Grace Kigeni
Grace Kigeni Ateenyi Sengendo (alizaliwa mwaka 1988) ni mchezaji wa sataranji kutoka Uganda.[1][2] Ana cheo cha Woman FIDE Master.[2][3][4][5][6] Alikuwa Bingwa wa Sataranji wa Wanawake wa Uganda mwaka 2013. Cheo chake kitaifa nchini Uganda ni 187 (kwa wachezaji wote) na barani Afrika (kwa wachezaji wote) ni 6962.[2] Ni mwanachama wa Shirikisho la Sataranji la Uganda.[7]
Kigeni alikuwa Mwuganda pekee aliyemshinda mchezaji wa sataranji wa Kiingereza Nigel Short alipozuru Uganda kushiriki katika kampeni ya uchaguzi wa urais wa FIDE ya Anatoly Karpov mwaka 2010. Short alicheza michezo 25 wakati wa ziara hiyo. Alishinda michezo 23, akapoteza moja na kushindwa moja.[8][9]
Kazi ya sataranji
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Mwaka 2010, Kigeni alikuwa mwanachama wa Mulago kings.[9] Kigeni alishiriki katika Mashindano ya Wazi ya Sataranji ya Chuo Kikuu cha Makerere mwaka 2010, ambapo alishindwa na Ivy Amoko.[10] Kigeni alimshinda Nigel Short huko Uganda alipokuja kushiriki katika kampeni ya uchaguzi wa urais wa FIDE ya Anatoly Karpov barani Afrika mwaka 2010.[8][9] Alishiriki katika Olimpiki ya 39 ya Sataranji ya Dunia iliyofanyika Urusi ambapo aliweza kumshinda Abera Betelhem.[11]
Mwaka 2012, Kigeni alikuwa miongoni mwa timu ya wanawake iliyowakilisha Uganda katika Olimpiki ya 40 ya Sataranji ya Dunia huko Istanbul, Uturuki.[12] Timu hiyo pia ilikuwa na Ivy Amoko, Goretti Angolikin na Phiona Mutesi.[13]
Mwaka 2013, Kigeni alishinda Mashindano ya Kitaifa ya Wanawake wa Uganda na alishindwa na Ivy Amoko kuwa bingwa wa kitaifa mwaka 2014.[1][14][15]
Mwaka 2014, Kigeni alishindwa na Ivy Amoko ambaye alipata alama 11 kati ya 12 huku Kigeni akipata alama 10 na ushindi huu ulimfanya Amoko kuwa kiongozi wa timu ya wanawake watano wa Uganda waliowakilisha Uganda katika Olimpiki ya 40 ya Sataranji ya Dunia iliyofanyika Tromso, Norway.[1][16][17] Timu ya Uganda ilikuwa na; Ivy Amoko, Grace Kigeni, Christine Namaganda, Goretti Angolikin, na Phiona Mutesi.[1][18][16][17][19]
Mwaka 2015, Kigeni alishiriki katika Mashindano ya Zone 4.2 ya Afrika yaliyofanyika City Oil huko Kamwokya ambapo akawa Woman FIDE Master (WFM) baada ya kumaliza wa pili.[20][2][4][21][22] Pia alishiriki katika Mashindano ya Wazi ya Sataranji ya Kawuma ambapo alipata nafasi ya tatu kwa alama 5.[23][24]
Mwaka 2016, Kigeni alikuwa sehemu ya timu ya wanawake iliyowakilisha Uganda katika Olimpiki ya 42 ya Sataranji huko Baku, Azerbaijan.[5][25][26][27][6][28] Alikuwa mwandishi wa safu ya sataranji katika gazeti la New Vision na safu yake iliitwa "Jifunze Sataranji na Grace Kigeni".[26][29][30] Aliongoza timu ya wanawake ya Uganda iliyoshiriki katika Mashindano ya Kibinafsi ya Afrika ya 2016 yaliyofanyika Kampala, Uganda.[31]
Mwaka 2017, Kigeni alishiriki katika Mashindano ya Wazi ya Sataranji ya Uganda yaliyofanyika Forest Cottages huko Bukoto. Washiriki walitoka Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya, Namibia, Sudan Kusini na Zambia.[32]
Mwaka 2018, Kigeni alikuwa mwanachama wa timu ya Tokyo Bilingual Chess Club (TBCC) Team D iliyoshiriki katika Mashindano ya Klabu ya Japan ya 2018 yaliyofanyika kati ya tarehe 23 na 24 Septemba 2018 na yaliyoandaliwa na Japan Chess Association (JCA).[33]
Maisha ya kibinafsi
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Kigeni aliolewa na Kenneth Paul Sengendo.[34] Harusi yao ilifanyika tarehe 6 Januari 2018 katika Kanisa la St. Francis, Makerere na karamu yao ilifanyika kwenye mgahawa wa Arirang.[onesha uthibitisho]
Tuzo na kutambuliwa
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Tazama pia
[hariri | hariri chanzo]Marejeo
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