BAYELSA 12-MAN MIXED INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 19 Aug 2025 to 22 Aug 2025 in Yenagoa, Nigeria. Top 10 Elo average was 1575, and top seed was Odey Goodness EKUNKE (🇳🇬 NGR, 2165).
Ayebaenemibarakere Domo ALAGOA (🇳🇬 NGR, 2086) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Joy Idara EMMANUEL (9.5) and Odey Goodness EKUNKE (9.0). ALAGOA took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Oyeinkeperemo BAYEFA (1749) beat Apollos AKOMAKA (1888), a +139-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Ayebaenemibarakere Domo ALAGOA takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Joy Idara EMMANUEL drew with Ayebaenemibarakere Domo ALAGOA (White).
Joy Idara EMMANUEL 6 wins (R6–R11)Ayebaenemibarakere Domo ALAGOA 7 wins (R4–R10)Odey Goodness EKUNKE 5 wins (R7–R11)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇳🇬ALAGOA, Ayebaenemibarakere Domo | 2086 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 41.75 | 53.5 | +17.0 | 2181 |
| 1 | 🇳🇬EMMANUEL, Joy Idara | 2145 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 39.75 | 53.5 | +6.6 | 2173 |
| 3 | 🇳🇬EKUNKE, Odey Goodness | 2165 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 41.75 | 54.0 | +20.4 | 2225 |
| 5 | 🇳🇬KOKO, Obubele | 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 23.25 | 56.0 | -7.4 | 1963 |
| 4 | 🇳🇬BAYEFA, Oyeinkeperemo | 1749 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 19.75 | 58.0 | +80.8 | 1997 |
| 10 | 🇳🇬AKOMAKA, Apollos | 1888 | 0 | 0 | — | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 17.50 | 58.0 | -19.8 | 1728 |
| 8 | 🇳🇬Pelomoh Jessica | 1859 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 16.50 | 58.0 | -18.6 | 1733 |
| 7 | 🇳🇬UBARUGU, Felix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.00 | 58.0 | 0.0 | 1775 |
| 6 | 🇳🇬YAKIE, Glad Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.00 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 1827 |
| 12 | 🇳🇬OMESU, Miracle Chinyere | 1851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 61.5 | -28.4 | 1229 |
| 9 | 🇳🇬OGBONNA, Daniel Anthony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1.0 | 3.25 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 1646 |
| 11 | 🇳🇬WOKO, Ayibamiedei Daniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1.0 | 1.00 | 62.0 | 0.0 | 1168 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1BAYEFA, OyeinkeperemoNGR+80.85.0 pts · #4
- 2EKUNKE, Odey GoodnessNGR+20.49.0 pts · #3
- 3ALAGOA, Ayebaenemibarakere DomoNGR+17.09.5 pts · #2
- 1OMESU, Miracle ChinyereNGR-28.41.5 pts · #12
- 2AKOMAKA, ApollosNGR-19.85.0 pts · #10
- 3Pelomoh JessicaNGR-18.65.0 pts · #8
- R7+139 Elo gap
- R8+102 Elo gap