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Nigeria’s teams at
the ongoing World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia had
bitter-sweet outing yesterday with the women’s team defeating the
Netherlands Antilles while the men’s team suffered lost to Cyprus.

Tobi Olatunji, who
was in her usual best led the women’s team, and she set the pace for
victory by taking Delemarre Maria Elisabeth to the cleaners with her
well prepared Queen’s Gambit decline. It gave her opponent Elisabeth
little chance of fighting back and she gave up on move 29 after a
mating signal.

On board two,
Rachael Dappa picked her first win in the tournament with a brilliant
win against Salim Moussa whose defence line crumbled to the Nigerian’s
middle game tactics, while Funmi Akinola did not give Nadiniela Coffie
any chance to recover from a blunder she committed as early as the 11th
move. Akinola brought the game to a ruthless conclusion on move 33.

Completing the rout of the islanders was Rosemary Amadasun.

It was however a different story for the men. The duo of Bunmi Olape
and Olumide Ajibowo secured draws against their respective opponents
but Inimo Kigigha and Olanrewaju Ajibola lost their respective games to
hand the Cypriots victory.