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The Malogy Under 10 National Chess Championship started on the 14th of April, at 12 noon, with about 60 players registered to participate in the tournament.
Malogy Under 10 (6 – 10 years) Chess Championship

Time Control: 25mins Rapid
Tournament: Open Swiss
Rounds: 6 Rounds
Chief Arbiter: IA Amisun Omotayo
Date: 14 – 15 April, 2018
Venue: Chevron Recreational Center, Gbagada, Lagos.

There were some favourites coming into this category, with the likes of Ekunke Goodness who finished first at the Under 10 section of the 1st ANGELS Network Championship in 2017, Israel Ohiorenuan who was also a formidable player touted by some to watch out for, Artharva Mehra who finished in the top 10 ranking of most tournaments he featured in since September 2017, Subomi Omole who has always been a force to reckon with in this category as well, not to mention Ayurda Kiran-Parab an Indian girl who has been playing brilliantly in recent times.

These young vibrant players were so ecstatic to play in this tournament, which would be the first National Chess Championship for the category in close to two (2) decades, and a very big opportunity for the winners to represent on the continent.

Round one (1) saw most of the favorites, including Ekunke Goodness, Atharva Mehra, Omotoye Taiwo, osadebe Emmanuel and Subomi Omole winning their games, while the only draw on top board included Obakoya Aarinoro and Anu Davies on board six (6).

Round 2:
During this round, Subomi Omole lost to Ekunke Goodness with the white pieces, whom she has played at least twice in just over year, with Goodness coming out tops in both meetings, but not without a good fight from Subomi. While the other players continued to pick up wins in the round, and the only draw on the top board came between Anjola Oshodi and Onola Tamilore on board four (4).

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Round 3.
Ayurda Kiran – Parab lost to Omotoye Taiwo in this round. The game between Daniel Odunuga and Tamilore Odunuga, two (2) siblings of the same parent, was very interesting to follow. At the beginning of the round, Tamilore started crying for being paired against her older brother. She claimed she has never won a game against him in her entire time of playing chess. Coach Boyo Paul Kehinde told her to stop crying and concentrate on this game, which could be the very first time she would defeat her brother in a tournament. Guess what….Tamilore summoned courage and played the best game of her life to reach a King and Queen vs King end game against her brother. At last, she was going to defeat her brother. But the brutality in chess set in when she made a fatal mistake, helping her brother to secure a stalemate, hence a draw was declared by the Arbiter. She was so hurt that she could not bring the full point home, and she started another series of tears.

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Round 4
This round started in the early afternoon of Sunday, the 15th of March, 2018, at exactly 1pm. Atharva Mehra continued his victory train as he defeated Udolisa Chimaobi on board 1 to remain on a perfect four (4) points of the possible four (4) games, while Ekunke Goodness also defeated Israel Ohiorenuan and Omotoye Taiwo defeated Daniel Odunuga to join Atharva in the lead.

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Round 5
Playing on top board in this round was Ekunke Goodness who defeated Omotoye Taiwo, putting a stop to Taiwo’s Cinderella story at the tournament and remained the only player with five (5) points after five (5) rounds, after Ibrahim Ayomide defeated Atharva Mehra after reaching a Queen and King vs King and Queen endgame. Atharva offered Ibrahim a draw, which the latter declined twice. Atharva then blundered by moving his king into the front of his queen on an open file forcing a skewered position, which Ibrahim duly exploited and won the game. This ensured that Ekunke takes the sole lead of the tournament, while Ibrahim Ayommide and Osadebe Emmanuel went into the final round in second place with four and a half (4.5) points.

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Round 6
The final round pitted Ibrahim Ayomide against Ekunke Goodness on board one (1), in a deciding game for both kids, and Ekunke proved unstoppable (showing the strength of his coach, Abidogun Peter of Brain Chess Educational Services) and defeated Ibrahim with the black pieces. Hence, Ekunke Goodness finished first at the Malogy Under 10 (6 – 10) National Chess Championship. This is the second major tournament Ekunke has won within a space of seven (7) months. You can read about his first exploits here)

While Atharva mehra defeated Osade Emmanuel in spectacular fashion. Played the endgame boldly and won, in a game that could have been drawn with accurate play, to tie for the second place. Watch his endgame brilliance in the video below:

Omotoye Taiwo defeated Kushagra Khandelwal join Atharva Mehra in second place, while Israel Ohiorenuan defeated Ayurda Kiran-Parab to finish the tournament in joint 4th position with Udolisa Chimaobi who had a losing position against Hriday Tilwani, but the later decided to offer him a draw.

The final ranking is shown below.

