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NIGERIA NATIONAL MEN TEAMS CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025

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138 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2025 to 26 Jun 2025 in Ikenne, OGUN STATE., Nigeria. 11 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2236, and top seed was Abdulrahman Akintoye ABDULRAHEEM (🇳🇬 NGR, FM, 2306).

Odion AIKHOJE (🇳🇬 NGR, IM, 2258) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Michael Ikechukwu OSADEBE (7.0) and Osatohamwe Emmanuel ERHUNMWUNSE (7.0). AIKHOJE shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Olamilekan Saheed OYEWOPO (1743) beat Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (2184), a +441-point gap.

Location
🇳🇬Ikenne, OGUN STATE., Nigeria
Dates
19 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,236
Participants
138
Titled players · 11
IM×2
FM×4
CM×5
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇬Nigeria×130
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Odion AIKHOJE led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
44
15
4
3
2
2
5
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
AIKHOJE7.5OSADEBE7ERHUNMWUNSE7Kigigha6.5JOSHUA6.5ABDULRAHEEM6— ex-leaders:AIKHOJEled R9, #15
R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Odion AIKHOJE held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Odion AIKHOJE 3 wins (R6–R8)Michael Ikechukwu OSADEBE 3 wins (R6–R8)Osatohamwe Emmanuel ERHUNMWUNSE 7 wins (R3–R9)

R9 · FORMER LEADER FALL

IM Odion AIKHOJE held the sole lead at R9 but finished #15.

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1AIKHOJE, OdionIM2258NGR+119B+97B=42B+59B=55B+52B+21B+116B=12N7.529.030.023.252228-1.4
2OSADEBE, Michael Ikechukwu1999NGR+61N=31B+134N+121B=32N+122B+128N+93B50N7.019.519.511.002061+11.6
3ERHUNMWUNSE, Osatohamwe Emmanuel1971NGR6NF+111B+112B+58B+128B+68N+113N+127N7.015.515.59.502132+40.4
4Kigigha, Bomo LovetFM2252NGR+100N+130B9N+33B+126N+102N+22B=39BF6.523.023.014.752312+10.8
5JOSHUA, Damian1979NGR+81N43B106N+127B+114N=108B+83N+44B+58N6.520.520.514.252174+60.0
6AFAM, Ndidi Ernest2098NGR+3B+113B91N+34N12BF+43N+32B+64B6.031.531.524.002238+26.4
7ABIOLA, Teniola1994NGR+52N21B=77N+49B=41N+57B+93N13N+84B6.031.033.019.252156+34.0
8EMAH. Jacob Etim0NGR32B+67N+31B78N=115B+24N+113B=49N+53B6.028.529.520.0019800.0
9ABDULRAHEEM, Abdulrahman AkintoyeFM2306NGR+51B+88N+4B+104N+39B+45NFFF6.022.522.522.502846+23.6
