Selected Results
D’mark 3.5 – 1.5 Mulago Knights
Mulago Queens 4-0 Rainbow International
City Chess Club 3.5 – 1.5 Sanlam Chess Club
City Chess Club registered two splendid victories as leaders DMARK Stumbled for the gap between the leaders and second placed team to reduce to half a point after eleventh and twelve round games played at Hotel Africana, Kampala.
Second placed City Chess Club beat early pace setters Sanlam on Saturday, before overcoming UCU Queens 4-1 on Sunday. League leaders DMARK stumbled by losing to Mulago Overs 2- 3 in the twelvth round. DMARK had earlier beaten Mulago Knights 3.5-1.5.
The game of the day was Mulago Overs’ veteran Emmanuel Kabuye’s splendid victory over DMARK’s Board one FM Harold Wanyama after a well-executed Kings Indian Classical variation. It also turned out to be Wanyama’s first league loss in many years.
There was a battle for the Mulago clubs as the Pawns beat Kings, before the Kings revenged on the Knights and the Queens downing the Pawns.
Third placed Lweza Kings continued with an impressive display beating Barclays Bank 4-1 and Makindye 4.5-0.5.
Elsewhere Aviation leapfrogged Sanlam to fourth position after beating them 4-1 in the twelvth round.
The Full Round 11 scores:
|
No. |
Team |
Team |
Res. |
: |
Res. |
|
1 |
Mulago Queens |
Rainbow International School |
4 |
: |
0 |
|
2 |
Mulago Pawns |
Mulago Kings |
1½ |
: |
3½ |
|
3 |
Mulago Knights |
DMARK Chess Club |
1½ |
: |
3½ |
|
4 |
Mulago Overs |
Entebe Knight Mares |
2 |
: |
3 |
|
5 |
Mengo Chess Club |
Civil Aviation Authority |
3 |
: |
2 |
|
6 |
Sanlam Chess Club |
City Chess Club |
1½ |
: |
3½ |
|
7 |
UCU Queens |
Mulago Rooks |
1 |
: |
4 |
|
8 |
UCU Knights |
Makindye Chess Club |
½ |
: |
3½ |
|
9 |
Lweza Kings |
Barclays Chess Club |
4 |
: |
1 |
|
10 |
Kireka Chess Club |
MUBS Chess Club |
3½ |
: |
1½ |
|
11 |
Enkabi Chess Club |
Makerere University |
1½ |
: |
3½ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Full Round 12 scores: | |||||
|
No. |
Team |
Team |
Res. |
: |
Res. |
|
1 |
Rainbow International School |
Makerere University |
½ |
: |
3½ |
|
2 |
MUBS Chess Club |
Enkabi Chess Club |
3 |
: |
2 |
|
3 |
Barclays Chess Club |
Kireka Chess Club |
3½ |
: |
1½ |
|
4 |
Makindye Chess Club |
Lweza Kings |
½ |
: |
4½ |
|
5 |
Mulago Rooks |
UCU Knights |
4 |
: |
1 |
|
6 |
City Chess Club |
UCU Queens |
4 |
: |
1 |
|
7 |
Civil Aviation Authority |
Sanlam Chess Club |
4 |
: |
1 |
|
8 |
Entebe Knight Mares |
Mengo Chess Club |
3 |
: |
2 |
|
9 |
DMARK Chess Club |
Mulago Overs |
2 |
: |
3 |
|
10 |
Mulago Kings |
Mulago Knights |
2½ |
: |
2½ |
|
11 |
Mulago Queens |
Mulago Pawns |
4 |
: |
1 |
