Monday, June 7, 2010

Peter Nsiah wins "May" Open

The tournament was held at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra on the 5th of June, 2010 with over 30 players participating. The 6 round G/30 tournament was held in two divisions, A and B, and it´s one of the tournaments that would be used to select players to make up the Ghana Team for the Olympiad in Khanty Mansiysk this year.

At the end, Peter Nsiah took first place with 5/6, Kojo Hasford and Ernesto Baro shared second to third place with 4.5/6. Check out the final standings and some photos below.

Final Standings:


Place  Name                   Score

  1   ANANE-NSIAH, PETER       5
 2-3  HASFORD, KOJO            4.5
      BARO, ERNESTO            4.5
 4-8  BUSUMTWI, KOFI           4   
      THOMPSON, EDDIE          4   
      LAMP, PASTOR             4       
      OTOO, EMMANUEL           4       
      WINFUL, FRANCIS          4      
9-10  COLEMAN, VITALY          3.5    
      NKRUMAN, SEKOU           3.5    
11-16 ASHAGBLEY, VICTOR        3      
      ADI, WILLIAM             3      
      AMANOR, MICHAEL          3      
      KONEY, NII KONEY-KWAKU   3      
      GABAH, RICHARD           3      
      SAAKA, BOLINA            3       
 17   SAAKA, FELIX             2.5     
18-21 AHADZIE, EMMA            2      
      SOSU, EDWARD             2      
      MILLS PAPOE, AARON       2      
      ODIAKA, EMEKE            2      
 22   ADJEI, MICHAEL           1.5   
 23   ABBEY, OGUNLEYE          1     
 24   NUAMAH, FRANK            0       


Picture gallery

 

The playing hall at the Ohene Djan Stadium

 Kojo Hasford (Left) battling it out with Eddie Thompson; 
was it a KID discussion?
The controversial game of the tournament: 
Sekou Nkrumah vs Vitaly Coleman (right)

Tournamenet winner, Peter Nsiah playing with Black vs Ernesto Baro

 Nii Koney (right), one of the promising players of Ghana chess 
plays it out with Edward Sosu in round 6