Final Ranking after 6 Rounds

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	19	Ekunke Goodness	NGR	0	6,0	0,0	21,0
2	8	Atharva Mehra	NGR	0	5,0	0,0	19,0
	38	Omotoye Taiwo	NGR	0	5,0	0,0	19,0
4	29	Israel Ohiorenuan	NGR	0	5,0	0,0	18,0
5	26	Ibrahim Ayomide	NGR	0	4,5	0,0	17,5
	59	osadebe Emmanuel	NGR	0	4,5	0,0	17,5
7	57	Udolisa Chimaobi	NGR	0	4,5	0,0	17,5
8	31	Li Mo	NGR	0	4,5	0,0	12,5
9	7	Kushagra Khandelwal	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	16,0
	11	Ayurda Kiran – Parab	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	16,0
11	25	Friday Tilwani	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	14,5
12	27	Innocent Marvelous	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	14,0
13	51	Shomoye Issiah	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	14,0
14	52	Subomi Omole	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	13,0
15	48	Sattik Chowdry	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	12,0
16	45	Quickpen Deborah	NGR	0	4,0	0,0	12,0
17	2	Ajijola Afolami	NGR	0	3,5	0,0	14,5
18	46	Ramesis Ibekwe	NGR	0	3,5	0,0	13,0
19	17	Dev Tilwani	NGR	0	3,5	0,0	11,0
20	37	Ogbu Chukwunonso	NGR	0	3,5	0,0	10,5
21	6	Anu Davies	NGR	0	3,5	0,0	10,0
22	14	Daniel Odunuga	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	13,5
23	3	Akinlolu Daniel	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	13,0
24	36	Obakoya Pamilerin	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	12,0
	55	Udolisa Chidubem	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	12,0
26	12	Caleb Adeniyi	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	12,0
27	39	Onola Tamilore	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	12,0
28	4	Akinlolu Tobi	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	11,0
29	40	Osaji David	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	10,0
30	50	Seth Ohiorenuan	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	10,0
31	21	Eze Sagna	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	9,0
32	20	Enife Adeniyi	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	9,0
33	28	Israel Eberendu	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	8,0
34	58	Vansh Bilandani	NGR	0	3,0	0,0	8,0
35	53	Tamilore Odunuga	NGR	0	2,5	0,0	13,0
36	22	Faleye Adejola	NGR	0	2,5	0,0	9,5
37	35	Obakoya Aarinoro	NGR	0	2,5	0,0	8,0
38	30	Laguda Adnan	NGR	0	2,5	0,0	6,0
39	42	Oyekunle Oyeyinka	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	10,0
	44	Phillip Kalu	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	10,0
41	18	Ebube Nzewi	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	8,0
42	9	Ashiru Demilade	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	7,0
	10	Ashiru Ladi	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	7,0
44	56	Udolisa Chimamanda	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	6,0
45	41	Osaji Tehila	NGR	0	2,0	0,0	5,0
46	5	Anjola Oshodi	NGR	0	1,5	0,0	8,5
47	1	Abibatou Sagna	NGR	0	1,5	0,0	6,5
48	32	Maxwell Adedeji	NGR	0	1,5	0,0	5,0
49	54	Titobi Akinyemi	NGR	0	1,5	0,0	5,0
50	23	Faleye Mayode	NGR	0	1,0	0,0	3,0
51	15	Danielle Egberanmwen	NGR	0	1,0	0,0	2,0
52	24	Felix-Olivier Rewane-Okoye	NGR	0	0,5	0,0	2,5
	47	Ria Parikh	NGR	0	0,5	0,0	2,5
	49	Sayimwen Giwa-Osagie	NGR	0	0,5	0,0	2,5
55	13	Chidubem Ogbunamiri	NGR	0	0,0	0,0	0,0
	16	Davies Aanuoluwapo	NGR	0	0,0	0,0	0,0
	33	Moyo Okojie	NGR	0	0,0	0,0	0,0
	34	Nifemi Olaegbe	NGR	0	0,0	0,0	0,0
	43	Parikh Ria	NGR	0	0,0	0,0	0,0

For the tournament details

Watch out for the report on the senior category.

The third (3rd) Season of The CPAN Chess League began with some interesting changes in the tournament rules, which was communicated to all team captains with the expectation that they would communicate same to their various players. Each team comprised of unlimited number of players in the first two (2) editions of the league, but this time around, it was reduced to twelve (12) players per team, which still included at least one (1) under 16 player and a female player.

There is now a walk over time of one (1) hour after the start of the tournament, which was not in the first 2 seasons. Some players even came during those periods at two (2) mins to the end of their time and started playing. This, the organizers believed is affecting the reputation of the league hence placed the check in order to increase the reputation of the league. It is no longer business as usual but a serious business.

