Phiona Mutesi – The Queen of Katwe

Chess is a universal passion. It unifies all people because the rules apply the same to every person regardless of their color, religion, national origin, etc. A Queen moves the same for an American player as it does for someone from the slums of Uganda, such as Phiona Mutesi, who rose to international prominence a few years ago as part of Uganda’s first national chess team. Before that, Uganda had been unable to field a team for a Chess Olympiad due to the country’s disastrous economy, ubiquitous civil war, and corrupt government. It was her ability to overcome the horrific conditions of her every day life in such a way that found her across-the-board from some of the world’s most amazing chess players.

Katwe in the city of Kampala, Uganda is one of those places where when you hear about it, it is almost impossible to erase from your memory. For the unfortunate people that call Katwe home, surviving from one day to the next is a remarkable achievement. The slums of Katwe is a tangled mesh of shacks housing multitudes of families. Many of the young ladies Born into this environment end up as sex slaves or become married at very early ages. In addition, as of 2011, approximately 50% of the teenage girls in that providence are mothers! I have to admit that until I read the book I was completely unaware of this place and the horrific conditions that its people endure every day. Phiona Mutesi comes from this region and not only has she managed to survive, but her discovery of the ancient game of kings has taken her out of its deadly clutches and into the plane halls of some of the worlds largest Chess Olympiads.

She learned to play chess and began to teach it to the other children in her province. As Kirsan was looking to bolster support for his FIDE reelection, he agreed to allow the Organization to fund a Ugandan National team. This was her golden opportunity to escape the slums and to visit another world. Simple things that we take for granted, such as concerts and sporting events were completely alien to her. Hearing her story and exploring the world through the eyes of someone who has yet to experience less than a quarter of the joys that most of us experience was incredibly eye-opening.

In 2012, author Tim Crothers wrote an amazing book called [*The Queen of Katwe*](http://www.amazon.com/The-Queen-Katwe-Extraordinary-Grandmaster-ebook/dp/B007EE4M90) in which he chronicled the conditions of the Katwe slum and the eventual Discovery of chess by Phiona. This is a fascinating read which I highly recommend for both chess players and people interested in the trials and triumphs of other cultures. While I am certain that her triumphs on the board certainly can never erase the tragedies of everyday life in Kampala, those victories speak to the greater influence of chess over culture across the globe. These days, Phiona speaks at events and conferences around the world promoting chess and human and women’s rights. Her struggle and ability to rise above the horrific conditions of her childhood home are a testament to the strength of the human spirit in overcoming the worst of conditions in life to find the best of conditions within ourselves. Fortunately, for those around the world that do not enjoy the pleasure of reading books, Walt Disney has optioned the rights to the book and is working on a movie adaptation to be released sometime around 2015.

#### The Games of Phiona Mutesi

[pgn]
[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.09.21”]
[Round “1.56”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Kagramanov, Dina”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B42”]
[BlackElo “2086”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Canada (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “CAN”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. a3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. h3 O-O 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Kh1 Ncxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nb3 Qb7 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Qb4 Rab8 20. Qe1 Bh4 21.
Qf1 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 Rdc8 23. c3 b5 24. Bd4 Qd5 25. Nd2 Bg6 26. Qg3 a5 27. Qe1 b4
28. axb4 axb4 29. Kg1 Re8 30. Qf2 e5 31. Be3 exf4 32. Qxf4 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rb2
34. Rd1 Qd3 35. Bd4 Qe2 36. Qf3 Rxd2 0-1

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.09.22”]
[Round “2.44”]
[White “Lin, Yu Tong Elaine”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C66”]
[WhiteElo “1464”]
[PlyCount “89”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Taipei (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qc4 c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rxe5
Bd6 15. Re1 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. b3 Qf6 22. c4 Nd7 23. Rd5 Nf8 24. Red1 Rac8 25. Qg4 Ng6 26. Rxd6 Qe7 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. h3 Qa5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Ne5
33. Kf1 Kg6 34. Ke2 Kf5 35. Bd4 f6 36. Bxe5 Kxe5 37. Ke3 a5 38. a3 g6 39. b4
axb4 40. axb4 Kd6 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. b5+ Kb6 43. Kd5 f5 44. Kd6 g5 45. c5+ 1-0

