Amoako Philip Selikem Yao wins a silver medal at the 2021 African Youth Chess Championships
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Amoako Philip Selikem Yao wins a
Silver Medal
Candidate Master Title
at the 2021 African Youth Chess Championships
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11-year-old Amoako Philip Selikem Yao won Ghana’s first medal when he finished second in the just ended 2021 African Youth Chess Championships with 7.5 points. Master Selikem walked home not only with the silver medal but also a Candidate Master (CM) title making him Ghana’s Youngest titled chess player.
AYCC 2021 – ghana chess association
Under-12 Open Category
CM Amoako Philip Selikem being worn his silver medal.
Congratulations to the latest youngest Candidate Master in Ghana!!!
Egypt’s CM Mena Martin (in the middle with trophy) won the category finishing a point ahead of Selikem Amoako.
Amoako Philip Selikem (front row, 2nd from left) placed 2nd in the group earning him a silver medal.
Wael Sabry Mina (front row, 2nd from right), also from Egypt took home the bronze medal in the category as he finished with 6 points.
9-Round Under-12 category final ranking of the 2021 African Youth Chess Championships.
The continental chess tournament which took place from the 17th to the 15th of September 2021 at the Best Western Plus Accra Beach Hotel saw the participation of over 170 children from 11 countries. [pgn height=auto layout=horizontal autoplayMode=none]
[Event “U12 Open AYCC 2021”]
[Site “Accra Ghana”]
[Date “2021.09.21”]
[Round “Rd 1”]
[White “Selikem Philip Amoako”]
[Black “Shoubhith Kayyar”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C64”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. d4 Bd6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nd2 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng4 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. h3 Nxf2
15. Bxf2 Qg6 16. Qf3 f5 17. e5 Be6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Bxg3 Rad8 20. Nb3 b6 21.
Rad1 Kh7 22. Nc1 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b3 c4 25. b4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 a5 27. b5 Rb8
28. a4 Rc8 29. Ne2 c6 30. bxc6 Rxc6 31. Nd4 1-0
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Event details
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Tournament Schedule
ROUND 1 – SUNDAY, 19/09/2021 10:00 UTC
ROUND 2 – SUNDAY, 19/09/2021 17:00 UTC
ROUND 3 – MONDAY, 20/09/2021 15:00 UTC
ROUND 4 – TUESDAY, 21/09/2021 10:00 UTC
ROUND 5 – TUESDAY, 21/09/2021 17:00 UTC
ROUND 6 – WEDNESDAY, 22/09/2021 10:00 UTC
ROUND 7 – THURSDAY, 23/09/2021 15:00 UTC
ROUND 8 – FRIDAY, 24/09/2021 15:00 UTC
ROUND 9 – SATURDAY, 25/09/2021 10:00 UTC
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