Oyo,Delta Teams Dominate Chess

Oyo and Delta teams at the on going National Sports Festival look set to pick the team Gold medal in the male and female categories  after six rounds of play following their brilliant wins on Sunday at the Multi Purpose hall of University of Lagos.

The Oyo male team, led by Istanbul World Chess Olympiad debutant, Adeyinka  Adesina  defeated host Lagos 3.5-0.5 point and thus push their cumulative score to 18.5 points while Delta who also recorded same score line against Bayelsa are second with 17.5 points.

In other results in the male section, Edo trounced Federal Capital Territory 3-1 while Anambra overwhelmed Ogun by the same score line.

Imo and Ondo shared score at 2-2 to remain in the middle of the pack and same with Akwa Ibom and Yobe.

Abia over powered youthful Benue State team 4-0 just as Kano picked valuable 2.5-1.5 result against Rivers and Plateau secured 2-2 result with Kwara.

In the female section, Delta still maintained dominance in the section after a 4-0 result against Benue and pushed their cumulative score to 20 points as against their closest rival, Oyo who battled to a 2-2 result with Ogun to remain in third position with 15 points.

Host Lagos moved to second position after the brilliant 4-0 result against Cross River.

Yemi Osundakin set the tone of victory for Lagos with an easy win against Gladness Archibora just as Seun Olabisi proved a better player against Beatrice Akuche and Oyewole Tuminu extended the lead with a hard earn victory against  Glory Essien and Biodun Oke brought the match to a ruthless conclusion from a better positional play against Calista Ogboji.

Play resumes on Monday at the same venue with teams with almost equal points and that have not met each other in the series set to engage one another in the Nine-round Swiss event pairing tournament.