DOOTERNA SHAAPERA TAKES EARLY LEAD AT POSITIVE MINDS CHESS TOURNAMENT ABUJA , NIGERIA

The FIDE rated POSITIVE MINDS CHESS TOURNAMENT holding in ''Abuja'' , Nigeria enters its fourth of seven rounds today and has already witnessed major upsets especially on the top boards ,DOOTERNA SHAAPERA who was the ''ninth seed'' on the starting ranking list  has taken an early lead after  four rounds and is the only player on perfect 4 points out of 4 , having defeated top seed FM Uwanna Eugene rated 2300 in round three and Abiola Akinseye in round four , however he has got much more to prove going into round five up against ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL who is on 3½ ,an in-form Ochuko is the current champion of the recently concluded President chess cup in Ghana and he is going to be with the white pieces, he defeated Balogun Oluwafemi earlier in round three, with three rounds to go the tournament still offers lots of surprises and interesting games on the top boards, Highly rated CM Dieyi Roland lost to an unrated Abdulraheem Abdulrahman  who will be up against Adejoh Joshua on board two in round five.

                                                          Dooterna Vs Akinseye Abiola
The Pairing for Round five and also the Ranking after board four is reproduced below (Courtesy CHESS_RESULT server)

Pairings/Results

Round 5

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	7		ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL	2152	3½		4		DOOTERNA SHAAPERA	2138	9
2	16		ABDULRAHEEM ABDULRAHMAN AKINTOYE	0	3½		3½		ADEJOH JOSHUA	0	17
3	14		RABIU BASHIR	1593	3		3	CM	BALOGUN OLUWAFEMI	2234	2
4	21		ATABOR JOB	0	3		3	CM	OMORERE BENJAMIN ARUOTURE	2212	4
5	5		AKINSEYE ABIOLA	2186	3		3		ADZUA GEOFFREY	0	18
6	53		TIJANI METHUSELAH	0	3		3		OGBOR OFFORBOCHE	2058	11
7	12		OLUWADARA ADEGBAYI	2023	2½		3		IZOKWU SYLVESTER	0	36
8	1	FM	UNWANA EUGENE EKPOIKONG	2300	2½		2½		IBRAHIM BADUNG	0	33
9	3	CM	DIEYI ROWLAND	2224	2½		2½		COLE MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER	0	26
10	42		OGIRIMA FRANCIS	0	2½		2½		OMODUNNI FELIX	2155	6
11	48		OTHMAN FUENSHAK	0	2½		2½		OSUNFUYI ABIMBOLA	2149	8
12	10		ELUEKEZIE CHUKWUWIKEH	2076	2½		2½		OLUSOGA OLAWALE	0	59
13	25		CHARLES OBEKPA	0	2½		2½		OGUGUAMAKWA CHIEDOZIE OKORIE	0	43
14	13		ABDULLAHI MUSA	1956	2		2		HUMPHREY YINALANAH	0	32
15	62		FISCHER KENNY	0	2		2		AROGUNDADE AKINLEYE	0	20
16	39		OBIDIYA OLALEYE	0	2		2		AYEDERO AYORINDE BABS	0	22
17	23		AYORO AUGUSTINE	0	2		2		ODEH JOE	0	41
18	30		EVBUOMWAN EDWARD	0	2		2		ODAMETEY DANNY	0	40
19	31		EZEADIREJE KINGSLEY	0	2		2		OJIKUTU SAMUEL	0	44
20	63		KABIR SANI NASIDI	0	2		1½		EGWUMAH JAMES	0	27
21	50		SUNAMA MARK	0	1½		1½		EKPO EDIDIONG FRIDAY	0	28
22	29		EUGENE KING	0	1½		1½		NWAOGU FRANCIS	0	57
23	58		OBIORA AZICHOBA	0	1½		1½		TAIWO FOLORUNSO	0	52
24	15		AARON ZAMANI	0	1		1		ONYEKE GABRIEL	0	46
25	19		AKINDELE AKINS	0	1		1		JOSHUA ALI	0	38
26	37		JACOB ABAH	0	1		1		BELLO-OSAGIE HAFSAT	0	24
27	56		UDOKA ANTHONY	0	1		1		IDONGESIT EKANEM	0	34
28	35		IKUENOMORE AYODEJI OLUMUYIWA	0	1		1		OSUNDINAKIN YEMI	0	47
29	61		UWAH RICHARD	0	1		½		SAMUEL NZEKWE	0	49
30	45		ONOWU FUMNAYA	0	½		½		TOLULOPE FASINU	0	54
31	60		ADAMS PURPOSE	0	0		0		SUNNY UKO	0	51
32	55		UMEOGU KANAYO	0	1½	0			not paired

