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13th President's Cup Chess Championships

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33 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Aug 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Accra, Ghana. 7 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1861, and top seed was John Kojo Hasford (🇬🇭 GHA, FM, 1945).

Cephas Clinton Fomevor (🇬🇭 GHA, CM, 1883) won with 6.0/7, ahead of John Kojo Hasford (5.5) and Nana Kofi Ampong (5.0). Fomevor broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yao Paul Togbe (1521) beat Waris Clinton Abdul-raheem (1783), a +262-point gap.

Location
🇬🇭Accra, Ghana
Dates
02 Aug 2025 → 04 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇭FMJohn Kojo Hasford1945
Avg top 10
1,861
Participants
33
Titled players · 7
IM×1
FM×1
CM×5
Federations · 4 represented
🇬🇭Ghana×26
🇹🇬Togo×3
🇱🇷Liberia×1
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Cephas Clinton Fomevor led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
13
6
2
4
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

CM Cephas Clinton Fomevor held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Cephas Clinton Fomevor drew with FM John Kojo Hasford (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Cephas Clinton Fomevor 3 wins (R1–R3)FM John Kojo Hasford 3 wins (R1–R3)Nana Kofi Ampong 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMCephas Clinton Fomevor*
½
½
—
2FMJohn Kojo Hasford
½
*
1
—
3Nana Kofi Ampong
½
0
*
1
4CMFrempong-Smart Daniel——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fomevor, Cephas ClintonCM1883GHA+25N+5B+13N=2N+4B+9B=3B6.027.029.524.252032+22.4
2Hasford, John KojoFM1945GHA+3N+11B+14N=1B+9N+13B−8N5.527.030.523.002145+20.4
3Ampong, Nana Kofi1706GHA−2B+21N=20B+19N+12B+6B=1N5.026.029.019.001901+61.2
4Kporxah, Maxwell Kwasi1691GHA=10B+17N+12B+6B−1N=5N=7B4.527.531.018.501933+45.4
5Acheampong Dave Quansah Chief1728GHA+8N−1N=24B+26B+10N=4B=13N4.525.027.015.751736+4.8
6Frempong-Smart DanielCM1841GHA+19B+18N=9B−4N+15B−3N+14B4.523.526.515.001826-1.8
7Anquandah, Francis EricIM1930GHA−18B=25N=8B+20N+16B+15N=4N4.522.024.515.751792-18.0
8Miracle Morris0GHA−5BF=7N+30B+27N+18N+2B4.520.520.513.7518800.0
9Akpa Prince1823GHA+24N+16B=6N+10B−2B−1N=15B4.027.029.514.001842+5.0
10Anhwere, BernardCM1906GHA=4N+26B+15B−9N−5B+22N=12B4.023.525.512.751777-20.8
11Senyegah, Paul1734GHA+21B−2N=19B−18N+32B=16N+25B4.020.521.59.751647-12.2
12Ameku, David Selasi1801GHA=26N+33B−4N+25B−3N+24B=10N4.020.521.08.501670-20.0
13Togbe, Yao Paul1521TOG+23NF−1B+22N+18B−2N=5B3.525.027.011.251855+98.4
14Mills-Pappoe, Benjamin Adoayi1770GHA+31B+20N−2B−15N=19B+17N−6N3.523.024.09.001684-14.4
15Semeko, Lumen Paco1745TOG+32N+30B−10N+14B−6N−7B=9N3.521.522.57.501705-5.6
16Asante,Frank1673GHA+27N−9N−22B+31B−7N=11B+24N3.520.021.07.501729+14.4
17Koney,Nii Koney-Kwaku1729GHA=33N−4B+30N−24B+31N−14B+18B3.515.516.05.251485-25.2
18Adanu Richard Kofi Mawuena1697GHA+7N−6B+31N+11B−13N−8B−17N3.024.525.59.501679-3.2
19Sarkodee-Addo Harry1637GHA−6N+27B=11N−3B=14N−29B+31B3.021.022.06.751642+0.4
20Acheampong Jedidiah Nana Osei1543GHA+28N−14B=3N−7B=26N−21B+32N3.020.021.06.501674+26.8
21Herrera-Dedo, Marlon Kwame0TOG−11N−3B+28N−27BF+20N+22B3.019.020.08.0017450.0
22Nkrumah, Sekou Dr1778GHA−30N+32B+16N−13B+24N−10B−21N3.017.518.57.001663-22.8
23Abdul-raheem,Waris Clinton1783GHA−13BF−27NF+28N+32B+29N3.011.511.55.001719-12.4
24Ridham1551GHA−9B+28B=5N+17N−22B−12N−16B2.522.524.57.751660+34.0
25Hawkson, Manuel1645GHA−1B=7B+33N−12NF+26B−11N2.521.021.04.751625-4.0
26Singh, Manoom1521GHA=12B−10N+29B−5N=20B−25N−28B2.020.022.05.501568+10.0
27OYAMA, Ekok OyamaCM1898NGR−16B−19N+23B+21N−8BFF2.017.017.06.001572-25.2
28Thompson, Edward Nii LampteyCM1804GHA−20B−24N−21B+29N−23BF+26N2.015.516.54.001540-33.8
29Victor M. Nyepon1653LBRFF−26N−28B+33N+19N−23B2.014.014.03.501493-16.4
30Ako-Brew,Samuel0GHA+22B−15N−17B−8NFFF1.019.520.03.0016260.0
31FIDE 126041350—−14NF−18B−16N−17B+33B−19N1.019.520.00.509010.0
32FIDE 126037590—−15B−22NF+33B−11N−23N−20B1.017.017.00.509180.0
33Quartey Alba Karina0GHA=17B−12N−25B−32N−29B−31NF0.514.015.01.7513850.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
13th President's Cup Chess Championships (2025) — Accra, Ghana | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats