Uganda ladies’ chess team gracefully slips to Albania in 7th round | 44th Chess Olympiad

44^th Chess Olympiad (Women Category – Round 7):

• Uganda 1.5-2.5 Albania

Detailed results:

• Peninah Nakabo (Uganda) 1-0 WCM Shabanaj Eglantina (Albania)
• WCM Shakira Ampaire (Uganda 0-1 WCM Klean Shuqja (Albania)
• WFM Gloria Nansubuga (Uganda) 0-1 WCM Rozana Gjergji (Albania)
• Patricia Kawuma (Uganda) 0.5 – 0.5 Eklea Omeri (Albania)

Uganda women national chess team narrowly lost 1.5-2.5 to Albania during round 7 at the on-going 44^th Chess Olympiad in Chennai city, India on Friday, August 5, 2022.

Peninah Nakabo overcame WCM Shabanaj Eglantina, WCM Shakira Ampaire lost to WCM Klean Shuqja.

WFM Gloria Nansubuga lost 0-1 to WCM Rozana Gjergji as Patricia Kawuma shared the spoils with Eklea Omeri.

On the same day, Uganda humbled Somalia 4-0 during round seven of the open category.

FIDE Master (FM) Patrick Kawuma, rated 2270 overcame Sheikh Omar Abdirahman (2051) in a game that lasted 33 minutes.

Walter Okas (2191) used 1 hour and 27 minutes to beat Ali Farah Abdullahi (1892).

Emmanuel Egesa (2152) won over Mohamed Abdulkadir Warsame (1820) in a game that lasted 01:01:47.

In the game that lasted over one and a half, Islam Sh. Nour Kassim (1873) lost to Haruna Nsubuga (2160).

Team captain FM Harold Wanyama was rested in this round.

This was Uganda’s fourth win in 7 rounds after victories over Equatorial Guinea (4-0), Sao Tome and Principe (4-0) and Oman (3-1).

Round eight will be held on Saturday, 6^th August 2022.

During round 8, the women side face Bahrain as the men take on Bulgaria in the open section.

A total of 11 rounds will be played in all.

The 44^th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India attracted 350 teams from 187 countries.

China is the defending champion for the ladies and women.