship.
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