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.09.25”]
[Round “5.44”]
[White “Mona, Khaled”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A80”]
[WhiteElo “2103”]
[PlyCount “47”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Egypt (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “EGY”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nbc3 Nc6 8. a3
b6 9. Bc2 Ba6 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. d6 Bb7 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf4 Nfg4
15. h3 Nh6 16. Ncd5 Qd8 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Re1 Nef7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nfg6+ Kh7 24. Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.09.28”]
[Round “7.55”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Rosalina, Sonia”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D37”]
[PlyCount “144”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Angola (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “ANG”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 h6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Na5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. e4 Qh5 15.
Qd3 f5 16. d5 exd5 17. exf5 Bf6 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. h3 Nc6 20. Ng6 d4 21. Bd2 Ne5
22. Bb3+ Kh7 23. Nxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qg3 Qxf5 25. Rac1 c5 26. Bc2 d3 27. Ba4 a6 28.
Bb3 c4 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxb2 31. Rb4 Bxa3 32. Rxb6 Bc8 33. Rb8 Rf6 34.
Qg4 Qxg4 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Ra1 Bc5 37. Be1 d2 38. Bxd2 Bxf2+ 39. Kh1 Rf5 40.
Ra5 Bc5 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Ra8 Be2 43. Kg1 Bb5 44. Ra7 Rc2 45. Be3 Rc4 46. Kf2
Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Kg3 g5 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Kg1 Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Ra7 Ra2
53. Rb7 Kh5 54. Rb6 Bd3 55. Bf2 a5 56. Rd6 Bc2 57. Bd4 a4 58. Rb6 Be4 59. Rb2
Rxb2 60. Bxb2 Kg4 61. Kf2 h5 62. Ba3 h4 63. Bd6 h3 64. gxh3+ Kxh3 65. Bc5 g4
66. Bd6 Bd5 67. Ba3 g3+ 68. Kg1 g2 69. Bd6 Kg4 70. Kf2 Kf5 71. Bc5 Ke5 72. Ke2
a3 0-1

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.09.30”]
[Round “9.56”]
[White “Abera, Haregeweyn”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C55”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Ethiopia (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “ETH”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bc4 h6 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qe2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. d4 Bd6 13. Rad1 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rdd1 d4 17. Nb5 Ne4 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Bc1 Qf6 20. b3 Rae8
21. Qg4 Re7 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qd3 Nc3 24. Rd2 b6 25. a4 Kh8 26. f3 Rfe8 27. Bb2
Re3 28. Qc4 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31. Kg1 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Re1+ 33. Kf2
Qxd2+ 34. Kg3 Rg1 35. Kh4 Qf4+ 36. g4 Qg5# 0-1

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.10.01”]
[Round “10.51”]
[White “Corbin, Rashida”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C42”]
[WhiteElo “1718”]
[PlyCount “65”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Barbados (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “BAR”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 h6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. e5 Nd7 13. e6 Ne5 14. exf7+
Nxf7 15. Bd4 O-O 16. Kb1 c6 17. Qe6 c5 18. Bxc5 Kh8 19. Bd4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. f4 Kg7 24. g4 Rfe8 25. Rhe1 Re7 26. Ng3 Rxe1 27.
Rxe1 Rd7 28. Re8 Kg6 29. b3 d5 30. Nh5 Nd8 31. Rg8+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Nxf6+
1-0