CPAN Chess League Season 3
Tournament Type: Team Round Robin
Rounds: 11 Rounds
Time Control: 90mins +30secs added from move 1
Chief Arbiter: IA Hikmot Amisun
League Secretary: Oyeleye Olawale
Venue: Chevron Recreational Center, Gbagada, Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 17th March, 2018.

Twelve (12) teams registered for the tournament. Facility Control who is the defending champion of the league are in to win it again, while the Evergreen Team believe they would do wonders this time around. Not to mention the Deciphers’ team that had to call for reinforcement after checking their performance in their previous season, and they were able to land FM Osunfuyi Abimbola as the ignition to spark up everyone in the team and lead them to victory.

The Outliers team had a little hiccup in the team, when their top player Akinwamide Oluwadamilare left for the Blue Ocean team. Guess the latter team had a better offer and more known players representing them. The Captain of Outlier in person of Adewale Adelaja believes they would pull surprises with the abrupt changes in their team list as they did in the last season, where they finished third (3rd) on the table.

An all girls team following the idea of Grandmaster Judith Polgar, who is on a cause for encouraging female players to play the royal game, was created by Coach Boyo Paul who also recognized some potential female players and would want them to participate at the top level of Nigerian chess. He also brought another team comprising of teenagers called the Junior Terminators.

Team YabaTech College Sponsored by the CPAN President, Ms Ayokanmi Ajayi, also feature in this event. This is believed, would help the players achieve the best results in the upcoming Nigerian Polytechnic Games. JING Design Build sponsored University of Lagos Team for the league. This is also expected to improve the players of the University for the upcoming Nigerian University Games.

A new team all the way from the Southern part of Nigeria, emerged with the name Chess Zits. This team is led by Mr. Ezinna Lovejoy who was able to bag the highest rated player in the country in person of FM Kigigha Bomo and bring him to the league, after the first (1st) season where young Oyelabi Jonathan against all odds drew with the player. Another highly notable player in the team is Obubele Koko (Double Knights Master), who has won more tournaments in the South-South region of the country in the past year, than most. Check the player’s list for more.

Before the Start of the rounds, there was a team captain’s meeting, chaired by the League Secretary in person of Oyeleye Olawale. The only missing team captain or representative at the meet was that of Chesszits. Most of their players were en-route to Lagos as at the time of the meeting.

ROUND 1 Report

Junior Terminator played Team Saxx in the first round and lost not without snatching two draws from their opponents. Tobiloba Ogunsanya held Ayokanmi Ajayi to a draw on board 2 while Ajuh John held Damilola Ojo to a draw on board 4 to secure the one (1) point out of a possible six (6) in the round.

Hope for Girls held Team Yabatech to a draw, thanks to two Yabatech players who were walked over in the round and Ugheighele Assurance, who lost against Alade Oluwasegun, was eventually gifted the full point due to a board order rule, which the opposing team flouted. Chess sensation defeated Team Unilag with just a point difference. With Unilag’s Izuogu Mickey defeating veteran chess player Oyeneyin Tajudeen, Alex Ayomide’s opponent lost due to a walkover, while Salami Timmy held Agusto Abdulrahman to a draw.

Facility Control controlled the Deciphers by a full point as the team’s junior player lost to Toritsemuwa Ofowino (The Men Beater) in a draw looking endgame, because he flouted the rule of setting his clock by himself despite the clear and continuous warning from the Chief Arbiter at the beginning of the round. The game between the duo went past the required tournament stoppage time, hence the inquisition into their game (by the arbiter), as it was the last game standing. When asked “who set his clock?”, the junior player said Coach Boyo Paul did, which the latter declined as he was not an arbiter in the event, hence not having the right to set any board’s chess clock. It was a painful loss for the young man but a lifetime lesson was learnt.

Chesszits completely lost to the Outliers team based on the fact that Chesszits team were en-route to Lagos from PortHarcourt on the day of the tournament. There was no prior information to the organizers that they would not be able to make the first round, which would have necessitated a reschedule of their match against their opponent to another day. The clocks were set, boards arranged, and they all lost by time default, which was one (1) hour after the start of the round. The team captain of Chesszits tried soliciting for a match reschedule with Outliers which the latter declined, because the captain did not ask apologetically. The matter was reported and an Appeal’s committee was set up which comprised of all Team Captain’s and the Secretary of the league exempting the two teams involved. The Appeal’s committee had a complete vote that the games be walked over and the result stood.