Rank after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	9		DOOTERNA SHAAPERA	NGR	2138	4.0	9.0	5.0	9.00
2	7		ONOVUGHE OCHUKO EMMANUEL	NGR	2152	3.5	9.0	5.0	7.50
3	16		ABDULRAHEEM ABDULRAHMAN AKINTOYE	NGR	0	3.5	8.5	4.5	7.75
4	17		ADEJOH JOSHUA	NGR	0	3.5	7.5	3.5	8.00
5	14		RABIU BASHIR	NGR	1593	3.0	10.5	5.5	7.50
6	4	CM	OMORERE BENJAMIN ARUOTURE	NGR	2212	3.0	10.5	5.0	7.25
7	5		AKINSEYE ABIOLA	NGR	2186	3.0	10.5	4.5	6.50
8	2	CM	BALOGUN OLUWAFEMI	NGR	2234	3.0	10.0	5.0	6.50
9	36		IZOKWU SYLVESTER	NGR	0	3.0	9.0	4.5	6.50
10	18		ADZUA GEOFFREY	NGR	0	3.0	8.0	4.0	5.75
11	11		OGBOR OFFORBOCHE	NGR	2058	3.0	8.0	4.0	5.25
12	53		TIJANI METHUSELAH	NGR	0	3.0	7.0	3.5	4.50
13	21		ATABOR JOB	NGR	0	3.0	7.0	3.0	4.00
14	3	CM	DIEYI ROWLAND	NGR	2224	2.5	11.0	6.0	6.00
15	1	FM	UNWANA EUGENE EKPOIKONG	NGR	2300	2.5	11.0	5.5	5.50
16	26		COLE MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER	NGR	0	2.5	10.5	5.0	6.75
17	48		OTHMAN FUENSHAK	NGR	0	2.5	9.5	4.5	5.25
18	59		OLUSOGA OLAWALE	NGR	0	2.5	9.0	4.5	4.75
19	10		ELUEKEZIE CHUKWUWIKEH	NGR	2076	2.5	8.5	4.5	4.25
20	25		CHARLES OBEKPA	NGR	0	2.5	8.5	4.5	3.25
21	42		OGIRIMA FRANCIS	NGR	0	2.5	8.5	4.0	5.00
	43		OGUGUAMAKWA CHIEDOZIE OKORIE	NGR	0	2.5	8.5	4.0	5.00
23	12		OLUWADARA ADEGBAYI	NGR	2023	2.5	8.5	4.0	4.75
24	6		OMODUNNI FELIX	NGR	2155	2.5	8.0	4.5	4.50
25	33		IBRAHIM BADUNG	NGR	0	2.5	8.0	4.0	3.25
26	8		OSUNFUYI ABIMBOLA	NGR	2149	2.5	7.5	3.5	4.50
27	32		HUMPHREY YINALANAH	NGR	0	2.0	9.5	5.0	3.50
28	22		AYEDERO AYORINDE BABS	NGR	0	2.0	9.0	4.5	3.50
29	23		AYORO AUGUSTINE	NGR	0	2.0	8.5	5.0	2.50
30	13		ABDULLAHI MUSA	NGR	1956	2.0	8.0	4.0	2.50
31	44		OJIKUTU SAMUEL	NGR	0	2.0	8.0	3.5	2.00
32	20		AROGUNDADE AKINLEYE	NGR	0	2.0	7.5	3.5	3.50
33	41		ODEH JOE	NGR	0	2.0	7.5	3.0	2.00
34	31		EZEADIREJE KINGSLEY	NGR	0	2.0	7.0	4.0	1.00
35	30		EVBUOMWAN EDWARD	NGR	0	2.0	7.0	3.5	2.00
	62		FISCHER KENNY	NGR	0	2.0	7.0	3.5	2.00
37	40		ODAMETEY DANNY	NGR	0	2.0	7.0	3.0	2.00
38	63		KABIR SANI NASIDI	NGR	0	2.0	6.5	3.0	3.00
39	39		OBIDIYA OLALEYE	NGR	0	2.0	6.5	3.0	1.50
40	50		SUNAMA MARK	NGR	0	1.5	10.5	6.0	2.75
41	55		UMEOGU KANAYO	NGR	0	1.5	8.5	5.0	1.75
42	52		TAIWO FOLORUNSO	NGR	0	1.5	8.5	4.5	2.25
43	57		NWAOGU FRANCIS	NGR	0	1.5	8.5	4.0	2.25
44	58		OBIORA AZICHOBA	NGR	0	1.5	7.5	4.0	1.25
45	28		EKPO EDIDIONG FRIDAY	NGR	0	1.5	7.0	3.0	2.25
46	29		EUGENE KING	NGR	0	1.5	5.5	2.0	0.75
47	27		EGWUMAH JAMES	NGR	0	1.5	5.0	2.5	0.75
48	35		IKUENOMORE AYODEJI OLUMUYIWA	NGR	0	1.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
49	46		ONYEKE GABRIEL	NGR	0	1.0	9.0	4.0	2.00
50	38		JOSHUA ALI	NGR	0	1.0	8.5	4.5	1.00
51	34		IDONGESIT EKANEM	NGR	0	1.0	8.5	4.5	0.50
52	47		OSUNDINAKIN YEMI	NGR	0	1.0	8.0	4.0	1.00
53	61		UWAH RICHARD	NGR	0	1.0	7.5	4.0	1.00
54	37		JACOB ABAH	NGR	0	1.0	7.0	4.0	0.00
55	24		BELLO-OSAGIE HAFSAT	NGR	0	1.0	7.0	3.5	0.50
56	15		AARON ZAMANI	NGR	0	1.0	5.5	3.0	0.50
57	56		UDOKA ANTHONY	NGR	0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.50
58	19		AKINDELE AKINS	NGR	0	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.00
59	45		ONOWU FUMNAYA	NGR	0	0.5	8.0	4.0	0.75
60	49		SAMUEL NZEKWE	NGR	0	0.5	6.5	3.0	0.75
	54		TOLULOPE FASINU	NGR	0	0.5	6.5	3.0	0.75
62	51		SUNNY UKO	NGR	0	0.0	6.5	3.0	0.00
63	60		ADAMS PURPOSE	NGR	0	0.0	6.0	2.5	0.00