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

:

3

  Mulago Knights

  DMARK Chess Club

:

4

  Mulago Overs

  Entebe Knight Mares

2

:

3

5

  Mengo Chess Club

  Civil Aviation Authority

3

:

2

6

  Sanlam Chess Club

  City Chess Club

:

7

  UCU Queens

  Mulago Rooks

1

:

4

8

  UCU Knights

  Makindye Chess Club

½

:

9

  Lweza Kings

  Barclays Chess Club

4

:

1

10

  Kireka Chess Club

  MUBS Chess Club

:

11

  Enkabi Chess Club

  Makerere University

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Full Round 12 scores:

No.

Team

Team

Res.

:

Res.

1

  Rainbow International School

  Makerere University

½

:

2

  MUBS Chess Club

  Enkabi Chess Club

3

:

2

3

  Barclays Chess Club

  Kireka Chess Club

:

4

  Makindye Chess Club

  Lweza Kings

½

:

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

:

11

  Mulago Queens

  Mulago Pawns

4

:

1

David Isabirye is a senior staff writer for Kawowo Sports where he covers most of the major events.

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