Munanira strikes
Oct 31, 2002
ISAAC Munanira crowned a great day for Uganda, by winning one of two crucial points for his team on Tuesday.
By Daniel Nsibambi
in Bled, Slovenia
Uganda 2 Hong Kong 2
ISAAC Munanira crowned a great day for Uganda, by winning one of two crucial points for his team on Tuesday.
It was a dream day for Munanira (picture above) as this was only his second Olympiad game and he won against a higher rated player, Mark Kiernan (2103,) on table 3.
On-form Grace Nsubuga and Munanira won their games as Uganda held Hong Kong to take their points tally to 4.5 points.
Nsubuga’s opponent on table 1, Chong Chor Yuen was no match as he first gave him a knight sacrifice before squeezing him in a corner for an inevitable checkmate.
Kawuma on table 2 and Mwaka on table 4 lost closely contested games. Favourites Russia, led by Garry Kasparov, are top of the standings after four rounds.
Selected rankings :
1 Russia 13
2 Poland 13
3 Armenia 13
African countries
54 Egypt 9
62 Algeria 8½
73 Tunisia 8
75 Botswana 8
80 Zambia 7½
87 South Africa 7
90 Zimbabwe 7
94 Libya 6½
105 Mauritius 6
113 Nigeria 5
114 Angola 5
118 Kenya 5
119 Ethiopia 4½
122 Uganda 4½
126 Namibia 4
127 Somalia 4
135 Morocco 0
137 Seychelles 0
138 Sudan 0
139 Ivory Coast 0
140 Malawi 0
141 Rwanda 0
Ends
in Bled, Slovenia
Uganda 2 Hong Kong 2
ISAAC Munanira crowned a great day for Uganda, by winning one of two crucial points for his team on Tuesday.
It was a dream day for Munanira (picture above) as this was only his second Olympiad game and he won against a higher rated player, Mark Kiernan (2103,) on table 3.
On-form Grace Nsubuga and Munanira won their games as Uganda held Hong Kong to take their points tally to 4.5 points.
Nsubuga’s opponent on table 1, Chong Chor Yuen was no match as he first gave him a knight sacrifice before squeezing him in a corner for an inevitable checkmate.
Kawuma on table 2 and Mwaka on table 4 lost closely contested games. Favourites Russia, led by Garry Kasparov, are top of the standings after four rounds.
Selected rankings :
1 Russia 13
2 Poland 13
3 Armenia 13
African countries
54 Egypt 9
62 Algeria 8½
73 Tunisia 8
75 Botswana 8
80 Zambia 7½
87 South Africa 7
90 Zimbabwe 7
94 Libya 6½
105 Mauritius 6
113 Nigeria 5
114 Angola 5
118 Kenya 5
119 Ethiopia 4½
122 Uganda 4½
126 Namibia 4
127 Somalia 4
135 Morocco 0
137 Seychelles 0
138 Sudan 0
139 Ivory Coast 0
140 Malawi 0
141 Rwanda 0
Ends