Below are the tally of points after the 5th tournament of the 3rd seasonโs Individual Online Oware League by each competitor of the Open Online Practice Oware tournament 169 on Saturday 30/09/2023.
1. mrjohnson ๐ณ๐ฌ (4) - 27.5
2. issahfuseinji ๐ฌ๐ญ (5) - 25.5
3. abilohre ๐ฌ๐ญ (4) - 21.5
4. e17 ๐ฐ๐ฟ (5) - 21.0
5. harrison01 ๐บ๐ฌ (5) - 20.0
6. roberisco ๐ฌ๐ญ (4) - 19.5
7. mcx1 ๐ฌ๐ญ (5) - 18.5
8. josty ๐ฌ๐ญ (4) - 18.0
9. serikaktayev ๐ฐ๐ฟ (4) - 15.5
10. monkftw ๐ฌ๐ง (5) - 15.5
11. realionaire ๐ณ๐ฌ (5) - 14.5
12. ddi ๐บ๐ฌ (4) - 14.0
13. jam314 ๐ฌ๐ญ (3) - 13.0
14. paulie42 ๐จ๐ฟ(4) - 13.0
15. daallo ๐ฒ๐ฝ (5) - 12.0
16. oladele ๐ณ๐ฌ (3) - 11.5
17. kongadji ๐ง๐ฏ (2) - 11.0
18. ademolaijaya ๐ณ๐ฌ (2) - 10.0
19. zezero ๐ณ๐ฌ (3) - 10.0
20. dokrichardz ๐ฌ๐ญ (3) - 10.0
21. abdu256 ๐บ๐ฌ (3) - 9.5
22. bme ๐บ๐ฌ (3) - 9.5
23. olowolafeabey ๐ณ๐ฌ (3) - 9.0
24. eldani45 ๐จ๐ด (3) - 8.5
25. elvisaboaya ๐ฌ๐ญ (2) - 8.5
26. dogout ๐ง๐ฏ (2) - 8.5
27. vivian256 ๐บ๐ฌ (3) - 8.0
28. goldm ๐ฐ๐ฌ (2) - 7.0
29. bonny7777 ๐จ๐ด (2) - 6.0
30. anyvil ๐บ๐ฌ (3) - 5.0
31. thesoth ๐ต๐ฑ (2) - 5.0
32. dnw1236 ๐บ๐ฌ (2) - 5.0
33. adetoyeoba ๐ง๐ฏ (1) - 5.0
34. manrike ๐จ๐ด (2) - 5.0
35. ayostar (?) (1) - 5.0
36. 2020peter ๐ญ๐ฐ (3) - 4.5
37. tnt9 ๐ฐ๐ฌ (1) - 4.0
38. aganzua ๐ฌ๐ญ (1) - 3.0
39. vou1 ๐ฌ๐ง (1) - 3.0
40. kostyan ๐ง๐พ (1) - 3.0
41. germancali ๐จ๐ด (1) -3.0
42. iliassouqueen ๐ง๐ฏ (1) - 3.0
43. apol86 ๐ฌ๐ญ (1) - 3.0
44. gameboy199 ๐ฌ๐ญ (1) - 3.0
45. carlomonte ๐ฉ๐ช (1) - 3.0
46. fajado ๐จ๐ด (1) - 3.0
47. dalton1 ๐บ๐ฌ (1) - 2.5
48. horstaut63 ๐ฆ๐น (1) - 2.0
49. kamila17 ๐ฐ๐ฟ (1) - 1.0
50. h3333 ๐บ๐ฌ (1) - 0.0
The 5th tournament of the 3rd season provided an insight of how players will fare in the absence of the top Nigerian players. Network disruption plagued the Nigerian ๐ณ๐ฌ & Kyrgyz ๐ฐ๐ฌ players, preventing them from participating. It proved to be an intriguing tournament. 2 additional players from 2 countries: Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ & UK ๐ฌ๐ง participated in this edition taking the total tally to 50 players from 15 countries so far.
The tournament was won by to roberisco ๐ฌ๐ญ with a 6.5 score. abilohre ๐ฌ๐ญ placed 2nd with 5.5 points, losing a game to josty ๐ฌ๐ญ & drawing with roberisco ๐ฌ๐ญ. josty ๐ฌ๐ญ placed 3rd also with 5.0 points, losing games to roberisco ๐ฌ๐ญ & issahfuseinji ๐ฌ๐ญ. issahfuseinji ๐ฌ๐ญ & e17 ๐ฐ๐ฟ placed 4th and 5th respectively.
Well done to them & everyone else who participated, especially the female players bme ๐บ๐ฌ, vou1 ๐ฌ๐ง, anyvil ๐บ๐ฌ, & junior player eldani45 ๐จ๐ด. In this edition the top 3 positions were occupied in a clean sweep by players from Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ, well done to them ๐๐๐.
The winning streak has been broken, though through a network issue / absence for the Oga Ota of Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ mrjohnson. Nevertheless he remains in the lead with 4 wins out of 5 and 27.5 points. The question still remains, will the other grandmaster players manage to win a weekly championship with the Oga Ota participating? The overall difference between top four players has stretched to 2.0 & 6.0 points respectively. The prediction that this seasonโs league promising to be an even closer run race is certainly on course to be so. We will have to wait to see how things develop.
Will there be new grandmaster players joining the league to add more dynamism to it. Time will tell, as the players from Antigua & Barbuda ๐ฆ๐ฌ, Barbados ๐ง๐ง, Burkina Faso ๐ง๐ซ, Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป, Gambia, Guinea ๐ฌ๐ณ, Guinea Bissau ๐ฌ๐ผ Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ, Mali ๐ฒ๐ฑ, Niger ๐ณ๐ช, Sierra Leone ๐ธ๐ฑ, Saint Lucia ๐ฑ๐จ, Togo ๐น๐ฌ are yet to enter the fray. Players from 18 countries that participated in last years league are yet to participate in this edition of the league. Do well to recruit other players to participate in the upcoming practice tournaments in preparation for the championships to come.
Please take note, the top positioned players who are International or Full members of The Oware Society before the league ends, will be awarded cash prizes. Therefore If you place in the top 3, and wish to be considered for a cash award, join The Oware Society before the league ends. The top placed, International or Full members in the female, junior & continental categories will be awarded cash prizes so long as they are Full or International members and enough funds are raised. If enough funds are raised we will consider awarding prizes for country winners, so long as the country is represented by 5 or more players, is not in the top three or a continental champion.