Round five of the ongoing National Chess Championship is set for Saturday 12th November 2011 at Hotel Africana with some interesting clashes between leaders Arthur Ssegwanyi and Simon Gonza as early pace setter Haruna Nsubuga takes on Samuel Musagga.
Rajab Kamoga will play (Farouk Fauza both on 3.5 points). Struggling defending champion, Harold Wanyama will be seeking
to redeem himself against unpredictable Mike Akabu.
A total of four rounds will be played this weekend with two games on Saturday 12th and two more games on Sunday 13th November 2011. The last two rounds will be completed on Sunday 20th November 2011. The total number of rounds to be played is ten. Considering the big number of rounds it is still too early to predict a winner inspite of the early rounds upset of defending champion, Wanyama.
FM Elijah Emojong who missed the first two rounds is at 2 points, 1.5 points off the pace and cannot be wriiten off either. The winner of the event will other than being named National Champion automatically qualify for Uganda’s team at the next World Chess Olympian in turkey. The top thirty will also qualify to proceed to the next phase of the qualifiers.