GM Adham Fawzy wins 2022 Uganda Masters IM Norm Tournament GM Adham Fawzy of Egypt was the winner of the 2022 Uganda Masters IM Norm Chess Tournament
IM Gillan Bwalya of Zambia was second with 6.5 points, and he won a cash prize of USD 700.
East Africa’s top player IM Arthur Ssegwanyi was third with 6 points. He went home with a cash prize of USD 500.
Prize winners of the 2022 Uganda Masters IM Norm Chess Tournament from left – IM Arthur Ssegwanyi was third, winner GM Adham Fawzy of Egypt . and IM Gillan Bwalya of Zambia who was second The event, which Lyca Mobile
The average rating of the event was 2249, making it certainly one of the most competitive events in East Africa.
GM Adham Fawzy the winner takes on FM Haruna Nsubuga of Uganda. The event ran from 18th to 23rd February 2022 at Kampala’s plush Fairways Boutique Hotel and Spa
GM Adham Fawzy v Gillan Bwalya
[Event "2022 Lyca Mobile Uganda IM Norm Chess Ch"]
[Site "Kampala"]
[Date "2022.02.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Black "Bwalya, Gillan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UGA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8.
N1d2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 d5 12. f4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Bd4 f5
15. Nc3 N7f6 16. Qf3 Bd6 17. g3 Qc7 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rae8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
c3 N5f6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Rfe1 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qg2 Re7 26. Bb6 Qc8 27. Kh1
Rfe8 28. Bd4 Qc7 29. Re2 Ned7 30. Rae1 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Ne5 33. Nc5
Qc6+ 34. Qg2 Bxc5 35. Qxc6 Nxc6 36. Bxf6 Kf7 37. Bg5 Be7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. b4
Kd6 40. Kg1 Kd5 41. Bd3 Ne7 42. Kf2 g5 43. Be2 Nc6 44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Bf3 Kd6 46.
Bg2 h6 47. Bf3 Kd7 48. h4 Kd6 49. h5 Kd7 50. Bxc6+ bxc6 51. c4 Kd6 52. Kd4 c5+
53. bxc5+ Kc6 54. Ke5 f4 55. gxf4 1-0
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It was interesting that FM Harold Wanyama, who retired from active chess, ended up in 4th position with 5.5 points.
FM Harold Wanyama v Mathias Ssonko
[Event "2022 Lyca Mobile Uganda IM Norm Chess Ch"]
[Site "Kampala"]
[Date "2022.02.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wanyama, Harold"]
[Black "Ssonko, Mathias Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UGA"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Kh1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Rf1 Kh8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. e5
Nh5 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Qd1 Bh6 24. Qg4 Nb3 25. Nxh7 Qxh7 26. Bxg6 Rg8 27. f5 Bxd2
28. Rf3 Nf4 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxg6 31. fxg6 Qxg6 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qxd8
Nxa1 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qxb7 d4 36. Ne4 Qf5 37. Qc6+ Kh7 38. Nf6+ Kh6 39. Nd5+
Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. g4 c4 42. Kg2 Nb3 43. e6 Nc5 44. e7 Kf7 45. g5 Ne6 46.
g6+ Ke8 47. h4 Ng7 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Ke4 Nxe7 50. Nxe7 c3 51. g7 d3 52. Kxd3 1-0
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Two of Uganda’s top players FM Harold Wanyama (left) and IM Arthur Ssegwanyi. IM Arthur Ssewanyi v GM Adham Fawzy
[Event "2022 Lyca Mobile Uganda IM Norm Chess Ch"]
[Site "Kampala"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ssegwanyi, Arthur"]
[Black "Fawzy, Adham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2022.02.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UGA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. b5 Bd7 18. Nc3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Rxe4 f5 21.
Re6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rfd8+ 24. Kc2 Rd2+ 25. Kb3 Kf8 26. Bc4 Rc8 27.
Ra1 Rd4 28. Be2 Rb4+ 29. Kc2 Bf6 30. Rd1 a4 31. Rd3 a3 32. bxa3 Rbc4 33. e7+
Kxe7 0-1
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Mathias Ssonko (left) records his move against eventual winner GM Adham Fawzy of Egypt. GM Adham Fawzy v Mathias Ssonko
[Event "IM Norm "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Fawzy Adham"]
[Black "Ssonko Mathias Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rc1 Nf5 12. O-O Ng5 13. Ne5 f6 14. Ng4 Nf7 15.
Ne3 e5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. c6 b6 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Nxc6 23. Rfd1 Qe8 24. Qxe8 (24. Qe7) 24... Rcxe8 25. Nb5 Re5
26. Nd6 Rc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Rd5 Rb8 29. Nc4 Nb4 30. Rxc5 Nxa2 31. Ra5 Nb4 32.
Rxa7 Kg8 33. Rd7 Rc8 34. Ne3 Rb8 35. h4 Nc6 36. Nf5 g6 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Ng4 Ne5
39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Rd2 Rb4 41. g3 Kg7 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Kd3 e4+ 45.
Kc3 Rb7 1-0
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Gong Thon Gong of South Sudan (left) takes on FM Haruna Nsubuga of Uganda. Gong Thon Gong v Mathias Ssonko
[Event "IM Norm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gong Thon Gong"]
[Black "Ssonko Mathias Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bc4 Qc7 8.
O-O h6 9. f4 e5 10. h3 Be7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Bc8 14. Qf3 O-O
15. a3 Rb8 16. Rab1 Rb7 17. Ne2 Qb8 18. b3 Be6 19. Bd3 c5 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Qc7 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Bd6 27. Qg4
Kh7 28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Rf6 Be7 30. d6 1-0
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Final standing of the 2022 Uganda Masters IM Norm Chess Tournament Poster for the Final standing of the 2022 Uganda Masters IM Norm Chess Tournament. Links 2022 Lyca Mobile Uganda IM Norm Chess Championship on chess-results.com.
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