[Event “Khanty-Mansiysk ol (Women) 39th”]
[Site “Khanty-Mansiysk”]
[Date “2010.10.03”]
[Round “11.54”]
[White “Vilhete, Vania Fausto da T”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C42”]
[WhiteElo “1723”]
[PlyCount “107”]
[EventDate “2010.09.21”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RUS”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2010.11.18”]
[WhiteTeam “Mozambique (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “MOZ”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Rfe1 Qe5 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rd4
Re7 21. Bc4 Nxc4 22. Rxc4 Rae8 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 f6 26. Kf1 Kf7
27. Ke2 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 Re7 29. Kf3 f5 30. a4 Kf6 31. Rb4 b6 32. g4 g6 33. Rc4
Ke5 34. Rd4 Rh7 35. Kg2 f4 36. Rd3 fxe3 37. Rxe3+ Kxd5 38. Rd3+ Ke4 39. Rc3 Rf7
40. a5 Kd5 41. axb6 cxb6 42. Rc8 a5 43. Rg8 Rf6 44. Rb8 Kc6 45. Rc8+ Kd7 46.
Rb8 Kc7 47. Re8 Kc6 48. Re3 b5 49. Rc3+ Kd5 50. Rc8 Re6 51. Kf3 a4 52. Rb8 Kc5
53. Rc8+ Kb4 54. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event “UGA-chT”]
[Site “Kampala”]
[Date “2011.07.17”]
[Round “2.3”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Balunywa, Shamim”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D07”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2011.07.17”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “15”]
[EventCountry “UGA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2011.11.24”]
[WhiteTeam “Mulago Queens”]
[BlackTeam “Barclays”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bb5
Qd7 9. Ne5 Nge7 10. Nxd7 Rd8 11. Nxf8 Kxf8 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 Na5 14. b4 Bd7
15. Qa3 Nc4 16. Qxa7 c6 17. Qc7 Ke8 18. Qg3 g6 19. O-O b5 20. Ne2 Ra8 21. Nf4
Ra4 22. a3 Rg8 23. Qg5 Rg7 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27. Qf6+ Rf7
28. Qxc6 Na5 29. Qxb5 Nc6 30. Qxa4 Ra7 31. Qxc6 1-0

[Event “UGA-chT”]
[Site “Kampala”]
[Date “2011.07.31”]
[Round “3.4”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Kanonya, Michael”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D00”]
[PlyCount “93”]
[EventDate “2011.07.17”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “15”]
[EventCountry “UGA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2011.11.24”]
[WhiteTeam “Mulago Queens”]
[BlackTeam “Mulago Knights”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 h6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. O-O
Ne4 9. a3 g5 10. c4 h5 11. c5 Qd7 12. Nh2 Qe7 13. Bxh5 Bd7 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Nd2
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 O-O-O 18. Qb3 Nxf3+ 19. Ndxf3 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. g3
Nxh2 22. Nxh2 Rdg8 23. Rfd1 Qh4 24. Kf1 Qxh2 25. Ke1 Qg2 26. Kd2 Qxf2+ 27. Kc1
Be6 28. Qd3 Rh2 29. Rd2 Qxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 Rxg3 32. Rh1 c6 33. Rh8+
Kc7 34. Re8 a6 35. Re7+ Kb8 36. Kd3 Rg1 37. Kc3 Ra1 38. Kb3 Re1 39. Ka4 Rxe3
40. Ka5 Ka7 41. a4 f5 42. b5 cxb5 43. axb5 axb5 44. c6 d4 45. Rxb7+ Ka8 46. Kb6
Ra3 47. Rd7 1-0

[Event “UGA-chT”]
[Site “Kampala”]
[Date “2011.07.31”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Muluya, Sadat”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “D02”]
[PlyCount “69”]
[EventDate “2011.07.17”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “15”]
[EventCountry “UGA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2011.11.24”]
[WhiteTeam “Mulago Queens”]
[BlackTeam “Mulago Pawns”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 c4 5. b3 b5 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 Bd7 12. axb5 cxb3 13. cxb3 Qb4 14. Na2 Qd6 15.
bxa6 Nxa6 16. Nc1 Nc7 17. Rb1 Nb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19. Re1 Ne4 20. Rb2 Rfc8 21.
Ne5 h6 22. Ned3 Rc6 23. b4 Rb6 24. Nc5 Rab8 25. N1d3 Nf6 26. Qd2 Bxd3 27. Nxd3
Qc6 28. Rc1 Qb5 29. Rc5 Qd7 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Qc2 Nd6 32. Ne5 Qe8 33. Rbb1 f6 34.
Ng6 Rc8 35. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event “UGA-chT”]
[Site “Kampala”]
[Date “2011.08.14”]
[Round “5.4”]
[White “Wagido, Edmund”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D00”]
[PlyCount “78”]
[EventDate “2011.07.17”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “15”]
[EventCountry “UGA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2011.11.24”]
[WhiteTeam “Makerere University”]
[BlackTeam “Mulago Queens”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bd7 3. c4 c6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Bc7 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Nd4 f5 16. Bd3 a5 17. Re1 Qf7 18. Bd2 Na6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxe6 Kh8 21.
Bc4 Qh5 22. f4 Nb4 23. Qc3 Rad8 24. Re7 Qg6 25. Rxc7 Nd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Re1
Rf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qxa5 Qd7 30. Bc3 Kh7 31. Qa6 Rxc5 32. Qa3 Rd5 33. Qe7 Rd6
34. Bxg7 Kg6 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Bc3 Kf7 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Re5 Rd5 39. Rxd5 cxd5
1-0

