The return leg of the Uganda National Chess team against star studded Nairobi Chess Club is scheduled to be held on Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 May 2013 at Hotel Africana starting at 9:00 am.
Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) players have already confirmed they will arrive in Kampala on Friday 17th May 2013 ahead of the showdown with the Ugandan team dubbed ‘battle for Migingo’.
The NCC team will comprise of Kenya’s National Chess team players Peter Gilruth, Ben Magana, Atwoli Akello and Hinga Githinji, who is also the current Chairman of the Kenya Chess Association.
Uganda’s four man team will be led by FM Harold Wanyama and will also comprise of CM Bob Bibasa, veteran Olympian Grace Nsubuga and fast rising Haruna Nsubuga. All the four players on either side will play against each other in four rounds based on the Scheveningen System (with two rounds per day) as per pairing bellow:
1 The Teams
Uganda
Board 1: FM Harold Wanyama – Captain
Board 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Board 3: CM Bob Bibasa
Board 4: Haruna Nsubuga
Nairobi Chess Club
Board 1: Peter Gilruth – Captain
Board 2: Ben Magana
Board 3: Hinga Githingi
Board 4: Akello Atwoli
2 Schedule of Rounds and Board Pairings
The pairing system shall be the Scheveningen System. The pairings and schedule are as
shown below:
Round 1
Date 18th May 2013
Time 9:00 am
Table 1: FM Harold Wanyama vs Peter Gilruth
Table 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel vs Ben Magana
Table 3: Hinga Githingi vs CM Bob Bibasa
Table 4: Akello Atwoli vs Haruna Nsubuga
Round 2
Date 18th May 2013
Time 15:00 pm
Table 1: Ben Magana vs FM Harold Wanyama
Table 2: Peter Gilruth vs Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Table 3: CM Bob Bibasa vs Akello Atwoli
Table 4: Haruna Nsubuga vs Hinga Githingi
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Round 3
Date 19th May 2013
Time 9:00 am
Table 1: FM Harold Wanyama vs Hinga Githingi
Table 2: Grace Nsubuga Daniel vs Akello Atwoli
Table 3: Peter Gilruth vs CM Bob Bibasa
Table 4: Ben Magana vs Haruna Nsubuga
Round 4
Date 19th May 2013
Time 15:00 pm
Table 1: Akello Atwoli vs FM Harold Wanyama
Table 2: Hinga Githingi vs Grace Nsubuga Daniel
Table 3: CM Bob Bibasa vs Ben Magana
Table 4: Haruna Nsubuga vs Peter Gilruth
