Wednesday, November 16, 2005

African Chess Championship

The Continental Championship was held in Lusaca, Zambia on 4th-15th November. There were 35 participants and tournament had swiss format with 9 rounds. New African champion is GM Ahmed Adly (EGY 2480).


Final Standings:
1. GM Ahmed Adly (EGY 2480) with 7 points
2-4. GM Slim Belkhodja (TUN 2490), FM Ali Frhat (EGY 2306) and Stanley Chumfwa (ZAM 2303) with 6,5 each,
5-6. IM Fouad El Taher (EGY 2482) and IM Watu Kobese (RSA 2403) 6,
7-10. IM Essam El Gindy (EGY 2524), IM Aimen Rizouk (ALG 2499), IM Pedro Aderito (ANG 2288) and Ignatius Njobvu (BOT 2201) 5,5 etc.


White: IM Simutowe 2458
Black: GM Adly 2480
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qd2 h6 12. O-O-O hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qc7 14. h4 Be7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bh3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rxh4 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qf2 Rah8 21. Bg2 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 Nbd7 23. Bg2 Qc6 24. Qg3 Qe6 25. Rd2 g6 26. b4 Kf8 27. b3 Kg7 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Na2 Nb8 30. b5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Nc6 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. c3 Ra5 34. Qb6 Ra6 35. Qb5 Qa3+ 36. Kb1 Nd7 37. b4 Qb3+ 38. Rb2 Qd1+ 39. Nc1 Ra3 40. Qd5 Qa4 41. Na2 Nb6 42. Qd3 Nd4 43. Bf3 Nb5 44. Kc1 Rxa2 45. Rxa2 Qxa2 46. Qxb5 Nc4 47. Qd7 Qb2+ 48. Kd1 Qxc3 49. Bg4 Ne3+ 50. Ke2 Nxg4 51. Qxg4 Qxb4 0-1


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