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NIGERIA NATIONAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

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18 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Nov 2025 to 08 Nov 2025 in Chevron Recreation Centre, Gbagada, LAGOS., Nigeria. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2169, and top seed was Abiola Daniel AKINSEYE (🇳🇬 NGR, FM, 2252).

Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO (🇳🇬 NGR, 2148) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Ajibola OLANREWAJU (6.0) and Joy Idara EMMANUEL (5.5). OKHIPO shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Richard Adamu YOHANNA (1961) beat Toluwanimi OKEMAKINDE (CM, 2196), a +235-point gap.

Location
🇳🇬Chevron Recreation Centre, Gbagada, LAGOS., Nigeria
Dates
04 Nov 2025 → 08 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇬FMAbiola Daniel AKINSEYE2252
Avg top 10
2,169
Participants
18
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇬Nigeria×18
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
8
2
4
2
1
4
4
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9OKHIPO takes lead
OKHIPO7OLANREWAJU6Balogun5.5OYEPITAN5.5EMMANUEL5.5AKINSEYE5.5
R9 · LEADER CHANGE08 Nov

Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO takes the sole lead (7.0/9).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO drew with Ajibola OLANREWAJU (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO 3 wins (R4–R6)Ajibola OLANREWAJU 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Bartholomew Emmanuel OKHIPO*
½
½
—
2Ajibola OLANREWAJU
½
*
0
1
3IMOluwafemi Daniel Balogun
½
1
*—
4Joshua Ayodeji OYEPITAN—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1OKHIPO, Bartholomew Emmanuel2148NGR+17B=5N−3B+12B+14N+7N=2B+9B+8N7.040.042.531.252351+46.6
2OLANREWAJU, Ajibola2149NGR=10N+6B+12N+8B+3N−9B=1N+4B−5N6.043.547.531.252274+30.0
3EMMANUEL, Joy Idara2176NGR+15N=12B+1N+4N−2B+8B=9N=7B−6N5.543.046.027.502228+13.0
4AKINSEYE, Abiola DanielFM2252NGR+6N+7B=8N−3B−9N+13B+14N−2N+18B5.540.042.023.002185-13.6
5Balogun, Oluwafemi DanielIM2188NGR+16N=1B−7N=9B=13N+12B−8N+15B+2B5.539.041.523.502210+5.6
6OYEPITAN, Joshua Ayodeji2107NGR−4B−2N+18B=16N+10B=11N=7B+13N+3B5.537.539.522.002190+21.4
7ONOKPITE, KennedyCM2161NGR+9B−4N+5B+13B−8N−1B=6N=3N+14B5.043.047.024.002190+6.2
8LAPITE, Oluwadurotimi Opeoluwa2184NGR+13B+11N=4B−2N+7B−3N+5B=12N−1B5.043.047.023.752209+5.6
9OSAYANDE, Kingsley2065NGR−7N+16B+14B=5N+4B+2N=3B−1N−10B5.043.045.523.502188+58.4
10TYOWASE, Tyover Collins2024NGR=2B−14N=17B=11N−6N=18B=15B+16N+9N4.533.035.016.502066+20.8
11ADEDEJI MICHAEL OLAMIDE2128NGR+18N−8B−13N=10B=15N=6B−12N+17B+16N4.531.033.013.502072-26.4
12OKEMAKINDE, ToluwanimiCM2196NGR+14B=3N−2B−1N+16B−5N+11B=8B−17N4.040.042.516.252084-26.8
13URAIH, Patrick Onyeka2097NGR−8N+18B+11B−7N=5B−4N+17N−6B=15N4.036.538.513.252063-7.4
14ALAGOA, Ayebaenemibarakere Domo2103NGR−12N+10B−9N+17B−1B+15N−4B+18N−7N4.036.538.512.002044-13.6
15WINSTON-ONYIAH, Sasha2072NGR−3B=17N−16B+18N=11B−14B=10N−5N=13B3.033.035.09.751951-29.0
16AFAM, Ndidi Ernest2102NGR−5B−9N+15N=6B−12N+17B−18N−10B−11B2.534.536.58.251906-47.0
17YOHANNA, Richard Adamu1961NGR−1N=15B=10N−14N=18B−16N−13B−11N+12B2.533.535.58.751920-21.2
18EZEANYA, Ikechukwu1904NGR−11B−13N−6N−15B=17N=10N+16B−14B−4N2.033.536.06.001874-6.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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