10Olisa, Tennyson EwomazinoCM2265NGR+59N+60B+38N+102B+72N+64BFFF6.019.019.019.002841+22.2
11HABILA, Jehu Thomas0NGR+63N+14B+126N+111BFF+89N+112BF6.012.512.512.5020580.0
12ONOKPITE, KennedyCM2125NGR+114N+57BFF+6N55B+91B+63N=1B5.527.027.019.252235+20.6
13AKINSEYE, Abiola DanielFM2220NGRFF+124N42B+78B+93N+29N+7B=22N5.525.025.018.502289+11.4
14OGUNSAN, Alex Ayomide0NGR=35B11NFF+79N+131N+57B+37B+46B5.525.025.016.752363+88.0
15Omorere, Benjamin AruotureCM2125NGR+84BF=35N+21B+60N+31NF+41BF5.524.024.021.752466+40.4
16ILOUNO, Ikenna Arinze1957NGR=88BFF+105N20B+95N+76B+101N+65B5.520.520.511.502096+7.0
17UGUSHIDAH, Ikorogbudu2109NGR+106N+77N43NFF+115N=54N+31N+110B5.519.019.013.002189+8.0
18OJI, Chukwuemeka Victor1836NGR=92N+100BF+101NF+65B+107B+76N20B5.517.017.011.002138+44.4
19SALIHU, Mohammed Sani0NGR+?NF+121NF+71B36B=34B+?N+111N5.513.513.56.7519440.0
20NINYAN, Wilson Sabiya0NGR+30B39N66B45N+16N+126B100N+118B+18N5.030.030.017.0019550.0
21EKUNKE, Odey Goodness2142NGR+94B+7NF15N+85B+41B1NF+109B5.029.029.016.002213+23.2
22LAPITE, Oluwadurotimi Opeoluwa2163NGR+89N76N=41NF+98N+101N4N+28N=13B5.029.029.015.252215+13.2
23WUDIRI, Solomon Simon1878NGR43N+114BFF+46B+118N36N+79B+34B5.023.523.513.002157+99.2
24YEKEEN, Biodun1897NGR+91BF+37BF+82N8B+67N+47BF5.023.023.016.002866+85.2
25Balogun, Oluwafemi DanielIM2213NGR+75B27N+32B41NFF+33B+130N+80B5.023.023.014.002189-2.8
26EMMANUEL, Joy Idara2147NGR+129B+47BFF+63N54B+78B86B+57B5.019.519.513.002126-2.2
27URAIH, Patrick Onyeka2063NGR+112N+25BFF+86N40B+118B+75BF5.018.518.512.002240+21.4
28SALAKO, Clinton Oluwatoba1985NGRF+123N+100N+103NF33B+69B22B+101B5.017.517.58.002080+15.2
29ALALIBO, Krama2066NGR+107N64BFF+88B+116B13B+102N+123B5.015.015.06.502108+20.4
30Adewole, Adeyinka Samuel1867NGR20N+126BF+135B+89NF+92N+80NF5.011.511.56.502792+53.2
31OZIEGBE, Promise2021NGR=37B=2N8N+79B=48N15B+47N17B+115B4.539.040.015.252040+3.8
32IGOLUKUMO, Felix2041NGR+8NF25N+50N=2BF+74N6N+48N4.535.035.020.502134+15.8
33OLANREWAJU, Ajibola2179NGR+66B=45N+39B4NF+28N25N+104B73N4.532.532.516.002107-12.0
34OKPONGETE, Edidiong Aniefiok2014NGR=124N+111B+83N6B=90N+44B=19N48B23N4.530.030.511.501980-6.4
35ODUM, Martin2065NGR=14N+37N=15BFF+70B=42B38N+98N4.529.029.017.002106+8.8
36AKINSEYE, Oladotun2066NGR+82BF+90B44N38B+19N+23B=64N86B4.529.029.016.501835-31.0
37MAGOMYA Robert Ahundihine2128NGR=31N35B24N+98B+117B+85N+94B14NF4.527.027.09.751958-59.6
38EYENGHE, Sunny2096NGRF+62N10BF+36N=42BF+35B+49B4.526.526.518.502266+26.6
39EDET, Udeme Dominic2119NGR+105N+20B33N+100B9NF+104B=4NF4.526.526.512.752101-2.8
