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In March 2005, the 2004 Uganda Olympiad team (hosted by Calvia in Mallorca, Spain) played Kireka chess club on the top 4 boards over 2 rounds and the results were as follows;

The 2004 Olympiad full team lineup was as below:

  1. Kawuma Steven
  2. Nsubuga Grace
  3. Munanira Isaac
  4. Kawuma Moses
  5. Kantinti Shadrack
  6. Washaba Fred

Kireka chess club (Top 4 boards)

  1. Niels Lauristen
  2. Wanderema Ignatius
  3. Emmanuel Mwaka
  4. Joseph Sserwadda
Round 1
Board2004 Olympiad Team

2

2

Kireka Chess Club
1Kawuma Steven

0.5

0.5

Niels Lauristen
2Nsubuga Grace

0

1

Wanderema Ignatius
3Munanira Isaac

1

0

Mwaka Emmanuel
4Kawuma Moses

0.5

0.5

Sserwadda Joseph

With the result finely balanced, the teams proceeded to face off in a decisive 2nd round.

Round 2
Board2004 Olympiad Team

2.5

1.5

Kireka Chess Club
1Kawuma Steven

0.5

0.5

Niels Lauristen
2Nsubuga Grace

0.5

0.5

Wanderema Ignatius
3Munanira Isaac

1

0

Mwaka Emmanuel
4Kawuma Moses

0.5

0.5

Sserwadda Joseph

Final Result was Olympiad Team 4.5 – 3.5 Kireka Chess Club. In the end, the match was won on board 3 as the rest of the boards were drawn. Unfortunately copies of the games played are currently unavailable.

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