The 53rd Nairobi Chess Club Championship ended on a very cold Sunday, 28th August after 5 rounds instead of the expected 6 with few surprises in the ‘Seniors’ section, the winners of which came mainly from the All Africa Games team headed to Maputo.
Hesbon Omanjo (left) v/s Bryan Taboso (right)
Venue for second day's play at the Goan Gymkhana, Nairobi
Results were as follows:
Seniors
- 1st Place: Ben Magana – 4.5 points (out of 5)
- Joint 2nd Place: Bryan Taboso, Githinji Hinga, Mehul Gohil – 4 points
- 3rd Place: George Nderitu – 3.5 points
Final Standings:
- Ben Magana – 4.5 points (out of 5)
- Bryan Taboso – 4 points
- Githinji Hinga – 4 points
- Mehul Gohil – 4 points
- George Nderitu – 3.5 points
- Hesbon Omanjo – 3 points
- Ricky Sang – 3 points
- Collins Young – 2.5 points
- Joseph Atwoli – 2.5 points
- Martin Oyamo – 2 points
Challengers
- 1st Place: Vasanth Ramesh – 4.5 points (out of 5)
- 2nd Place: Magesh Kumar – 4 points
- Joint 3rd Place: Peter Kinyanjui, Keith Kithome, Njuru Mwangi – 3.5 points
Final Standings:
- Vasanth Ramesh – 4.5 points (out of 5)
- Magesh Kumar – 4 points
- Peter Kinyanjui – 3.5 points
- Keith Kithome – 3.5 points
- Njuru Mwangi – 3.5 points
- Kevin Riungu – 3 points
- Tom Amwai – 3 points
- Jeneby Mohammed – 3 points
- Gweyani Jumba – 3 points
- T. Ramesh – 2.5 points