2010 Olympiad: Round 4, Ghana 0.5-3.5 Nigeria

Round 4 was a local derby between Ghana and it´s West African counterpart, Nigeria. Historically, Nigeria has had a stronger chess team than Ghana. Team Ghana was however hoping to turn the tables around with the presence of Anquandah and Thompson still in the team. At the end though, Ghana lost to Nigeria 0.5-3.5.

Anquandah, Francis Eric - Ajibola, Olanrewaju, 0-1
The Queens came off the board as early as move 12 and from then on it was Ajibola´s greater piece activity versus Anquandah´s better pawn structure.

Ajibowo, Olamide - Thompson, Edward Nii Lamp, 1-0
It was a Ruy Lopez, Steinitz variation. Thompson had winning chances after Ajibowo´s exchange sac on move 27. After more piece sacrifices by Ajibowo, Thompson was up a full Rook but with some defending to do. After a blunder on move 45 Thompson had a bad position.

Kojo Bempa Bonsu - Kigigha, Inimo, 0-1
Kigigha had firm control of the central squares and good positions for his pieces after the opening phase of the game and after an exchange sac on move 25, he had an attack going against Kojo´s King.

Campbell, Charles – Kees, 0.5-0.5
This was a hard fought draw where Kees equalized easily and had better piece activity. A series of exchanges in the middle game occurred afterwards resulting in an endgame of Rook and Knight versus Rook and Bishop.

Ghana plays San Marino in Round 5.