Grandmaster and
international master from India and Egypt will lead other foreign players to
the second Lagos International Chess Classics scheduled to kick off on Tuesday
October 21 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.
Grandmaster Sriram Jha of India, International
master duo of Hesham Abdelrahman Ezat Mouhamed of Egypt and FIDE Master Degondo
Simplice Armel and his compatriots from Cote d’Ivoire, Lobognon Anderson Oliver
and Manan Yoboue Hermann will be in Lagos for the four-day tournament.
Others expected include, Ghana’s duo of Jamena
Joseph Mensah and Anquandah Francis Eric as well as Kenyan national champion, Magana Ben
The prize money for this
year’s tournament is $22,000 while players will compete for honours in three
categories while the star prize is $6,000.
The Nigerian legions will be led by International
Master Odion Aikhoje and a gold medalist at the Elista Olympiad in 1998, while
2012 zonal champion, international master Bunmi Olape will also be part of the
party. United States-based Dapo Adu will
also be part of the championship, which promises to be exciting.
According to the tournament director, Bayo
Babalola, this year Section B was introduced to cater for those that lower
rated players that may want to play those on their level or those slightly
higher as the might not be able to play in the tougher International Open
categories.
“We have more foreign players this year and
this goes to show that the tournament is growing each year and it is getting
attention from international players while the star prize in the Open Section
was increased to $6,000 against $5,000 for last year. We are expecting over 150
participants in this year’s edition,”
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