Not a bad first night. Couldn't quite eat throughout yesterday, but cereals came to the rescue.
Tournament starts in a few hours, and honestly, I don't even feel like leaving my room to play.
First classical tournament and I'm already looking for an excuse to stay in bed. 💀
Safe to say I'm playing SW on vibes. No prep 😭
Missed a chunk of my postings for WAUG, and academically, I'm in danger.
Good thing I was away on university duties, so I'm not too worried.
Now I'm playing the South West during what is supposedly meant to be 'a free week'
Two days to the South West Zonal Chess Championship.
130 registered participants.
I'm returning to Osun State for the second time in less than a week. Last time, I led my team to the West African University Games title.
This time, it's personal. My first classical outing
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I played a couple of these guys in the Unilorin Inter-faculty chess tournament, incredible players all of them.
Congratulations 🎉
West African University Games Team Gold! 🥇🏆
Two board Gold, unbeaten across all team matches 🥇🥇
Funny tournament overall but it's my Proudest captain moment. Proud of my boys. We did it! ♟️
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Thanking God, the giver of intellect, for a successful tournament. 🙏🏾
Tied 3rd at the Abuja Monthly, losing just one game in a strong field, including a Nigerian Olympian who won unbeaten.
Round 6 was my favourite.
Now, 2200+ is the goal. ✌️
Day 3 of final year of med school.
We resumed earlier this week, and apparently, the five-week break I thought we had was a complete illusion.
Clinical activities are draining, so chess training is on pause till further notice.
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It was an honour to play the game I love for the national team at the Olympiad in Samarkand. Good fights. Story continues.
Photo by @Othims_
The past week has probably been the most serious I’ve ever been with chess.
I genuinely feel unbeatable right now. Do all chess players feel this way when they’re training seriously, or is it just me? 😂
A tactical idea I saw in a course somehow happened in my game hours later.
1/2
I have a 5-week holiday from med school and have already used 1 week.
I’ve been working on chess with Unilorin Chess Team over the past few days. Took a course on positional play and started one on calculation.
I feel pretty rusty though. Been playing way too much blitz.
Day one!
8+ hours of chess on Lichess in the Classical Shield Arena.
Started strong. By the end, I was seeing double 😂
Goal was top 10, so no sitting back — I had to play a good chunk of the event since I don't really berserk.
Nice warm-up. The adrenaline is definitely back.
















