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CM Benjamin Magana wins the 2022 Kisumu Open

June 12, 2022

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CM Benjamin Magana wins the 2022 Kisumu Open

CM Benjamin Magana won the 2022 Kisumu Classical Open Chess Tournament that ended last weekend at the Scottish Tartan Hotel. He scored 5.5 points out of 6 rounds.

Prize winners receive their prizes from Mr McTough the owner of Scottish Tartan Hotel.

Joseph Methu also scored 5.5 out of 6 rounds and tied for first place with CM Benjamin Magana to share the cash prize of KES 32,500. However, CM Magana was declared the overall winner due to a better tie-break.

The FIDE-rated event attracted just over 60 hopefuls who battled for the total cash prize of KES 60,000 over six rounds.

Gloria Jumba, the 2018 Kenya National Ladies Chess Champion, went home with KES 10,000 for being the top lady. She scored 4.5 points to end up in joint third place and 8th in the overall ranking.

Dr Jacob Onditi v CM Ben Magana

[Event "Kisumu Open 2022"] [Site "Scottish Tartan"] [Date "2022.05.06"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Jacob Onditi"] [Black "Ben Magana"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "2113"] [ECO "C58"] [Source "Analyze This App"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 Rb8 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxc6+ Nd7 11. d3 Be7 12. h4 h6 13. Ne4 Rb6 14. Qa4 Ra6 15. Qc4 O-O 16. c3 Nb6 17. Qb5 Nd5 18. Na3 f5 19. Ng3 Rb6 20. Qa4 Kh8 21. Nc4 Ra6 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Nxe5 Nxg2+ 24. Kf1 Nxh4 25. d4 f4 26. Ne4 Bf5 27. Qe2 Qd5 28. Qxa6 Qxe4 29. Rh2 Bh3+ 30. Rxh3 Qg2+ 31. Ke2 Qxh3 32. Bd2 f3+ 33. Kd3 Qf5+ 34. Kc4 Rc8+ 35. Kb3 Rb8+ 36. Kc4 Rxb2 37. Bxh6 gxh6 38. Qxh6+ Qh7 39. Qe6 Qg8 40. Nf7+ Kg7 41. Rg1+ Ng2 42. Rh1 Rb6 43. Qd5 Qc8+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

CM Ben Magana v Martin Njoroge

[Event "Kisumu Open 2022"] [Site "Scottish Tartan"] [Date "2022.05.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Ben Magana"] [Black "Martin Njoroge"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2113"] [BlackElo "1967"] [ECO "D00"] [Source "Analyze This App"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. f4 Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Rf3 Nf5 13. Bf2 Ne4 14. Rh3 Be7 15. Qh5 h6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. g4 g6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Ng7 20. Rxh6 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rxf6+ Bxf6 24. g5 Be7 25. g6 Bf6 26. Bh4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 Ne8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rf1 Ke6 31. Qg8+ Kf6 32. Qf8+ Kxg6 33. Qxf5+ Kg7 34. Rf4 Qe7 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Qh7 37. Qe5+ Ng7 38. Qe7 Rg8 39. Qxb7 Qh3 40. Qxe4 Nf5 41. Qe5+ Rg7 42. Rxg7 Nxg7 43. Nf1 Qg4+ 44. Kf2 Qd1 45. d5 Qc2+ 46. Kg1 Kh7 47. e4 Qc5+ 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. h4 Qc2+ 50. Kh1 Qe2 51. Ng3 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Qc8+ 54. Nf5 Nh5 55. Kg4 Nf6+ 56. Kf4 Qc1+ 57. Kf3 Qf1+ 58. Kg3 Qg1+ 59. Kh3 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Dr Jacob Onditi v Karan Christie

[Event "Kisumu Open 2022"] [Site "Scottish Tartan Hotel"] [Date "2022.06.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Jacob Onditi"] [Black "Karan Christie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [Source "Analyze This"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Rb1 e6 14. Qa4 a6 15. h3 Rac8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rfd8 18. Red1 Nd5 19. g3 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qc7 23. Qd2 Qxe5 24. Rxb7 Qxc3 25. Qd7 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Qa4 Qd2 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Abdul Shakur Wagodo v Karan Christie

[Event "Kisumu Open 2022"] [Site "Scottish Tartan Hotel"] [Date "2022.06.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Wagodo Abdul Shakur"] [Black "Karan Christie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A02"] [Source "Analyze This"] 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. h3 Be7 9. Nbd2 c4 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 O-O 15. Qg4 Kh7 16. e4 Bg5 17. exd5 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Qxd5 19. Rf3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Re1 f5 23. Qe2 Rg8 24. Qf2 Rg7 25. Re5 Qc6 26. Qe2 b6 27. Kf1 Rg6 28. Qd2 f4 29. d5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rg5 32. Rd7+ Rg7 33. Rd4 Rf7 34. Rxc4 Kg6 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. Rd4 Rf7 38. Rd5+ Kg6 39. c4 Rc7 40. b3 Rf7 41. Kg4 Rf6 42. h4 Re6 43. h5+ Kf6 44. Rf5+ Kg7 45. Rd5 Kf6 46. Kxf4 Re2 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rxh6 Rxa2 49. g4 Rb2 50. Rh7+ Kf6 51. g5+ Ke6 52. Rxa7 Rxb3 53. g6 Rb4 54. g7 Rxc4+ 55. Kg5 Rc8 56. h6 Rc5+ 57. Kg6 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.