[Event “UGA-chT”]
[Site “Kampala”]
[Date “2011.08.14”]
[Round “6.4”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Etoru, Amos”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D10”]
[PlyCount “73”]
[EventDate “2011.07.17”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “15”]
[EventCountry “UGA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2011.11.24”]
[WhiteTeam “Mulago Queens”]
[BlackTeam “City CC”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. g3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg2
a6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Qa2 Qd8 15.
Na4 Nc4 16. b3 Nxa3 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nb5 19. Rfc1 Ne4 20. R5c2 Qf6 21. Bb4
Bxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rc8 Nbd6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rc2 g6 26. Qa3 Kg7 27. Qb2
Ng5 28. h4 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qf3+ 30. Kf1 Nh3 31. Ke1 Ne4 32. b4 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Nhxf2
34. Qc1 Qg2 35. Qb2 Nxg3+ 36. Kd2 Qf1 37. Rc1 0-1

[Event “Northrift-ch (Women)”]
[Site “Eldoret”]
[Date “2012.03.16”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Namaganda, Christine”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A40”]
[PlyCount “88”]
[EventDate “2012.03.16”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “KEN”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]

1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.
Bb2 Ne7 9. g3 f5 10. Bg2 c6 11. a3 d5 12. Na4 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Be6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15.
Nd3 Qc7 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Nh3 h6 18. Nf4 a6 19. Nd3 O-O-O 20. Qa7 Qb8 21. Qc5 Qd6
22. Qd4 h5 23. Nc5 b6 24. Na4 c5 25. Qc3 d4 26. exd4 Qe6+ 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28.
fxe3 cxd4 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Nxb6+ Kc7 31. Na4 Nd5 32. O-O Ne3 33. Rf2 Rgd8 34.
Nb2 Rd2 35. Rc1 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Nxg2 37. Kxg2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxh2 39. Nd3 Bd5+ 40.
Kf4 Be4 41. Kg5 Rg2 42. Kf4 h4 43. gxh4 Rg4+ 44. Ke3 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event “Northrift-ch (Women)”]
[Site “Eldoret”]
[Date “2012.03.16”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Amoko, Ivy Claire”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C55”]
[WhiteElo “1705”]
[PlyCount “50”]
[EventDate “2012.03.16”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “KEN”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Ng5 Be6 6. Bxe6 fxe6 7. Nxe6 Qe7 8.
Nxf8 Rxf8 9. d3 h6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Nd5 Qf7 13. Qf3 Ng5 14. Nxf6+
gxf6 15. Qe2 Rg8 16. Bxg5 Rxg5 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Ke7 19. b3 Rag8 20. Rf2 Qe6
21. Raf1 R5g6 22. Qe3 b6 23. Kh1 c5 24. Re1 Qe5 25. Rf5 Qe6 1-0

[Event “Northrift-ch (Women)”]
[Site “Eldoret”]
[Date “2012.03.17”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Wabuti, Rose”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D04”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2012.03.16”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “KEN”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Bxc5 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. b3 Qb6 10. Na3 Rd8 11. Qc2 Ncb4 12. Qb2 Be7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bd2
Bf6 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Nc3 b5 18. Na3 a6 19. Rac1 e4 20. Nab1 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 exd3 22. a3 Bb7 23. f3 Rac8 24. Qa2 Qb6 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Kh1 Qe6 27. Nc3
Bxb3 28. Qb1 Bc2 29. Qb4 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 Qxe3 31. Bd2 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rfe1
Rdd8 34. Kg1 Re8 35. Kf2 h6 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 0-1

