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East African Open Chess Tournament – Day 1 Report

May 1, 2022

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East African Open Chess Tournament – Day 1 Report

The East African Open Chess Tournament started with just over 130 participants at Mombasa’s Milele Beach Hotel.

The event has the Prestige section, the U1800 section, the U1600 section and two junior sections.

Day 1 highlight

The first major upset of the day was when 2019 Kenya National Ladies Champion Gloria Jumba held second seed Emmanuel Egesa to a draw.

Gloria Jumba (left) in her first round game which ended in a draw against Emmanuel Egesa of Uganda.

Emmaneul Egesa v Gloria Jumba

[Event "East African Open Chess Tournament"] [Site "Milele Beach Hotel, Mombasa"] [Date "2022.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Egesa Emmanuel"] [Black "Jumba Gloria"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D15"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/loudwire"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Qb6 8. Qc2 e6 9. a3 Qc6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Qd1 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Bc7 b5 15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. Ba5 Bd6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Nc3 Bb7 19. O-O O-O 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8 23. Bc3 Nf6 24. Bb1 Rfd8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Ba2 Bf8 27. Qh3 Nd5 28. Ba5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Re8 30. Qg4 Bg7 31. Rd1 Qd7 32. h4 Qd6 33. g3 Rc8 34. Bb3 Bh6 35. Qe2 Bg7 36. h5 Nf6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qf3 Qc6 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Kg2 Nd5 41. Kf3 Bh6 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kd3 Rc1 44. Rxc1 Bxc1 45. Bc3 Nd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47. Kc2 Bg5 48. Kb3 Be7 49. Bb4 Bd8 50. Bd6 Ba5 51. Bb4 Bb6 52. Bc3 a5 53. f3 Kf8 54. Kc2 Ke7 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. g4 Kd6 57. Ke3 Ke6 58. Kf4 f6 59. Ke3 Bc7 60. Bd2 Kd6 61. Kd3 Kc6 62. Bh6 Kd7 63. Bf8 Bb6 64. Bc5 Bc7 65. Kc3 Kc6 66. Kb3 Bd6 67. Bxd6 Kxd6 68. Kc3 g5 69. Kd3 Kc6 70. f4 Kb6 71. Ke3 Kc6 72. fxg5 fxg5 73. Kd2 Kb6 74. Kc2 Kc6 75. Kb3 Kb6 76. a4 b4 * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Ben Nguku had a lucky escape in his game against U1700 World Champion Madelta Glenda when she missed a mate in three on move 30.

Ben Nguku v Madelta Glenda

[Event "East African Open Chess Tournament"] [Site "Milele Beach Hotel, Mombasa"] [Date "2022.04.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Ben Namale"] [Black "Madelta Glenda"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Nce5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. f3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rd1 Bd8 20. Qf4 Qd6 21. g4 Qe7 22. Bb1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Qh4 24. Be4 Bg5 25. Qe1 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bf2 27. Qd2 Ne3 28. Bxb7 Rc2 29. Rc1 Nf1 30. Qf4 g5 (30... Ng3+ 31. Kg2 Bg1+ 32. Rxc2 Qxh2# ) 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf8# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Vit Stefan enjoy the U1600 section of the East African Open.

FM Harold Wanyama v Jackson Ndegwa

[Event "East African Open Chess Tournament "] [Site "Milele Beach Hotel, Mombasa"] [Date "2022.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Harold Wanyama"] [Black "Jackson Kamau Ndegwa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Rg1 a6 11. g5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Ba5 Qd6 16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Qxb5+ Bc6 18. Qxb6 Rb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Rxb2 21. Bc3 Rc2 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Nd4 Rxc5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd4 Rxg5 26. Rxg5 Bxg5 27. a4 Ra6 28. Kd2 Kd7 29. Kc3 Be7 30. Kb3 Ra8 31. a5 Kc6 32. a6 Kb5 33. a7 Bc5 34. Kc3 Bxd4+ 35. Kxd4 f6 36. f4 Kb6 37. f5 exf5 38. Kxd5 Kb7 39. Ke6 Re8+ 40. Kf7 Ra8 41. Kxf6 h5 42. h4 Rf8+ 43. Kg7 Ra8 44. Ra4 Kb6 45. Kg6 Rg8+ 46. Kxh5 1-0 [caption id="attachment_13838" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]<img class="wp-image-13838 size-full" src="https://kenyachessmasala.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WhatsApp-Image-2022-05-01-at-1.08.42-PM.jpeg" alt="Sajid Nur Mohamed standing wait for CM Ben Magana to make a move. The game ended with a win for CM Magana." width="1024" height="768" /> Sajid Nur Mohamed standing wait for CM Ben Magana to make a move. The game ended with a win for CM Magana.[/caption] You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Junior section

The Junior section has U8 & U10 in one group while the U12 & U18 are in the second group. These two sections have a total of just over fifty five players.