Chess Olympiad: Nigeria Bounce Back As Men Crush Guyana, Women Overpower Lesotho

Team Nigeria returned to winning ways at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with the Open and Women’s teams recording convincing victories in Round 8 on Thursday.
The Nigerian men responded strongly to their Round 7 defeat to Libya, beating Guyana 3½–½ to move to eight match points after eight rounds.
FM Bomo Lovet Kigigha, FM Abdulrahman Akintoye Abdulraheem and FM Odey Goodness Ekunke secured victories for Nigeria, while Bartholomew Emmanuel Okhipo held Anthony Drayton to a draw.
Nigeria, who entered the Open section as the 84th seed, will now face Tunisia in Round 9 on Friday.
Tunisia also have eight match points, setting up a closely contested African encou...