{"id":42990,"date":"2026-01-19T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=42990"},"modified":"2026-01-19T11:39:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:39:23","slug":"ghana-championship-bernard-anhwere-and-maud-benson-claim-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/ghana-championship-bernard-anhwere-and-maud-benson-claim-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Championship: Bernard Anhwere and Maud Benson claim titles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42990\" class=\"elementor elementor-42990\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c2f6cf e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4c2f6cf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdea9d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bdea9d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-Winners-2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-42992\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-Winners-2026.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-Winners-2026-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-Winners-2026-768x460.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abfbd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6abfbd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CM <strong>Bernard Anhwere<\/strong> and WCM <strong>Maud Benson<\/strong> emerged as the winners of the recently concluded Ghana National Chess Championship. Organized by the Ghana Chess Association the event was held in Accra and brought together top chess players from across the country.<\/p><p><strong>Final standings<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Open category:<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CM Bernard Anhwere \u2013 7.5\/9<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Akpa Prince \u2013 6.5<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FM John Hasford \u2013 5.5<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CM Fomevor Cephas Clinton \u2013 5.5<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loglo Daniel \u2013 5<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>Ladies category:<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WCM Maud Benson \u2013 7\/8<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ridham \u2013 7 pts<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WCM Gertrude Banini \u2013 5.5<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dotse Dzidzor Esi \u2013 5<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dotse Sumya Ibrahim \u2013 4.5<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p>Bernard <strong>Biney Otoo<\/strong>&#8216;s impressive performance earned him the junior championship title, highlighting the bright future of Ghanaian chess<\/p><p>The top 5 finishers in both Open and Ladies categories will represent Ghana as The Golden Knights at the 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cfe0d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cfe0d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-2026-Closing.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-42991\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-2026-Closing.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-2026-Closing-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ghana-2026-Closing-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75385ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75385ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ghana Chess Association extends its gratitude to the Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), <strong>Yaw Ampofo Ankrah<\/strong>, for attending the closing ceremony. He expressed his appreciation for the game of chess and commended the organizers, notably Madam <strong>Christiana Ashley<\/strong>, for a thrilling event and pledged continued support for the sport, highlighting the strong participation of young players.<\/p><p>Special thanks also go to the dedicated arbiters, organizers, the media and our sponsors, including Mr. <strong>Rajan Singh<\/strong> of Cave and Gardens, for their continued support of Ghana Chess.<\/p><p>Photos: Sabb Studio<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM Bernard Anhwere and WCM Maud Benson emerged as the winners of the recently concluded Ghana National Chess Championship. Organized by the Ghana Chess Association the event was held in Accra and brought together top chess players from across the country. Final standings Open category: CM Bernard Anhwere \u2013 7.5\/9 Akpa Prince \u2013 6.5 FM John Hasford \u2013 5.5 CM Fomevor Cephas Clinton \u2013 5.5 Loglo Daniel \u2013 5 Ladies category: WCM Maud Benson \u2013 7\/8 Ridham \u2013 7 pts WCM Gertrude Banini \u2013 5.5 Dotse Dzidzor Esi \u2013 5 Dotse Sumya Ibrahim \u2013 4.5 Bernard Biney Otoo&#8216;s impressive performance earned him the junior championship title, highlighting the bright future of Ghanaian chess The top 5 finishers in both Open and Ladies categories will represent Ghana as The Golden Knights at the 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this year. The Ghana Chess Association extends its gratitude to the Director-General of the National Sports Authority (NSA), Yaw Ampofo Ankrah, for attending the closing ceremony. He expressed his appreciation for the game of chess and commended the organizers, notably Madam Christiana Ashley, for a thrilling event and pledged continued support for the sport, highlighting the strong participation of young players. Special thanks also go to the dedicated arbiters, organizers, the media and our sponsors, including Mr. Rajan Singh of Cave and Gardens, for their continued support of Ghana Chess. Photos: Sabb Studio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[268,297],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-42990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-ghana","tag-national-championship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42996,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42990\/revisions\/42996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42990"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=42990"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=42990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}