Text: Paras Gudka
Sicilian Simbas continued their onslaught in Round 3 & 4 games played on 4th February 2012 at the Goan Gymkhana, beating University of Nairobi 4-0 and drawing against arguably the strongest team in this year’s edition of the Nairobi Chess League – Lion Kings. Mighty Pawns produced the best result with 2 consecutive wins and 7 game points.
This year's Nairobi Chess League is sponsored by Farmer's Choice
At the end of the fourth round, Sicilian Simbas led the pack with 3.5 match points while Mighty Pawns, Mating Zombies and Lion Kings trailed in joint 2nd place with 3 match points each.
Complete standings after Round 4 are as follows:
- Sicilian Simbas – 3.5 match points (13.5 game points)
- Mighty Pawns – 3 match points (11.5 game points)
- Mating Zombies – 3 match points (10.5 game points)
- Lion Kings – 3 match points (10 game points)
- Kenyatta University – 2.5 match points (11 game points)
- Nairobi Chess Club – 2.5 match points (9.5 game points)
- University of Nairobi – 2.5 match points (8 game points)
- WeCC Thoroughbreds – 2 match points (9.5 game points)
- Tritonite Stars – 2 match points (9 game points)
- Stima Chess Club – 2 match points (8 game points)
- NCA Team 1 – 2 match points (7.5 game points)
- Kenya Polytechnic – 2 match points (6 game points)
- Tritonite Kids – 1.5 match points (6.5 game points)
- Maycan Queens – 0.5 match points (4 game points)
- Braeburn High School – 0 match points (2 game points)
- NCA Team 2 – 0 match points (1.5 game points)
Detailed results of matches played in Round 3 and 4 were not available at the time of filing this report.
Round 5 and 6 matches will be played on 18th February 2012.
Round 5 Pairings:
- Mating Zombies v/s Sicilian Simbas
- Lion Kings v/s Kenyatta University
- University of Nairobi v/s Mighty Pawns
- Stima Chess Club v/s Nairobi Chess Club
- Tritonite Stars v/s NCA Team 1
- Tritonite Kids v/s WeCC Thoroughbreds
- Maycan Queens v/s Kenya Polytechnic
- NCA Team 2 v/s Braeburn High School