Jimma and Mongeli win the 2022 FIDE Zonal 4.4 Championship

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The FIDE Zonal 4.4 Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2022 took place from 2-8 May in Addis Ababa, the capital and the largest city of Ethiopia.
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42 players from 9 African countries competed in the Open’s event, while the Women’s event gathered 19 players coming from 4 countries. Both tournaments were played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with a total prize fund of 5.500$ and two qualification spots for the upcoming 5th Sharjah Chess Masters or 2nd Sharjah Chess Challengers (depending on the FIDE classical rating of the Winners of each section).

Two Ethiopian candidate masters Desalegn Fekadu Jimma and Aydagnuhem Gezachew Abera tied for the first place scoring 7.5/9 points but better tiebreaks crowned Jimma as the 2022 FIDE 4.4 Zonal Champion.

Recent Kenya’s Qualification events for the 44th Chess Olympiad 2022 apparently kept in shape WFM Sasha Mongeli. She scored an impressive 9/9 points leaving no doubts about who will clinch the FIDE 4.4 Zonal Women’s Championship. Lidet Abate Haile was the first runner-up with score of 7.5/9 points.
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Final rankings – FIDE Zonal 4.4 Open Chess Championship:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	CM	Jimma Desalegn Fekadu	ETH	2057	7.5	2078	46	51
2	CM	Abera Aydagnuhem Gezachew	ETH	2097	7.5	2064	43	47
3	FM	Nadir Samir	SUD	2177	6.5	2085	46	50
4		Hamed Mohamed	SUD	2063	6.5	2022	41	43
5	FM	Tagelsir Abubaker	SUD	2202	6	2067	47	51
6		Njoroge Martin	KEN	1932	6	2061	41	44
7		Omar Abdulrahman	SOM	2005	6	2030	43	45
8		Gole Habtamu Ashenafi	ETH	2054	6	1918	35	38
9		Tsige Addisalem Temesgen	ETH	2069	5.5	2037	45	49
10	FM	Abdelazeez Mohamed Abdalla	SUD	2180	5.5	2035	46	50
11		Badene Habtamu Bayu	ETH	1963	5.5	2007	42	45
12		Bulcha Petros Olana	ETH	1965	5.5	1972	38	41
13		Yousuf Omer Mahamed	DJI	1970	5	2088	49	52
14	FM	Mesfin Leykun	ETH	2102	5	2082	47	50
15		Akmel Nesru Beshir	ETH	1991	5	2052	43	45
16		Osman Dahir Mahamed	DJI	1824	5	2041	44	48
17		Islam Sh.Nour Kassim	SOM	1849	5	2040	38	41
18		Tolu Behailu Workneh	ETH	1869	5	2027	41	44
19		Ahmed Hassan Ahmed	SUD	2136	5	2014	41	45
20		Tilahun Abel Mathewos	ETH	1951	5	1976	37	39
21		Adam Bouni Abdi Rahim	DJI	1322	4.5	2000	36	39
22		Mahdi Abdi Yousuf	DJI	0	4.5	1891	31	33
23		Terefe Melkamu Sewunet	ETH	1948	4.5	1816	31	33
24		Moges Flower Habtu	ETH	1836	4.5	1803	32	34
25		Asante Debesai Zerabruk	ERI	1712	4	1989	34	35
26	CM	Ali Abdullahi Farah	SOM	1944	4	1957	42	46
27		Shiferaw Yalemzewde Mekonnen	ETH	1995	4	1949	41	45
28	CM	Elobeid Asim Ali	SUD	2041	4	1934	36	38
29		Altaye Girum Teklewold	ETH	1984	4	1854	36	39
30		Yirga Nigussie Mitiku	ETH	2019	4	1802	34	36
31	CM	Kibrom Weldegebriel Beraki	ERI	1820	4	1779	31	33
32		Abdilahi Salah Mohamed	DJI	1872	3.5	2042	41	42
33		Mohamed Ali Dima	DJI	1542	3.5	1813	34	37
34		Samuel Merhawi Gebrehiwet	ERI	0	3.5	1795	34	35
35	CM	Adebo Muhaba Detamo	ETH	1979	3.5	1606	29	30
36		Kenea Endale Mekonnen	ETH	1772	3	1991	37	40
37		Fathi Robleh Chireh	DJI	0	3	1933	37	40
38		Mahad Dahir Muhumad	SOM	0	3	1913	34	35
39		Haitham Mohammed Abdalrasool	SUD	1982	3	1838	35	36
40		Regassa Hunde Eba	ETH	1717	2	1681	33	34
41		Ali Habib	DJI	0	1	1686	24	26
42		Tekle Solomon Mekonnen	ETH	1786	0	1996	25	26

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Final rankings – FIDE Zonal 4.4 Women’s Chess Championship:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WFM	Mongeli Sasha	KEN	1634	9	1410	41	45
2		Haile Lidet Abate	ETH	1611	7.5	1411	42	44
3		Bantiwalu Aster Melake	ETH	1387	6	1425	46	50
4		Elshalom Essayas Berhane	ERI	0	5	1485	46	49
5		Abera Mekdes Demssie	ETH	1272	5	1355	36	37
6		Sara Gadalla Karar	SUD	1422	5	1344	41	44
7		Ayele Hana Mulugeta	ETH	1408	5	1328	36	37
8		Mekonen Selemawit Kidanemaryam	ETH	1127	4.5	1485	46	50
9		Weldegebriel Israel Tekeste	ETH	1443	4.5	1424	45	48
10		Melebo Yenenesh Lukas	ETH	1417	4.5	1406	40	42
11	WCM	Ibtihal Mohammed	SUD	1473	4.5	1336	36	37
12		Melebo Netsanet Lukas	ETH	1436	4	1342	39	41
13		Eshete Ruth Leykun	ETH	1454	4	1277	37	38
14		Elizabeth Emile Nagib Tanyous	SUD	1457	3.5	1296	34	36
15		Bisrat Misgna Yosief	ERI	0	3	1402	31	32
16		Makda Araia Fessehaye	ERI	0	3	1383	31	32
17		Lema Bitaniya Ermiyas	ETH	1403	1.5	1382	35	36
18		Rayan Sedee Mohamed	SUD	1220	1.5	1361	33	34