Top seeds struggle at East Africa Junior Chess Championship
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Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 11.01.26. | 17:26
The event, which has attracted more than 300 players, comes to an end on Sunday with winners walking away with trophies and medals
Two top seeds in the ongoing East Africa Junior Championships' youth category have found the going tough after struggling against a strong field in Mombasa.
After four rounds of matches Shem Apamo ,rated 1640, stayed on course to win the category on maximum points.
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Shem, who represented the country at last month’s Africa Youth Chess Championship, had collected maximum points after round four.
He beat Shah Kanika in the first mbeat, before edging out Jeremiah Kamau-and followed it up with a win over Emmanuel Mumo.
His fourth win was against Samlawrence Wachira.
The top seed in the category Jamie Obora Kanango, who is rated 1861,stayed second also on four points after picking wins against Joseph Mwangi Maina, David Mwige, Richard Muthumbi and Uganda’s Kathan Mwanje.
Another top seed in this category in Zuri Kaloki,also rated 1861,is stuck in fifth position after winning her three matches and drawing against Desai Mahek from Tanzania.
Kenyan players continued to dominate in the other categories, taking in the top positions by Saturday evening.
After four rounds of matches, five Kenyans stayed at the top of the under-12 category.
Jakov Vishnevkiy is at the top with maximum four points.
Andy Kirui, also on four points, is second, followed by international player Wanjiru Gichuga who has also collected four points.
Jasmine Rikels and Anish Shah complete the top five category with 3.5 points and three points respectively.
The Kenyan dominance is also evident in the under-10 category where Jeremy Aden Duke leads with four points.
Ugandan Aaron Kagoda is in second place also on four points with Bachu Givens in third spot.
Ugandan Mbofuriko Ramadhan is at top in the under-8 category with four points.
The event, which has attracted more than 300 players, comes to an end on Sunday with winners walking away with trophies and medals.
Elsewhere, the African Chess Confederation (ACC) has announced that it will conduct two seminars this month to improve the capacity of continental officials .
They include a Trainers seminar and a School Instructors seminar.
Chess Kenya has urged those who are interested to apply for the seminars with limited slots available.
The seminar is part of the ACC efforts to ensure that officials in the continent are qualified to work at the African and world level.
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