The Evergreen team who finished second in the last season of the league came out strong against the Blue Ocean team and the newest addition to Blue Ocean in person of Akinwamide Oluwadamilare, who was listed to play for the team on the day, came an hour late to the event hence losing on the board to FM Agusto Funmilayo. Another walkover in favour of the Evergreen was on board 6, where Blue Ocean had no available under-16 on their board.

Team Pairing and Results is shown below.

No.	SNo.	Team	Res.	Team	SNo.
1	1	TEAM SAXX	5 – 1	JUNIOR TERMINATOR	12
2	2	CHESS SENSATION	3½ – 2½	TEAM UNILAG	11
3	3	TEAM YCT	3 – 3	HOPE FOR GIRLS	10
4	4	FACILITY CONTROL	3½ – 2½	DECIPHERS	9
5	5	OUTLIERS	6 – 0	CHESSZITS	8
6	6	EVERGREEN	4 – 2	BLUE OCEAN	7

Board Pairings and Result are shown below:

1.1	1	TEAM SAXX		5 : 1		12	JUNIOR TERMINATOR
1		Oluwalasinu Seye		1 : 0			Oyakilome Daniel
2		Ayokanmi Ajayi		½ : ½			Tobiloba Ogunsanya
3		Oluwatobiloba Job		1 : 0			Babalola Peter
4		Damilola Ojo		½ : ½			Ajuh John
5		Tobun Olajide		1 : 0			Ozegbe Precious
6		Oluwalasinu Bamidele		1 : 0			Titus Maxwell
1.2	2	CHESS SENSATION			3.5 : 2.5	11	TEAM UNILAG
1		Oyenowo Femi		1 : 0			Bones David
2		Tajudeen Oyeneyin		0 : 1			Izuogu Mickey
3		Godwill Adara		– : +			Alex Ayomide
4		Agusto Rahman		½ : ½			Salami Timmy
5		Praises Akinloluwa Omisakin		1 : 0			Fabusuyi Simi
6		Peace Sampson		1 : 0			Awotoye Bukola
1.3	3	TEAM YCT			3 : 3	10	HOPE FOR GIRLS
1		Chisom Chukwuma		1 : 0			Pelomoh Jessica
2		Abidogun Peter		– : +			Asmau Soneye
3		Alade Oluwasegun		0 : 1			Ugheighele Assurance
4		Ezeani Truth		1 : 0			Ogunleye Oluwaseyi
5		Nicolo		– : +			Ozemade Victoria
6		Ekunke Goodness		1 : 0			Titus Faith
1.4	4	FACILITY CONTROL			3.5 : 2.5	9	DECIPHERS
1		Soyoye Abel		1 : 0			Venket
2		Akinseye Abiola		1 : 0			Onokpite Kennedy
3		Deiyi Roland		½ : ½			Osunfuyi Abimbola
4		Balogun Oluwafemi		1 : 0			Oladejo Tunde
5		Okemakinde Tolu		0 : 1			Ofowino Toritsemuwa
6		Aisha Ibrahim		0 : 1			Akagha Tochukwu
1.5	5	OUTLIERS			6 : 0	8	CHESSZITS
1		Obioma Onuoha		+ : –			Lovejoy Ezinna
2		Eloka Eguagwu		+ : –			Kigigha Bomo
3		Adebayo Akinniyi		+ : –			Tochukwu Ezinna
4		Oyelabi Jonathan		+ : –			Obubele Koko
5		Okeke Isaac		+ : –			Perpetual Obiyoyo
6		Iyanuoluwa Olowe		+ : –			Ugushidah Ikorogbudu
1.6	6	EVERGREEN	4 : 2			7	BLUE OCEAN
1		Efemuai Odafe		1 : 0			Ajele Rotimi
2		Agusto Funmilayo		+ : –			Akinwamide Tosin
3		Odum Martin		0 : 1			Ajibowo Olamide
4		Erhabor Dave		1 : 0			Doris Adebayo
5		Adebayo Tani		0 : 1			Fabeyo Fred
6		Assa Oluwaseun		+ : –			–

Team Cross Table After Round 1

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	MP3	Pts.
1	OUTLIERS	*											6	3	6
2	TEAM SAXX		*									5		3	5
3	EVERGREEN			*							4			3	4
4	CHESS SENSATION				*					3½				3	3½
	FACILITY CONTROL					*			3½					3	3½
6	TEAM YCT						*	3						1	3
	HOPE FOR GIRLS						3	*						1	3
8	DECIPHERS					2½			*					0	2½
	TEAM UNILAG				2½					*				0	2½
10	BLUE OCEAN			2							*			0	2
11	JUNIOR TERMINATOR		1									*		0	1
12	CHESSZITS	0											*	0	0

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