2025 SOM Open Easter Chess Championship
Last weekend, the 2025 SOM Open Easter Chess Championship concluded at the Sports Outreach Ministry (SOM) Academy in Katwe, Uganda. The four-day event attracted an impressive turnout of 110 players from Kenya, South Sudan, the USA and the hosts Uganda.
FM Haruna Nsubuga won the Open Section with 6.5 points from 8 rounds.
Martin Njoroge, the 2022 Kenya National Champion, bounced back to his winning ways to score 6.5 points as well and tie with FM Nsubuga. However, Martin had to settle for the silver medal as he had an inferior tie-break and went home with UGX 750,000 (approximately KES 25,000).
The Open Section saw 80 contestants battling it out for top honours.
WCM Joyce Nyaruai of Kenya stunned her Ugandan hosts by winning the Lady’s Section with seven points out of eight rounds. Her only loss was to WCM Milly Takali in round six.
Juliet Asaba grabbed the silver with six points. WFM Gloria Nansubuga took the bronze medal with six points but with a lower tie-break. A total of 29 ladies took part.
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List of the winners
Open Category:
1st Place FM Nsubuga Haruna: 1,000,000 UGX
2nd Place Njoroge Martin: 750,000 UGX
3rd Place Nyola Wasswa: 500,000 UGX
4th Place Oluka Robert: 250,000 UGX
5th Place Wabwire Ronald: 125,000 UGX
Ladies Category:
1st Place WCM Ndirangu Joyce Nyaruai: 1,000,000 UGX
2nd Place Asaba Juliet: 750,000 UGX
3rd Place Nansuga Gloria: 500,000 UGX
4th Place Suhana Anil Yadav: 250,000 UGX
5th Place Ampaire Shakira : 125,000 UGX
Best Differently Abled Wasswa Sharif : 100000 UGX
U16years Namuguzi Godfrey Mwesigwa :100000 UGX
U19years Basangwa Johnson Michael:100000 UGX
Best Junior Muhirwa Alvin:100000 UGX
Links
2025 SOM Easter Open Chess Championship on chess-results.com
2025 SOM Easter Chess Tournament on lichess.org.
CM Emmanuel Egesa wins 2024 SOM Open Easter Chess Championship.
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Article by Kenya Chess Masala.