40OJO, David Oluwatoyosi1884NGR+101BF+97B=109N102B+27N+64BF66N4.517.517.512.252010+17.2
41OKHIPO, Bartholomew Emmanuel2184NGR+87N69N=22B+25B=7B21NF15N+60N4.035.535.516.502033-28.4
42OKEMAKINDE, ToluwanimiCM2195NGR=53NF=1N+13NF=38N=35NF+68N4.029.029.018.752190+1.4
43EYETONGHAN, Denyefa CallistusFM2288NGR+23B+5N+17BF+62BF6BFF4.026.526.520.502235-3.4
44OTHMAN, Fuenshak1940NGRFF113N+36B+61B34N+81B5N+63B4.026.526.513.502006+7.2
45OYAKHILOME, David Oise1998NGR+138N=33B=88N+20B+80N9BF73B72N4.026.026.010.751977-4.4
46DOOTERNA, Shaapera1954NGR+58BF+63N+47B23NF+112N81N14N4.024.524.511.502019+9.2
47EZEANYA, Ikechukwu1904NGR+111B26N+119B46N+75BF31B24N+103B4.024.524.56.001899-2.2
48AKAGHA TOCHUKWU2013NGRFF+70B63B=31B=75N+90B+34N32B4.024.024.013.001915-13.6
49UGOCHUKWU, Kenny1943NGRFF=92N7N+116N+59B+115N=8B38N4.024.024.09.501917-6.8
50AKINWAMIDE, Oluwadamilare2163NGRF+56B+108N32B=57NF=110BF+2B4.022.022.015.002124-5.6
51ILEGIEUNO, Justus1983NGR9N+87B+95N80B+92N89BF+88NF4.022.022.08.502017+4.4
52SALIHU, Muhammad Mubarak0NGR7B+118NF+67N+94B1NF+117NF4.021.521.57.002056+38.8
53YOHANNA, Richard Adamu1906NGR=42B=75N65BF+77N+105BF+103N8N4.021.021.08.752111+30.8
54KOKO, Obubele1967NGRF63BF+91BF+26N=17B=78N+89N4.020.020.013.002196+36.6
55MATAN, Adebayo Oludayo1944NGRF=86B+137BF=1N+12N+63NFF4.018.518.513.502317+46.6
56OGUNSANYA, Tobiloba1966NGRF50NF+122N+120BF+62BF+108B4.010.510.56.502195+23.6
57ONUORAH, Victor Chekwube1883NGR+71B12N+93B+82N=50B7N14NF26N3.533.533.59.501870-5.6
58NWIZU, Afamefuna Marcus1980NGR46N+61B=114N83B3N+71NF+131B5B3.527.527.57.001692-88.0
59ORE, Olajide Francis0NGR10B+129N+103B1N=70B49N+96B60BF3.527.527.55.0019460.0
60AKINROGUNDE, Clinton2031NGR+117B10N=64NF15BF+99N+59N41B3.525.025.08.001810-19.4
61ABDULLAHI, Abdulhafiz Omeiza0NGR2B58N+128B68N44N+81B+114NF=71B3.524.024.05.0017320.0
62ANUEBUNWA Emmanuel1901NGR+90N38B+127N+106B43N68B56N110N=121B3.521.021.03.751608-35.4
63AKPORHERHE, Blessing Bayo1965NGR11B+54N46B+48N26B+137N55B12B44N3.036.536.58.001923-10.6
64OYAKHILOME, Daniel Oise1954NGR+133N+29N=60BFF10N40N=36B6N3.029.529.59.001943-3.0
65AKPAN, Edidiong Friday0NGR+85BF+53N88B+66B18NFF16N3.026.526.59.5018750.0
66MOHAMMED BUHARI1693NGR33NF+20NF65N+100BFF+40B3.024.024.011.001989+26.8
67OBADIAH-OYELEONU, Macdaniel Ogechukwu0NGRF8B+99B52BFF24B+97B+113N3.022.022.05.0010760.0
68ORJIEKWE, Chidera Raphael1843NGRFFF+61BF+62N3B+114N42B3.019.019.08.001943+9.0
69OYEWOPO, Olamilekan Saheed1743NGRF+41BF+76NF78B28N107N+95B3.017.517.58.501756-3.6
