June 11 to July 11 2010
"My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant". - Henry Blackburne | SINCE 2007
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Mehul Wins Madaraka Day Rapid Tournament
The inform Mehul Gohil won the madaraka day rapid tournament held on 1st june at the Crossroads Inn. The somali contigent was also represented for the second tournament in a row.
Mehul Gohil
The madaraka day event took off as scheduled .In a nutshell,Mehul had everyone for b/fast and lunch,congrats once again.
The veterans Khaduli and Kanegeni also had a good show with 6.0 and 5.0 respectively.Also joint with kanegeni at third place were new chess players in the scene, Molid and Hussein,also with 5.0 points.The Atwoli, Obutu and Steve did not perform as well as they usually do.
The Crossroads Inn hosts came through with their promise for free Mbuzi which the chess players devoured with pleasure. They did one better and offered to have us if an arrangement for a win-win situation can be arrived at.
All in all the 25 participants had a good tournament to keep them busy on a holiday.Checkmates chess club is grateful to all those who made the event happen especially the hosts,crossroads, and CK ,for the equipment.Hope to have all of you in bigger tournaments in future.
The Delecious Nyama Choma Offered for lunch.
Results
MEHUL GOHIL 6.5
LARRY KHADULI 6.0
KANEGENI MATHEW 5.0
HUSSEIN 5.0
RICKY SANG 5.0
MOLID 5.0
STEVE OUMA 4.0
WYCLIFFE OBUTU 4.0
SAMUEL MAKUMI 4.0
MARTIN OYAMO 4.0
JACKTON MONY 4.0
DUNCAN MUKONYI 4.0
MAHAT 3.5
AKELLO ATWOLI 3.5
COLLINS YANG 3.0
FRANCIS NGESA 3.0
ISAAC MUKOKO 3.0
LARRY KAGAMBI 3.0
MATTHEW KIAMA 3.0
VINCENT NGENO 3.0
GEORGE MATHEA 2.5
AMOS SIMIYU 2.0
ANTONY STANLEY 2.0
KASSIM AHMED 2.0
ROSE CHEMIAT 1.0
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