By Cornelius Ehimiaghe
Winners at the recently concluded chess competition for secondary school students in Edo State received cash prices for their participation and victory in the game.
The game featured 39 students from five secondary schools across the state and cash prices ranging from N40,000 N30,000, N20,000 to N10,000 were won by the four best students in the boys’ and girls’ category.
The event which was organized by members of the Idemudia Ogunbor family in memory of the late Barr. Kehinde Cletus Idemudia, was held at the premises of Swift Education Centre in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
It would be recall that until his death in May 2013, Barr. Idemudia was a retired Permanent Secretary in the Edo State CIvil Service.
He was a devoted Christian of the catholic faith. His astute management of human and financial resources was rewarded with a Royal Bead by the late Oba Erediauwa, for the role he played in organizing the activities of the 1979 coronation ceremony of the late Benin monarch.
The game featured 39 students from five secondary schools across the state and cash prices ranging from N40,000 N30,000 N20,000 to N10,000 were won by the four best students in the boys’ and girls’ category.
A total of five rounds was played with a time control of 20 minutes per player. Two tie break matches were played to determine the winner for the boys category and for the second and third places in the girls category.
The fourth positions had multiple winners, as with the custom in chess the prize allocated for the fourth position was shared equally amongst the fourth-place winners.
Medals and Trophies were given to winners and their schools while certificates were awarded to all participants and officials.
Notably, Divine Akinrogunde defeated Richy Osaware to come top in the boys category, while Esther Sonyaolu defeated Victoria Oyakhilome to come first in the girls category.
