GM Adly Ahmed lifts Zambian Crown
GM Adly Ahmed of Egypt sealed his trip to the Zambian town of Mansa with an emphatic victory in the Henry Chilufya Memorial Chess Tournament GM Norm Section. The event ended on 25th October 2017.
Mansa is the capital of the Luapula Province of Zambia and headquarters of Mansa District. During the colonial period it was know as Fort Rosebery.
Adly ended up with an impressive 8.5 points out of 9 rounds with his closest competitor GM Alon Greenfeld of Israel in second place with 7 points and GM Abhijeet Gupta of India in third place with 6 points.
IM Arthur Ssegwanyi of Uganda managed to draw his final game against IM Stanley Chumfwa of Zambia despite making a horrible blunder on move 22. Arthur ended up with 4 points.
IM Arthur Ssegwanyi v IM Stanley Chumfwa
IM Chitumbo Mwali of Zambia who is the 2006 African Junior Champion missed getting his GM norm when he ended up with a respectable 5 points in this tough event.
GM Adly Ahmed v IM Chitumbo Mwali
Sponsors & supporters for the event
The event was supported by the Chess for Peace Kirsan Foundation and the Honourable Dr Chitalu Chilfuya who is the Patron of the Chess Federation of Zambia.
Terrian Chess Academy of Kenya provided the DGT e-Boards & DGT 3000 clocks to enable live transmission of the games via their website.
Games
You can download all the games here – Round 1 to 8.