Chess: Teen sensation Mcligeyo rises to top of local rankings
Robert Mcligeyo ponders his next move during the third round of the 2022 Kenya National Chess Championship at Charter Hall, Nairobi on December 27, 2022.
Six years later and at the age of 17, Mcligeyo is Kenya’s joint top seed alongside Candidate Master (CM) and veteran chess player-cum-coach Ben Magana
According to the latest chess rankings released Thursday by the global governing body Fide, Mcligeyo and Magana are joint top in the local standings with a rating of 2027
At position 55 with a rating of 1695, Woman Fide Master Sasha Mongeli is the top female chess player in the country
Back in 2017 when teenager Robert Mcligeyo decided to spend time with chess club members at his former school, he never imagined that he would one day become Kenya’s top seed.
Then, Mcligeyo had never harboured any interest in the game of wits, and his presence in the room with the chess players at Logos Christian School in Nairobi was just by luck.
