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2026 Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championships Women

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11 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 30 Apr 2026 in Lome, Togo. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1632, and top seed was Toritsemuwa Ofowino (🇳🇬 NGR, WCM, 2036).

Ridham (🇬🇭 GHA, 1670) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Mazan Emmanuela Esther Ayemou (5.0) and Toritsemuwa Ofowino (4.5). Ridham shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Ridham (1670) beat Toritsemuwa Ofowino (WCM, 2036), a +366-point gap.

Location
🇹🇬Lome, Togo
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 30 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇬WCMToritsemuwa Ofowino2036
Avg top 10
1,632
Participants
11
Titled players · 4
WFM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 6 represented
🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire×3
🇹🇬Togo×3
🇬🇭Ghana×2
🇳🇬Nigeria×1
🇧🇫Burkina Faso×1
🇲🇱Mali×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
2
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Ofowino takes lead
Ridham5Ayemou5Ofowino4.5Nde4.5Benson4Camara3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE29 Apr

WCM Toritsemuwa Ofowino takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Ridham takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ridham drew with WFM Mazan Emmanuela Esther Ayemou (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ridham*
½
1
½
2WFMMazan Emmanuela Esther Ayemou
½
*
1
0
3WCMToritsemuwa Ofowino
0
0
*
1
4Atse Carine Noelly Marie Nde
½
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ridham1670GHA+6N=2B−5N+8B+7N+3N=4B5.024.527.018.251843+62.8
2Ayemou, Mazan Emmanuela EstherWFM1859CIV+7B=1N−4B+9N=5N+10B+3B5.023.024.015.001801-11.6
3Ofowino, ToritsemuwaWCM2036NGR+8N=5B+10N+7B+4N−1B−2N4.524.025.013.001750-35.2
4Nde, Atse Carine Noelly Marie1686CIV+9N+10B+2N=5B−3B=8N=1N4.523.024.013.751769+26.4
5Benson, MaudWCM1670GHA+11B=3N+1B=4N=2B=6BF4.022.522.513.751805+20.8
6Camara, Ruth Liliane1412CIV−1BF−8N+10B+11B=5N+9B3.514.514.55.001559+37.2
7Kponsou, AfiwaWCM1535TOG−2N+9B+11N−3N−1BF+8B3.019.019.04.501653+30.4
8Bintou Diallo1595MLI−3B+11N+6B−1NF=4B−7N2.520.520.55.751562-16.4
9Kudafa, Sandra1443TOG−4B−7NF−2B+10N+11B−6N2.017.017.01.001339-29.2
10OUEDRAOGO Clemence0BURF−4N−3B−6N−9B−2N+11N1.019.519.50.0013690.0
11Botsoe, Precious Enam Eliana1417TOG−5N−8B−7BF−6N−9N−10B0.016.016.00.00731-70.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets