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Arthur Ssegwanyi

Number of games in database: 47
Years covered: 2012 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2365 (2282 rapid, 2230 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2395
Overall record: +16 -23 =7 (42.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 French Defense (8) 
    C03 C02 C18 C07 C11
 Sicilian (7) 
    B30 B68 B27 B54 B42
With the Black pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    D02 A41 A45 D00 E10
 Queen's Gambit Declined (4) 
    D37 D35
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Ssegwanyi vs R Phillips, 2012 1-0
   A Ssegwanyi vs Giri, 2015 1/2-1/2
   S Shoker vs A Ssegwanyi, 2012 0-1
   N Sarin vs A Ssegwanyi, 2021 1/2-1/2
   H Lama vs A Ssegwanyi, 2018 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Budapest Olympiad
   A Ssegwanyi vs Mafaaz Khalid (Sep-22-24) 0-1
   K Bomo vs A Ssegwanyi (Sep-21-24) 1-0
   A Ssegwanyi vs H Asabri (Sep-20-24) 1-0
   A Ssegwanyi vs A J Chinchilla (Sep-18-24) 0-1
   J Tin vs A Ssegwanyi (Sep-16-24) 1-0

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ARTHUR SSEGWANYI
(born Mar-12-1988, 37 years old) Uganda

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FIDE Master (2014); International Master (2015); FIDE Instructor (2016).

Ssegwanyi won his IM title when he placed first with 7.5/9, a clear point ahead of the field, at the 2015 Zonal 4.2 held in Kampala in Uganda. That win also qualified him to compete in the World Cup (2015). There the number 125 seed caused a minor stir in the first round by drawing the first game of his match with Anish Giri. However, he lost the second game of the match and was eliminated from the event.

Wikipedia article: Arthur Ssegwanyi

Last updated: 2022-04-09 11:41:00

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 47  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Miezis vs A Ssegwanyi 1-0272012Istanbul OlympiadA18 English, Mikenas-Carls
2. A Ssegwanyi vs A Elarabi  1-0482012Istanbul OlympiadC07 French, Tarrasch
3. A Obodchuk vs A Ssegwanyi  0-1472012Istanbul OlympiadE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
4. A Ssegwanyi vs M Leon Hoyos  0-1552012Istanbul OlympiadB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
5. A Ssegwanyi vs R Phillips 1-0312012Istanbul OlympiadB30 Sicilian
6. F Amonatov vs A Ssegwanyi  1-0312012Istanbul OlympiadC16 French, Winawer
7. A Ssegwanyi vs O Zambrana  0-1482012Istanbul OlympiadB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
8. A Ssegwanyi vs I Morovic Fernandez  0-1432012Istanbul OlympiadC51 Evans Gambit
9. Z Zhang vs A Ssegwanyi  1-0422012Istanbul OlympiadA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
10. A Ssegwanyi vs Vachier-Lagrave 0-1352012World Cities Team ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
11. E Ghaem Maghami vs A Ssegwanyi  ½-½582012World Cities Team ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
12. S Shoker vs A Ssegwanyi  0-1642012Al Ain ClassicA00 Uncommon Opening
13. A Ssegwanyi vs R Creswell 1-0192014Tromso OlympiadC02 French, Advance
14. A Ssegwanyi vs H E Nielsen  0-1512014Tromso OlympiadC45 Scotch Game
15. M Heidenfeld vs A Ssegwanyi  1-0322014Tromso OlympiadC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
16. Y Abera Belachew vs A Ssegwanyi  0-1652014Tromso OlympiadC15 French, Winawer
17. A Ssegwanyi vs H Al-Hadarani  1-0502014Tromso OlympiadC03 French, Tarrasch
18. N Al Maqseed vs A Ssegwanyi  0-1412014Tromso OlympiadE10 Queen's Pawn Game
19. A Ssegwanyi vs P van Hoolandt  0-1352014Tromso OlympiadC45 Scotch Game
20. A Montalvo vs A Ssegwanyi 0-1402014Tromso OlympiadA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
21. D Mastrovasilis vs A Ssegwanyi  1-0342014Tromso OlympiadC16 French, Winawer
22. A Ssegwanyi vs A Onkoud  1-0562014Tromso OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
23. A Ssegwanyi vs Giri ½-½1582015World CupB54 Sicilian
24. Giri vs A Ssegwanyi 1-0492015World CupA20 English
25. A Gupta vs A Ssegwanyi  0-1552017Henry Chilufya MemD02 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-15-13  YouRang: Well, there's something new. I had never seen a name (or word) beginning with double "s" before.

To pronounce it, do you hold the s-sound a bit longer than normal?

Jul-15-13  TheFocus: I'm just glad he doesn't have a couple of clicks in his name.
Jul-15-13  kramputz: I think this name was originally Szegvanyi.Sounds like a Hungarian name. But what is he doing in Uganda?
Jul-15-13  Thanh Phan: Uganda Chess Federation http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... http://ratings.fide.com/view_games....

From Kosteniuk's chessblog http://www.chessblog.com/2011/11/ug...

Ches-DB prefered play style openings shown http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.js...

Appears in http://africanchesslounge.blogspot.... http://www.ugandan-news.com/s.php?2...

Jul-15-13  Infohunter: When I first saw the name my impression was also that it was Hungarian, albeit with an aberrant spelling. From the first photo on the following page, however, one can tell that this is not so: http://www.chesseventseac.com/2011/...
Sep-11-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Kudos on your draw vs. Giri today :)
Sep-11-15  1 2 3 4: "Giri"
Sep-11-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: < I'm just glad he doesn't have a couple of clicks in his name.>

Are there any click languages native to Uganda?!

Clicks are popular more to the south of Africa as far as I know. Among those this wonderful language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIP... , spoken in Botswana

Mar-09-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: IM Ssegwanyi is competing at the Zabasajja Memorial. He won his Round 1 game.

https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vis...

Jan-03-22  Albertan: SSegwanyi rolls to 5th Kireka Open Triumph:

https://chimpreports.com/chess-sseg...

Apr-09-22  Solowajja: His name starts with double ‘s’ because the pronunciation of his name (Ssegwanyi) in his native tribe in Uganda (Baganda) starts with a strong accent. The name is pronounced by stressing the ‘Sse’ in both tone and pitch.

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