Arthur Ssegwanyi

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Arthur Ssegwanyi
Country Uganda
Born (1988-03-12) March 12, 1988 (age 36)
Title International Master (2015)
Peak rating 2412 (April 2022)

Arthur Ssegwanyi (born March 12, 1988) is a Ugandan chess player.

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Biography

He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 2015 as a result of winning the Zone 4.2 Individual Championship in the same year. [1] This victory also qualified him to play in the FIDE World Cup 2015. [2] [3] In this event, he was paired against the fourth seed, Anish Giri. Ssegwanyi drew the first game in 158 moves, [4] [5] [6] [7] then lost the second game and consequently he was eliminated from the tournament. [8] [9] In 2016, he won the Tanzania Open Chess Championship in Dar es Salaam. [10] Ssegwanyi has played for the Ugandan team in the Chess Olympiad since 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Africa Zone 4.2 Individual Chess Championship - Open Category". Chess-results.com. 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Transparent Nigeria | International Master Ssegwanyi to make debut at Chess World Cup". transparentnigeria.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Ssegwanyi wins zonal event, earns WC ticket". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. ↑ McGourty, Colin (2015-09-11). "Baku World Cup, 1.1: Upsets and unlikely heroes". chess24.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. ↑ Senono, Elvis (2015-09-14). "Uganda: Ssegwanyi Holds Favourite Giri At Chess World Cup". The Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. ↑ "Uganda's Ssegwanyi holds Dutch grand master Giri in 6 hour duel | Chess World Cup". Kawowo Sports. 2015-09-13. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Chess World Cup: Ssegwanyi holds Giri to a draw". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  8. ↑ McGourty, Colin (2015-09-12). "Baku World Cup, 1.2: Statistics". chess24.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  9. ↑ "Ssegwanyi eliminated from Chess W. Cup". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  10. ↑ Odongo, Jacinta W. "Ssegwanyi Wins Tanzania Chess Open". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2017-07-08.

11. IM Arthur Ssegwanyi wins 2016 Tanzania Open. https://kenyachessmasala.com/2016/11/im-arthur-ssegwanyi-2016-tanzania-open-winner.html 12. IM Arthur Ssegwanyi wins 2019 Rwabushenyi Open. https://kenyachessmasala.com/2019/12/im-arthur-ssegwanyi-2019-rwabushenyi.html


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