Anquandah, Francis Eric - Mesfin, Leykun, 0.5-0.5
Anquandah obtained a small advantage out of the opening but it wasn´t enough to convert to a win. The queens came off in the middlegame and Mesfin sacrificed the exchange to stop the progress of Anquandah´s two connected passed pawns on the queenside.
Mulugeta, Ashenafi - Koney, Nii, 1-0
This round saw the return of Nii Koney, playing his favourite opening, the Sicilian Dragon. After castling on opposite sides, Mulugeta´s initiative resulted in a strong kingside attack.
Bempa Bonsu, Kwandwo Ovus - Fekadu, Desalegn Jimma, 0-1
Fedaku easily equalized and after queen exchanges had more active pieces. Kojo was down a pawn and his blunder on move 32 resulted in the loss of a rook.
Temesgen, Addisalem - Hoogendijk, Cornelis Will, 1-0
Kees experience his first defeat of the tournament losing to Temesgen, who held a slight advantage after the opening phase due to his space advantage on the queenside and better positioned pieces. Kees tried to generate counterplay but he overlooked a tactic on move 20 and had a bad position thereafter.
Hopefully the Ghana team can get back to winning ways when they play Trinidad and Tobago in round 9.
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