70ABEDO, Samuel Ogirima0NGR=125NF48N+77B=59N35NF84B+135N3.017.517.54.5012090.0
71EMMANUEL, Solomon Edidiong0NGR57NFF+?B19N58B+127N=115B=61N3.017.017.02.2517690.0
72TINUBU, Babajide2058NGR=118BFF+94N10B=92BFF+45B3.015.015.07.502116+7.6
73NYUIMA, Tersee Ferdinand2147NGRFFFFFF+87B+45N+33B3.011.011.011.002795+38.4
74Adebowale Festus1974NGRF+127BF+75NF+90B32BFF3.09.09.04.501967-0.8
75BOT, Christopher1893NGR25N=53B=79N74B47N=48B+82N27NF2.530.030.07.751781-37.6
76ABYEM, Afa Joseph0NGR+95N+22BF69B87BF16N18B=105N2.525.025.07.7516630.0
77AGBO, Leonard0NGR+79N17B=7B70N53BFF=111B=99B2.524.024.07.0019030.0
78OLUWASEYITAN, Femi1954NGRFFF+8B13N+69N26N=54BF2.523.523.511.001934-3.4
79TAKEET, Olayinka Ezekiel2005NGR77B+82N=75B31N14B+112BF23NF2.523.523.54.751628-72.0
80CHIMA, Mount Zion Kenechukwu2024NGR+109BF=104B+51N45BFF30B25N2.521.021.06.251866-21.4
81IHEJIRIKA, Stanley Okezie0NGR5BF+?B90BF61N44N+46B=122N2.520.520.54.2519230.0
82ADEBOYEJO, Ezekiel0NGR36N79B+131N57B24B=111N75BF+112N2.520.020.01.5016750.0
83OFUBU, Samson1971NGR+113NF34B+58NF91N5BF=90N2.519.519.55.501842-13.4
84MUSA, Kamal1949NGR15NFF85NF=94N+125B+70N7N2.519.519.54.501700-44.4
85Okpo, Uwe1960NGR65N=116N+115N+84B21N37BF98BF2.519.019.04.001834-17.0
86OGBOGHO, Dennis2045NGRF=55NFF27BFF+26N+36N2.518.518.511.502150+11.2
87DANJUMA, Nathaniel1810NGR41B51NFF+76NF73N+95B=100N2.517.017.05.251305-19.2
88OKWUOSA, Joshua Ifeanyi1894NGR=16N9B=45B+65N29NFF51B104N2.029.029.07.751780-34.4
89BERNARD ANDERSON KELECHI2084NGR22BFFF30B+51N11B+94N54B2.026.026.06.001926-42.8
90MOHAMMED, Ibrahim0NGR62B?N36N+81N=34B74N48NF=83B2.024.524.56.0016560.0
91Maduagwuna, Emmanuel2165NGR24NF+6B54NF+83B12NFF2.023.023.08.501940-29.8
92ABDULLAHI, Adamu1980NGR=18B=102N=49BF51B=72N30BFF2.023.023.07.001835-23.2
93AFOLABI, Emmanuel1945NGR+132BF57N+113BF13B7B2NF2.023.023.01.001224-32.4
94ETUK-AKPAN, Leonard2009NGR21N+125B=116N72B52N=84B37N89BF2.022.522.52.251714-47.4
95FIDE 8535043076B+96N51BF+99B16BF87N69N2.021.521.54.0010750.0
96UBANDOMA, Charles Bitrus0NGR+126N95BFFFF59NF+117B2.021.021.01.0018990.0
97NOAH, Oche Prince0NGR103B1N40NF+129NF+117B67NF2.017.517.51.0018250.0
98ALEGBE, Stephen Seun1750NGR+136BFF37N22BFF+85N35B2.016.516.52.501883+18.4
99FIDE 85312000F=101N67N+117N95NF60BF=77N2.013.513.53.0017770.0
100BASSEY, Abasi-ifreke Dominus0NGR4B18N28B39N101B66N+20B109N=87B1.533.535.06.2515220.0
101YAKUBU, Daniel Musa1908NGR40N=99BF18B+100N22BF16B28N1.529.029.02.501165-43.0
102ADEJOH, Joshua2068NGRF=92BF10N+40N4BF29BF1.524.024.05.501940-17.4
