South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers
The 2022 South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers has commenced the selection process for the 2022 Chess Olympiad.
One hundred twenty-six hopefuls are taking part in the first phase, selecting the top 40 players to enter the second stage. The top twelve players from phase two will then play a round-robin event to choose the Olympiad team. The 6th player will be the team’s captain in an exciting development.
Poster of the 2022 South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers.
The first phase has a brutal schedule that spans eight straight days!
At the end of round 7, Gong Thon Gong leads the event with seven points. David Lluak Bol and David Mayol are in second and third place respectively with 6 points.
The 2021 South Sudan Chess Champion Manyok Chaderek has found the going tough and has only 5 points.
The playing hall of the 2022 Olympiad Qualifiers.
Emmauel Yong Gabriel v Gong Thon Gong
[Event "South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers Tournament"]
[Site "Bross - Juba, South Sudan"]
[Date "2022.04.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Emmanuel, Yong Gabriel"]
[Black "Gong, Thon Gong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.04.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. O-O b5
9. Rb1 Bg4 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Ne5 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Bf1
Qc8 16. Re3 Nh5 17. Rd3 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 a5 19. Qg2 c4 20. bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nxb4 axb4
22. Rxb4 Qxc2 23. Rbb3 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qf1 Rb1 26. Be1 Rxe1 27. Qxe1
Qxd3 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg3 Be5 30. Qa5 Qf1 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qxe7 Qh3# 0-1
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Rehan Deng in action.
Rehan Deng v Emmauel Thon Dhieu
[Event "South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers Tournament"]
[Site "Bross - Juba, South Sudan"]
[Date "2022.04.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rehan, Deng Cypriano"]
[Black "Emmanuel, Thon Dhieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2022.04.09"]
[EventRounds "11"]
1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be3
Nf6 9. h3 a6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rd1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qc2 bxc4 14. Bxc4 d5 15. Bd3
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. O-O e5 19. Nd6 Qb6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. dxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. b4 Bb8 24. Rde1 Rd8 25. Bg5 Qc7 26. g3 f6 27. Bc1 Ba7
28. Kg2 f5 29. Bc4 Qd7 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Re7 Qc8 32. Bxd5+ cxd5 33. Qxc8 Bxc8 34.
Rxa7 h6 35. Bxh6 Rd8 36. Bc1 d4 1-0
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Former South Sudan Chess Federation President Juuk Thiong in action.
Former South Sudan Chess Federation President Albert Jada in action.
The top 20 players at the end of round 7.
Links
South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers Phase One on chess-results.com
PGNs from the 2022 South Sudan Olympiad Qualifiers Phase One.
Manyok Chaderek is the 2021 South Sudan Chess Champion.
Michael Khor is the 2018 South Sudan Chess Champion.