PETER GILRUTH WINS KENYA NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Kenya national chess championships were held from dec 14-16 2007 at Hillcrest school in karen. Peter gilruth emerged the overall winner with 6.0/7 points. He dethroned Ben Magana who was the reigning Kenya champion. Peter Gilruth the new Kenyan champion.

Peter Gilruth is the new Kenyan national chess champion. He scored 6/7 points in the event even though he missed the first round. In the last deciding game he outplayed Wycliffe Obutu in the endgame.

The championships also acted as the first phase of Olympiad qualifiers with the top 20 players short listed for the second phase.

Janet Rossana emerged as the ladies champion.

TOP 10 PLAYERS IN THE KENYA NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

1. Peter Gilruth 6.0
2. Mathew Kanegeni 5.5
3. Philip Singe 5.5
4. Wycliffe Obutu 5.5
5. Mehul Gohil 5.0
6. James Apiri 5.0
7. Ben Magana 4.5
8. Victor Ngani 4.5
9. Steve Ouma 4.5
10. John Mukabi 4.5

KENYA NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Kenya national chess championships will take place on 14,15 and 16 December at Hillcrest school in karen. The championships will also act as the first phase of Olympiad qualification with the top 25 moving to the next stage. Ben Magana will be defending his title.

Ben Magana in yellow during a tournament in uganda. he will be defending his title as kenyan champion during the national championships.

Chess Kenya invites chess players to this year's National Chess Championship.This event will also double-up as the first phase of the Olympiad qualifiers.The top 25 players will qualify for the second phase.More on the Olympiad at the end of the Championship.Chess Kenya will also shortlist players from the junior category to fight it out for the final qualifiers to pick 3 representatives to represent the country at next year's Africa Junior Chess Championship.

EVENT: KENYA NATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

DATES: 14TH,15TH & 16TH DECEMBER 2007

CATEGORIES: GENERAL,LADIES & JUNIORS UNDER 20

VENUE: HILLCREST SECONDARY SCHOOL,KAREN

REGISTRATION FEES: KES 600 PER PLAYER( INCLUDES LUNCH FOR 2 DAYS 15TH & 16TH DECEMBER 2007)

TIME CONTROL: 90 MINUTES PER PLAYER TO FINISH PER GAME.

FIDE RULES TO BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO!
GAMES WILL START AT 3PM SHARP!! ON 14TH DECEMBER AND 8AM ON 15TH & 16TH DECEMBER

TOP PRIZE: KES 10,000 PLUS A TROPHY

KENYA NATIONAL BLITZ CHAMPIONSIPS

The Kenya national blitz championships will take place on Wednesday 12 December 2007 at the checkkmates club. Mehul Gohil will be defending his title aganaist the likes of Magana and Nguku. More details follow below

VENUE: Downtown Pub & Rest.
DATE: 12th DECEMBER
TIME: 12pm onwards

ENTRY: Kshs 200 (incl. lunch)


Tournament Format:

This is going to follow the same format as the 1st blitz championship. It's gonna be grueling and will test anyone's chess stamina.

PHASE 1


All players will be put into 4 seeded pools. The seeded players are as follows: Seed 1 - Mehul Gohil, Seed 2 - Ken Omolo, Seed 3 - Ben Magana, Seed 4 - Ben Nguku. The remaining players will be chosen randomly via secret ballot. Depending on turnout it may be that the seeded pools do not contain the same number of players.
Players will play a double round robin and the TOP 2 from each pool qualify into PHASE 2.

PATZER CHAMPIONSHIP

All those who are knocked out in phase one will take part in a patzer championship which will be a all play all double round robin. The winner will be declared Kenya Patzer blitz champion and bag Kshs 1,000. The 8 players who make it to PHASE 2 cannot take part with the patzers.

PHASE TWO

The 8 players will be divided into 2 pools. The players in this pool will not have met each other in PHASE 1. This will again be a double round robin and the TOP 2 from each pool will qualify for the finals.

FINALS

The four finalists will play each other in a quadruple round robin which will eventually crown the new Kenya Blitz Champion 2007.

ALL FIDE BLITZ RULES WILL APPLY. THE RULES WILL BE DISCUSSED AND AGREED UPON BEFORE THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT. THERE WILL BE A 5-10 MINUTE BREAK AFTER EACH ROUND ROBIN CYCLE...AND IN THE CASE OF THE PATZER CHAMPIONSHIP, THERE WILL BE A BREAK AFTER EVERY 6 ROUNDS PLAYED.