[Event “Northrift-ch (Women)”]
[Site “Eldoret”]
[Date “2012.03.17”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Asiema, Isabelle Midega”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C41”]
[PlyCount “60”]
[EventDate “2012.03.16”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “KEN”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be6 4. Bb3 Bxb3 5. axb3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Re1 Nbd7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Nbd2 a6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4
Nd7 15. f4 h6 16. Bh4 exf4 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qg4 20. Bf2 Ne6 21.
h3 Qg5 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qd2 Rad8 24. Kh1 c6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc1 g5 27. b4 Rd3
28. Rd1 Qd7 29. Nd2 f3 30. g3 Nf4 0-1

[Event “Northrift-ch (Women)”]
[Site “Eldoret”]
[Date “2012.03.18”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Nsubuga, Ritah”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “A46”]
[PlyCount “71”]
[EventDate “2012.03.16”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “5”]
[EventCountry “KEN”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.11.22”]

1. d4 d6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Na4 d5 13. c5 O-O 14. O-O Ne8 15.
Rfe1 f5 16. Bc3 Nef6 17. Nb2 Rf7 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Bb2 Raf8 20. Nf4 Re8 21. Be2
Qd8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Bf3 Bh8 24. Nd3 Qe7 25. Bg2 Ref8 26. Ba3 Bg7 27. Bb4 h6 28.
Nf4 Kh7 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. Rac1 Qf6 31. Kf1 Bh8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Nd3 Qg6 34. Bh1
Qh5+ 35. Bf3 Qg6 36. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.08.28”]
[Round “1.4”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Stoeri, Laura”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E61”]
[BlackElo “2057”]
[PlyCount “58”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Switzerland (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “SUI”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. d5
e4 9. Nd2 Re8 10. f3 Nc5 11. f4 a5 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Nb3 Nd3 14. Nd4 Nxc1 15.
Rxc1 Nd7 16. Ndb5 Nc5 17. Rc2 a4 18. Rd2 a3 19. b4 Na6 20. Qb3 Bf5 21. Nxa3 c5
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rfd1 Reb8 24. Nc2 Nc5 25. Qb2 Na4 26. Qc1 Nxc3 27. Rf1 Nxa2
28. Qd1 Nc3 29. Qc1 Qa7 0-1

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.08.29”]
[Round “2.4”]
[White “Kremer, Nadine”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C62”]
[WhiteElo “1788”]
[PlyCount “98”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Luxembourg (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “LUX”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Qg3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Ne6 14. Rd1
Rad8 15. Qg3 f5 16. Re1 Rf7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bh6 g6 20. Qb3 Re8
21. Re3 Qh4 22. Rf1 Qxh6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Qc8 Rf7 26. Qxb7 a5
27. Qd5 Rf5 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Qc4+ Rf7 30. Re1 Qf8 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Re2 Rf5 33.
Qd4+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ Rf7 35. Qe6 Kg7 36. Qe8 Rxf2 37. Qxf8+ Rxf8 38. Re4 Rf5 39.
Rc4 Rf7 40. Rc6 Kf8 41. Ra6 Rf5 42. Ra7 Rc5 43. c3 Ke7 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Ra8 Rd5
46. Ke3 Re5+ 47. Kf3 Rf5+ 48. Ke3 Re5+ 49. Kf3 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.08.30”]
[Round “3.4”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Terubea, Cydel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D07”]
[PlyCount “107”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Fiji (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “UGA”]
[BlackTeamCountry “FIJ”]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. c4 Be6 4. cxd5 Bxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 e6 8.
a3 Rb8 9. Bd3 b5 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Bd2 Rb6 12. Rc1 b4 13. Ra1 bxa3 14. bxa3 a6
15. O-O Bd6 16. e4 Nf4 17. Bc4 f6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Ba2 Rc6 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Rfd1
Nd8 22. Bc4 O-O 23. e5 Be7 24. Bxf4 Qc8 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Be5 Be7 27. Bg3 Rb6
28. Ne5 c6 29. Qa5 Rb8 30. Nd7 Qxd7 31. Bxb8 Nb7 32. Qc7 Qxc7 33. Bxc7 Rc8 34.
Bxe6+ Kf8 35. Bxc8 Nd6 36. Bxd6 Bxd6 37. Bxa6 Be7 38. Re1 Bf6 39. Bc4 g6 40.
Rad1 Kg7 41. d5 cxd5 42. Rxd5 Bc3 43. Re7+ Kh6 44. Rdd7 Bb2 45. Rxh7+ Kg5 46.
Rdf7 Bf6 47. Bd3 Kf4 48. Rxf6+ Ke5 49. Rxg6 Kf4 50. g3+ Ke5 51. f4+ Kd4 52.
Rd7+ Ke3 53. Bc2 Ke2 54. Bd1+ 1-0

