Kenya tops medal standings in 2022 Africa Amateur Championship
The African Amateur championship came to an end at Mombasa Continental Resort, Kenya. This year’s edition with the highest-ever attendance attracted 93 players (including 25 women) from 15 federations. All sections were 9-round Swiss tournaments with classical time control. From a total of 18 possible podium finishes, Kenya made seven – six in women’s sections and one in the open section – to convincingly top the medal tally. Medal standings Federation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Kenya 3 2 2 7 2 Uganda 1 2 1 4 3 South Sudan 1 1 0 2 4 Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 5 Somalia 0 1 1 2 6 Sudan 0 0 1 1 7 Zambia 0 0 1 1 In the U2300 Women section, Kenya occupied the entire podium with 2021 World Woman Amateur U1700 gold medalist Madelta Glenda taking top, reigning Kenya National Chess champion Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Sasha Mongeli finishing second and reigning Kenya Open woman champion Triza Mwendwa coming third to complete a clean sweep. In the U1700 Women category, the top seed Olympian and pre-tournament favourite, Jully Mutisya of Kenya led throughout the tournament distance and triumphed with a perfect score of 9/9. In the U2000 Women section, the 2021 World Woman Amateur U1700 silver medalist WCM Joyce Ndirangu was second with 5 points behind the winner Linda Shaba of Zimbabwe, who was unbeaten with eighth points. Linda missed the first round due to flight challenges. In the open section, FM Haruna Nsubuga dominated the U2300 category and won Uganda’s only gold medal in the tournament. Panchol Madol swept the competition aside in the U2000 section, winning the tournament with a round to spare and completing the event undefeated. CM Aguda Lwanga won the U1700 open section scoring 7/9 to bring the third gold medal to host Kenya. U1700 Women 1. Mutisya Jully (1460, KEN) – 92. Mugide Safinah (1398, UGA) – 83. Elizabeth Cassidy Maina (1209, KEN) – 6 U1700 Open 1. Lwanga Aguda (1575, KEN) – 72. Mayen Deng Ador (SSD) – 73. Mahad Dahir Muhumad (1695, SOM) – 6½ U2000 Women 1. Shaba Linda Dalitso (1711, ZIM) – 8 0 2. Ndirangu Joyce Nyaruai (1679, KEN) – 5 3. Mwale Naomi (1559, ZAM) – 5 U2000 Open 1. Panchol James Madol (1937, SSD) – 7½ 2. Islam Sh.Nour Kassim (1878, SOM) – 6½ 3. Kizza Faruk Fauza Karim (1906, UGA) – 6½ U2300 Women 1. Madelta, Glenda (1565, KEN) – 7 0 2. WFM Mongeli Sasha (1726, KEN) – 5½ 3. Mwendwa Triza (1466, KEN) – 5 U2300 Open 1. FM Nsubuga Haruna (2146, UGA) – 7½2. Musasizi Emmanuel (1985, UGA) – 6½3. Tagelsir Abubaker (2231, SUD) – 6 The winners in each category qualified for the 2023 World Amateur Chess Championships with full board accommodation. Full tournament details and complete results in all categories can be found here. Text: Benard Wanjala Photo: Chess Kenya
2022 4th FIDE Council meeting: List of Decisions
FIDE publishes the list of decisions of the 2022 4th FIDE Council meeting, which was held on November 25 in Jerusalem, Israel. Download List of Decisions (PDF)
FIDE Council approves resolution on performing under FIDE flag
FIDE Council approved the below-mentioned changes to the simplified procedure for performing under the FIDE flag for players representing Russia/Belarus: The right to play under the FIDE flag is granted until January 1 2024, unless decided otherwise. After this period, in the absence of other requests, the player will automatically be returned to the previous federation. For the avoidance of doubt, Art. 2.10 of the Regulations for Registration & Licensing of Players shall not apply to players from Russia/Belarus willing to perform under the FIDE flag insofar this Resolution is in force. For the purposes of applying Article 1.4.2 of the FIDE Title Regulations, players under the FIDE flag who temporarily replaced it in a simplified procedure according to the following Council resolution are considered to be a foreign player with a status of the original federation for the purpose of titles calculations and all related matters. All players who previously have been transferred to the FIDE flag, according to the resolution continue to perform under the FIDE flag unless they send a request to return to the flag of Russia/Belarus or to another federation. Applications for transfer to the new federation are considered within 1 month from the date of submission of the relevant documents by the new federation. In case of transfer, the right to the established transfer payments remains. During the period from the moment of adoption of this resolution and until January 1, 2024, inclusive, each player can only use the right to switch to the FIDE flag once. This resolution enters into force on December 15, 2022.
4th FIDE Council Meeting: List of decisions
4th FIDE Council Meeting Jerusalem, Israel November 25, 2022 LIST OF DECISIONS CM4-2022/01 To note President’s report. CM4-2022/02 To note Treasurer’s report. CM4-2022/03 To approve the FIDE budget for the year 2023 and provisional FIDE budget for the year 2024 and to send them to member-Federations for their information. CM4-2022/04 To approve basic guidelines for playing venues of FIDE top-level tournaments. CM4-2022/05 To approve the changes in General Provisions and Responsibilities for Non-Elected Commissions. CM4-2022/06 To note FIDE Organisational Chart. CM4-2022/07 To note the information from the Council’s Working Groups on their respective assignments/responsibilities. CM4-2022/08 To note the GSC report. CM4-2022/09 To approve adding of dates and venue as well as starting times to the World Rapid & Blitz Championships Regulations 2022. CM4-2022/10 To approve the World Rapid & Blitz Championships play-off system as follows: In case of tie for first place, the play-off should be played between all players in tie according to the tie-break system, to determine the World Rapid/Blitz Champion. In case of tie for the first place, the play-off should be played between top two players in tie according to the tie-break system to determine the Women’s World Rapid / Women’s World Blitz Champion. CM4-2022/11 To note the Arbiters’ Commission’s report. CM4-2022/12 To approve the recommendations of the Arbiters’ Commission on Seminars, Classification upgrades, Amendments to the FIDE lecturer list, FA norms and titles. CM4-2022/13 To note the Qualification Commission’s report. CM4-2022/14 To approve the QC proposal in respect of the changes in Article 1.5.6 of the International Title Regulations. CM4-2022/15 To approve the QC proposal in respect of the changes related to the use of gender pronoun word as well as minor wording changes. CM4-2022/16 To approve the recommendations of the Qualification Commission on titles. CM4-2022/17 To approve the GM title for IM E. Paehtz (GER). CM4-2022/18 To note the PDC report. CM4-2022/19 To note the Trainers’ Commission’s report. CM4-2022/20 To approve the recommendations of the Trainers’ Commission on titles and Academies. CM4-2022/21 To approve the Events Commission’s proposal regarding FIDE World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad further to its finalisation. CM4-2022/22 To send the proposal of the Events Commission about new Organiser titles to all National Federations for their comments following the final review by the FIDE Council. CM4-2022/23 To request the Events Commission to update the proposal regarding parallel activities during FIDE World Cadet, Youth and Junior individual championships based on the FIDE Council input. CM4-2022/24 To approve the recommendations of the Events Commission on titles. CM4-2022/25 To note Continental reports. CM4-2022/26 To note the information regarding 100th anniversary of FIDE celebrations. CM4-2022/27 To approve the resolution on the Vanuatu Chess Federation. CM4-2022/28 To hold the 2023 1st meeting in Mexico City in April 2023.