DMARK Chess Club is set for a titanic showdown with National Chess League defending champions, Mulago Kings in a final day must win title decider for Kings to be played at Hotel Africana on Sunday.
DMARK goes into the last round with a record breaking 2.5 points lead, which means that a draw or even 2-3 loss for DMARK will be sufficient for them to lift the much coveted league trophy for the first time.
Kings’ line up will most likely comprise of FM Harold Wanyama, CM Patrick Kawuma, Grace Nsubuga, Farouk Fauza and Deborah Wanja while DMARK is likely to field Olympian Arthur Ssegwanyi, FM Elijah Emojong, Solomon Lwanga, Innocent Kimera and Joy Kabengano. The most interesting duels will be the board one and two boards between Olympians Wanyama (Kings) and Ssegwanyi (DMARK) on one hand and Kawuma (Kings) versus Emojong (DMARK) on the other. Third placed Mulago Knights is four points adrift of second placed Kings and may therefore not change position. The other interesting battle is likely to be the fight for fourth place which is currently occupied by City Chess Club that is only one point ahead of fifth placed Aviation Chess Club. City wil be taking on Mulago Pawns while Aviation plays Makerere University Business School.