Liberia determines National Teams for 44th Chess Olympiad

The Liberian Chess Federation organized Olympiad Selection Open and Women’s tournaments to determine the five players who will represent Liberia at the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai. The event took place from 28 May – 5 June in Monrovia.

The Men’s team was selected after 11 swiss rounds in the Open tournament which attracted 26 entries. CM Daniel Kolliemelen won the event with outstanding performance and 10/11 points. FM Harmon Barcon was silver with 8.5 points while Arnold Smith claimed bronze with 8 points. Ebiekuta Joel came fourth with 7 points, while the last 5th spot for the Olympiad Team went to Thomas Saah who had better tiebreaks than Anthony Waylea who scored the same number of 6.5 points, but didn’t make it to the team. (scroll down for final rankings)

Liberia Team (Open section):

1. CM Daniel Kolliemelen (1772)
2. FM Harmon Barcon (1879)
3. Arnold Smith (1897)
4. Ebiekuta Joel O. (1806)
5. Thomas Saah (1883)

Six players fought for five available spots in the Women’s Liberian National Team in 10 double round-robin competition. Meleh Davis won the event with 7.5 points, Tarplah Windor was silver with 7 points, while Teta Thompson clinched bronze with 6 points. Princess Banney took the fourth spot scoring 5 points, while the final seat for India went to Kemvee Sambola with 3.5 points. (scroll down for final rankings)

Liberia Team (Women’s section):

1. Meleh Davis
2. Tarplah Windor
3. Teta Thompson
4. Princess Banney
5. Kemvee Sambola

In spite of the challenges, the Liberian Chess Federation ensured that the games were broadcasted live with video streaming, holding the event on the highest possible level.

187 countries with 343 teams (189 in the Open section and 154 in the Women’s section) enrolled for the record-breaking 44th Chess Olympiad 2022. A number of countries already revealed the composition of their teams for Chennai, such as: Norway, England, Germany, Spain, Serbia, USA 1, USA 2,  Netherlands,  India,  Azerbaijan, France, Greece, Montenegro,  Monaco,  Kenya,  Uganda,  Sri Lanka,  Malawi,  South Sudan,  Mongolia,  Argentina,  Rwanda…

Final rankings – Liberia Olympiad Selection (Open section):

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	CM	Daniel Kolliemelen	LBR	1772	10	0	65	58.3
2	FM	Harmon Barcon	LBR	1879	8.5	0	71	45.3
3		Arnold Smith	LBR	1897	8	0	71	50.3
4		Ebiekuta Joel O.	LBR	1806	7	0	70	38.8
5		Thomas Saah	LBR	1883	6.5	1	72	34.5
6	CM	Waylea,Jr Anthony	LBR	1968	6.5	0	72	40.8
7	CM	John Jallah	LBR	1929	6	0	64	30
8		James Tondo	LBR	1895	6	0	63	34.3
9		Wallace O. Williams	LBR	1683	6	0	60	26.5
10		David Leroy Debblay	LBR	1820	6	0	58	29.8
11	CM	Abraham Kalokoh	LBR	1665	6	0	55	27.8
12		Jerrus Diggs	LBR	1719	5.5	0	70	31
13		Kiadii Charles Haji	LBR	1912	5.5	0	59	24
14		Alvin Siryon	LBR	1561	5.5	0	55	19
15		Wesley Obey	LBR	0	5.5	0	55	17
16	FM	Jacob Jallah	LBR	1848	5.5	0	53	23.5
17		Chea Mavis	LBR	1529	5	2	63	23.5
18		Foday W. Kondoh	LBR	1706	5	1	60	21
19		Kennedy Zinnah Kengo	LBR	1714	5	0	60	19.5
20		Harold Evans	LBR	1652	4.5	0	64	26.3
21		Greene, Jr. Josiah E.	LBR	0	4.5	0	53	16
22		Bedell James	LBR	0	3.5	0	49	8.75
23		Moore Miller	LBR	1745	2	0	51	2.5
24		Martin Doe Jr.	LBR	0	1.5	0	46	4
25		Israel Sambola	LBR	0	1	1	56	1
26		Johnwaye Monyou N.	LBR	1622	1	0	47	6

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Final rankings – Liberia Olympiad Selection (Women’s section):

1		Meleh N. Davis	LBR	0	7,5	0,0	7	30,25
2		Tarplah Windor	LBR	0	7,0	0,0	7	32,50
3		Teta Thompson	LBR	0	6,0	0,0	6	21,50
4		Princess K. Banney	LBR	0	5,0	0,0	5	18,50
5		Kemvee H. Sambola	LBR	0	3,5	0,0	3	10,75
6		Miatta B. Sambola	LBR	0	1,0	0,0	1	7,00