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.08.31”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Lampard, Alice”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C23”]
[WhiteElo “1593”]
[PlyCount “123”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Scotland (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “SCO”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Be6 5. Bb3 Bxb3 6. axb3 Ne7 7. Nc3 a6 8. d3
Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 f5 11. c3 fxe4 12. dxe4 Qe8 13. b4 Bb6 14. Kh2 Qg6 15.
Ng3 h6 16. Qe2 Rf7 17. b5 Na5 18. b4 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Rff8 21. Rca1
Qe6 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Ng6 25. Qa2 Qxa2 26. Rxa2 Nf4 27. Ne1
Ne6 28. f3 g6 29. Nd3 Rd8 30. b5 Kg7 31. Nb4 Rd7 32. Nd5 Bc5 33. Ne2 Rf7 34.
Nc1 h5 35. Nd3 h4 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. Ra7 Ne6 38. Kg1 g5 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Ke3 Ke8
41. b6 cxb6 42. Rxf7 Kxf7 43. Nxb6 Nf4 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Kf1 Nf4 46. Nd5 Ke6 47.
Nxf4+ gxf4 48. Ke2 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kc6 50. Kc4 Kc7 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. c4 Ke7 53. Kc6
Ke6 54. c5 dxc5 55. Kxc5 Ke7 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Kd6 Kf7 58. Kxe5 Ke7 59. Kxf4 Kf6
60. Kg4 Ke5 61. Kxh4 Kf4 62. g4 1-0

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.09.01”]
[Round “5.4”]
[White “Salim Moussa, Seydi”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C50”]
[WhiteElo “1806”]
[PlyCount “64”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Netherlands Antilles (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “AHO”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Qf3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Kh8 12. Bd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nf6 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. Bg5 Qe5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. f4 Re7 20. Kf2
Rfe8 21. Kf3 f5 22. Rd4 c5 23. Rxd6 fxe4+ 24. Ke3 Kg7 25. g4 f6 26. Red1 b6 27.
Rd7 Kg6 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd6 h6 30. f5+ Kf7 31. Re6 Rd7 32. Rxe4 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.09.03”]
[Round “6.3”]
[White “Khan, Nazrana”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “E94”]
[WhiteElo “2008”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Bangladesh (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “BAN”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. O-O
a5 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. f3 Nh6 13. b3 f5 14. a3 f4 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Na6 18. Qb3 Nf7 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. c5 Nb8
22. Ra8 Na6 23. c6 b6 24. Bxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 Nh6 26. h3 Rc8 27. Ra7 Qd8 28. Qa3
Bf6 29. Qa6 Nf7 30. Nb5 h5 31. Nxc7 1-0

