EMONJONG ELIJAH (born in 1992). Is a Ugandan chess player. FIDE, the world’s Chess governing body awarded Uganda’s 20-year old Elijah Emojong the title of International Master (IM) following his splendid performance at the Zone 4.2 Africa Chess Championship that was held in Cairo, Egypt from 29 April to 7 May 2013. Emojong finished the Zonal event in second position with 7.5 points out of 9, half a point behind winner Egypt’s IM Samy Shocker who had 8 points. Emojong won seven games, drew one and lost one against a formidable force of highly rated International Masters and FIDE Masters.
This makes him the first player in East Africa to attain the much coveted IM title. The award was confirmed by a FIDE official Baira Marilova in email correspondence to the Uganda Chess Federation on Monday 10th June 2013.He has won multiple tournaments around the world
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18 сен 2024