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The Ghana National Individual Chess Championship 2012 was held at the Accra Sports Stadium-Accra from January 2 to January 7, 2012. The system and rate of play was a 7-round Swiss, 90 minutes per player per game for the first round to select the best six players from twelve. The qualified six then engaged in a 5-round robin to determine the national champion. The rate of play was 90 minutes per player.
Kojo Hasford won the qualifier with 5½/7 and then dominated the final with 4½/5. Francis Anquandah took second on 3½/5 while Edward Thompson took third on 3/5. Anquandah had been champion since 1986. In the women’s competition there were four women and Paulina van Gyuet won on 3/3. The Ghanaian team hopes to be competing at the Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey later this year. You can read the full report in Chess Drum.
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Hello everyone,
The Ghana National Individual Chess Championship 2012 was held at the Accra Sports Stadium-Accra from January 2 to January 7, 2012. The system and rate of play was a 7-round Swiss, 90 minutes per player per game for the first round to select the best six players from twelve. The qualified six then engaged in a 5-round robin to determine the national champion. The rate of play was 90 minutes per player.
Francis Anquandah versus eventual champion Kojo Hasford.
Kojo Hasford won the qualifier with 5½/7 and then dominated the final with 4½/5. Francis Anquandah took second on 3½/5 while Edward Thompson took third on 3/5. Anquandah had been champion since 1986. In the women’s competition there were four women and Paulina van Gyuet won on 3/3. The Ghanaian team hopes to be competing at the Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey later this year. You can read the full report in Chess Drum.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
chess is catching up in africa. soon we will have chess safaris what fun
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