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.09.05”]
[Round “8.3”]
[White “Ooft, Tesora”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “C45”]
[WhiteElo “1716”]
[PlyCount “61”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Surinam (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “SUR”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Qd6 12. Qb5+ c6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Rd1
Nd5 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. f3 Bh4 17. Qxc6 Rac8 18. Qa4 Bd8 19. Kh1 Bc7 20. Ng3 Rf5
21. Qe4 Rh5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. f4 Ne3 24. fxe5 Nxd1 25. c3 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Bb6 27.
Kf1 Rf8 28. Ke2 Ng4 29. Kd3 Nxe5+ 30. Ke4 Ng4 31. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.09.06”]
[Round “9.4”]
[White “Cho, Yeonhee”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C56”]
[WhiteElo “1542”]
[PlyCount “50”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “South Korea (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “KOR”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Nxc6 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Qh4 10. Be2 bxc6 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14.
Be3 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6+ 16. Kg1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Be4 18. h3 Qg3 19. Bf1 Raf8 20. Re1
Bxc2 21. Rc1 Be4 22. Qe2 Rf3 23. Re1 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event “Istanbul ol (Women) 40th”]
[Site “Istanbul”]
[Date “2012.09.07”]
[Round “10.3”]
[White “Menassie, Zeleke Azeb”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C50”]
[PlyCount “62”]
[EventDate “2012.08.28”]
[EventType “team-swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “TUR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2012.10.19”]
[WhiteTeam “Ethiopia (W)”]
[BlackTeam “Uganda (W)”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “ETH”]
[BlackTeamCountry “UGA”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. a3 h6 8. h3 d6
9. Qe2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nh7 13. Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Rxf3
15. Ng3 Rxg3+ 16. fxg3 Bxe3+ 17. Kg2 Qg5 18. Kh2 Nf6 19. c3 Bb6 20. Qb3 Re8 21.
Qd1 Ba7 22. Qc2 Qh5 23. Qd1 Qg5 24. Rc1 Kh7 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Rce1 Rd8 27. Re2
Rf8 28. Qb3 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Rxf1 30. Qxe6 Qc1 31. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event “Commonwealth & RSA op”]
[Site “Port Elizabeth”]
[Date “2013.07.07”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Pranav, Vijay”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D11”]
[WhiteElo “2214”]
[BlackElo “1686”]
[PlyCount “87”]
[EventDate “2013.07.06”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RSA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2013.08.26”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. h3
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Be2 Rac8 14. c5 Qc7 15.
f4 b6 16. Ba6 Ra8 17. b4 Nb8 18. Bd3 b5 19. a4 a6 20. O-O h6 21. Ra1 Nbd7 22.
Ra2 Ra7 23. Rfa1 Rfa8 24. Ne2 Ne8 25. Nc1 f5 26. Nb3 Ndf6 27. Na5 Ne4 28. axb5
axb5 29. Nxc6 Rxa2 30. Nxe7+ Qxe7 31. Rxa2 Rxa2 32. Qxa2 Nxd2 33. Qxd2 Qb7 34.
Qa2 Nc7 35. Qa5 Kf7 36. g4 g6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Kf2 h5 39. Qb6 Qxb6 40. cxb6
Na6 41. Bxb5 Nb8 42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Kh4 Kh6 44. Be8 1-0

[Event “Commonwealth & RSA op”]
[Site “Port Elizabeth”]
[Date “2013.07.11”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Erlank, Warrick”]
[Black “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C22”]
[BlackElo “1686”]
[PlyCount “49”]
[EventDate “2013.07.06”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RSA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2013.08.26”]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd2 Be6 7. O-O-O Bf6 8.
f4 Bg4 9. Nf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qg3 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nf5 14. Qf3
Bxe5 15. Qxb7 Nd6 16. Qd5 f6 17. Qc6+ Kf8 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Qc5 a6
21. g4 Rf8 22. Rhe1 Bxh2 23. Re2 Bg3 24. Qe3 Be5 25. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event “Commonwealth & RSA op”]
[Site “Port Elizabeth”]
[Date “2013.07.12”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Mutesi, Phiona”]
[Black “Whittet, Andrew N”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B20”]
[WhiteElo “1686”]
[BlackElo “1861”]
[PlyCount “72”]
[EventDate “2013.07.06”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “RSA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2013.08.26”]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. a3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 d6
9. O-O a6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. h3 b5 12. b3 b4 13. Na4 Nh5 14. Ra2 Ng3 15. Re1 Nd4
16. Bf1 Bd7 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Kh2 Nxf1+ 19. Rxf1 d5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qe2 Bc6
22. e5 Qe7 23. Be3 Qa7 24. c5 Bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxa6 Qc3 28.
Rb1 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd1 Ra2 31. Qf1 Kg7 32. Kg3 Rd2 33. Rd1 Rb2 34. Rb1
Qxb3 35. Rxb2 Qxb2 36. Qf3 b3 0-1
[/pgn]

Phiona still holds onto her dream of becoming a grand master one day and who knows, if I can manage to maintain a moderately successful chess blog, and maybe anything is possible? I found her story to be very inspiring and it is my hope that you will check out her games posted here on the blog, check out her book, and take time to learn and support the people of the struggling Kampala province.