103Usen Emmanuel1871NGR+97NF59N28B=118N117NF53B47N1.520.520.52.501618-44.4
104OKONKWO, Ifeanyi Walter2015NGRFF=80N9BFF39N33N+88B1.519.519.53.251956-8.8
105OGUNFUNMILAKIN, Oluwasegun Blessing0NGR39BF+125B16BF53NFF=76B1.517.017.01.7511940.0
106ODOEMENAM, Derick Tobechukwu0NGR17BF+5B62N?N=114BFFF1.516.516.57.0018360.0
107DANJUMA, Emmanuel1710NGR29BFF=123BFF18N+69BF1.516.016.03.251791+13.6
108EDUNWALE, Hakeem Olajide KingCM2007NGRF+122N50BFF=5NFF56N1.515.015.03.751763-17.8
109NNAMDI, Favour Ekene0NGR80NFF=40BFFF+100B21N1.513.513.53.7517440.0
110OYEPITAN, Joshua Ayodeji2098NGRFFFFFF=50N+62B17N1.513.013.05.502058-2.8
111AWOMUKWU, Benjamin1860NGR47N34N3N11NF=82BF=77N19B1.032.032.02.501163-43.2
112FIDE 8535914027BFF3N+113B79N46B11N82B1.032.032.01.0011990.0
113ISA, Ismaila0NGR83B6N+44B93N112NF8N3B67B1.031.531.54.0017450.0
114BAMAIYI, Sulonee Jerome1699NGR12B23N=58B120N5B=106N61B68BF1.029.529.52.501553-28.0
115AMBORE, Jonathan Tiko0NGRFF85BF=8N17B49B=71N31N1.025.525.54.5012080.0
116ONABOTE, Olasubomi John1947NGRF=85B=94BF49B29NF1NF1.025.025.02.251807-17.6
117ASUQUO, Anthony0NGR60NFF99B37N+103B97N52B96N1.024.524.51.5017780.0
118IZUOGU, Mickey1965NGR=72N52BFF=103B23B27N20NF1.023.523.52.251706-32.6
119Eze, Samuel0NGR1NF47NFFF+134NFF1.011.511.50.0012810.0
120NWALA, Emmanuel1936NGRFFF+114B56NFFFF1.05.05.01.001834-5.0
121SADIQ, Ibrahim1759NGRFF19B2NFFFF=62N0.516.016.01.751758-0.8
122FIDE 85576750F108BF56BF2NFF=81B0.515.015.01.2511910.0
123NNATE, Ernest1856NGRF28BF=107NFFFF29N0.511.511.50.751646-15.2
124ALAGOA, Ayebaenemibarakere Domo2095NGR=34BF13BFFFFFF0.510.010.02.251924-8.8
125IHEKE, Chukwuemeka0NGR=70B94N105NFFF84NFF0.59.09.01.5011790.0
126AWOJUOLA, Michael Ayodele1879NGR96B30N11BF4B20NFFF0.024.524.50.001260-12.4
127FIDE 85237890F74N62B5NFF71BF3B0.023.023.00.0011570.0
128AYUBA, Beneche Daniel1679NGRFF61NFF3N2BFF0.017.517.50.001185-11.2
129KEYI, Lucky Musa2060NGR26N59BFF97BFFFF0.015.015.00.001347-7.6
130FIDE 85546250F4NFFFFF25BF0.011.511.50.0014330.0
131DANJUMA, Yakubu Aranye1733NGRFF82BFF14BF58NF0.011.511.50.001191-14.4
132FIDE 8573298093NFFFFFFFF0.09.09.00.0011460.0
133ODUSON, Famous0NGR64BFFFFFFFF0.08.08.00.0011540.0
134ABDULLAHI, Sani0NGRFF2BFFF119BFF0.08.08.00.0011990.0
135ABDULWAHAB, Mohammed0NGRFFF30NFFFF70B0.08.08.00.0010670.0
136WAGINI, Abdulazeez Hassan0NGR98NFFFFFFFF0.07.07.00.009500.0
137IYOHA, Emmanuel1990NGRFF55NFF63BFFF0.07.07.00.001155-21.8
138FIDE 8573271045BFFFFFFFF0.04.04.00.0011980.0

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