Team Burundi All Set for Batumi Olympiad
The Burundian Chess Federation has selected it’s team for the forthcoming 2018 Batumi Olympiad.
The top players for both the Open and the Ladies team were selected during a tournament held on 15th & 16th June 2018.
Despite having Olympiad slots available the event only attracted 31 players.
The time control used was a fairly fast rate of 25 minutes plus 10 seconds for each move. The Olympiad time controls are 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the moves. There is also an incremental time of 30 seconds per move from move 1.
Wilfried Ntamatungiro was the clear winner with 5.5 points out of 6 games. He is rated 1765 played and played on board 1 for Burundi in the 2016 Baku Olympiad.
FM Paul Ezra Chambers who resides in the USA is Burundi’s highest ranked player who is rated 2154.
One of Kenya’s most experienced arbiters Duke Michieka was the Chief Arbiter for the event. Duke has now arbitrated in 5 countries including Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia and Kenya.
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Team Angola set for 2018 Batumi Olympiad.
