Match “Nairobi vs Réunion”
10 members of Nairobi Chess Club (NCC) had the privilege to play an overseas online match against a selection of players from “L’École du Lagon” in Réunion Island. The match took place on November 2nd.
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Lichess was the platform for the match. Games used a time control of 25 min + 10 s increment.
The match consisted of 2 games/player (Black & White) against the same opponent. FIDE ratings served for pairing the players.
The result of the match was 13,5-6,5 for Nairobi Chess Club.
Fortunately, the match evolved smoothly. Some participants are even veterans, having taken part in previous online matches. No big issues arose during the match and they were quickly solved by both sides:
- The game on board 2 started with some delay because Manua Rosamel from Réunion had initially bad internet connection
- On board 5 Satya Shroff from Nairobi joined late because he had a last minute trip outside Nairobi and came back delayed.
All in all the games proceeded in a friendly atmosphere and even some players who finished their games early decided to play an extra casual rapid game. That was the case with Leonard and his opponent Akhmadjon.
Final Results
| NAIROBI | 13,5 – 6,5 | RÉUNION |
| Peter Gilruth | 0,5 – 1,5 | Miloud Mezouaghi |
| Viacheslav Chvoro | 1 – 1 | Manua Rosamel |
| Tedy Wainaina | 1 – 1 | Emeric Dace |
| Nisha Bhavsar | 2 – 0 | Rycahel Eric Andriana |
| Satya Shroff | 2 – 0 | Stanley Brehat |
| Jeff Barasa | 1 – 1 | Cassandre Hoareau |
| Arthur Keya | 2 – 0 | Theo Maunier |
| Leonard Maina | 1 – 1 | Akhmadjon Mashrabov |
| Gabriel Maina | 2 – 0 | Benjamin Nagre |
| Jonah Terry | 1 – 1 | Julien Rousse |
All games of this match:
Nairobi Chess Club established a tradition for international online matches when in 2009 organized an online 6-board match against Wageningen Chess Club (The Netherlands).
Now, 16 years later, and in an interval of 5 years, NCC has played 14 online international matches with more than 10 boards each time. The one against Crewe in 2022, breaking the record with 20 boards (!!)
Being founded in 1958, Nairobi Chess Club is the oldest chess club in East Africa, and also leader in approaching not only chess to people, but also approaching people through chess.
