[Event "Nairobi County-ch"]
[Site "Karen"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kelly, Mwaniki"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1771"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Qd2 a6 5. h4 b5 6. a3 Bf5 7. f3 h5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nb6 10. e4 Be6 11. e5 Ng8 12. b3 Nh6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. Rxh3 e6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. a4 c6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Rxa6 Bb4 19. Rxa8+ Nxa8 20. Bxb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nf5 23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Rh1 Kd7 25. Ra1 Nb6 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. c4 dxc4+ 28. bxc4 Nxc4 29. Kxc4 Ne3+ 30. Kd3 Nxg2 31. Nc3 g5 32. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Nairobi County-ch"]
[Site "Karen"]
[Date "2025.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mwangi, Brian Gabriel"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 a6 6. e3 0-0 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2 e5 9. 0-0 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. a4 a5 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f5 18. g4 Nc5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Nde4 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Bd3 Na6 24. Nd6 Be6 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 Nc5 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. Nce4 Kg8 29. Qb3 Nd8 30. c5+ Kh8 31. Qb6 g4 32. Nf5 Kg8 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 1-0

[Event "Nairobi County-ch"]
[Site "Karen"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Irungu, Brian Mwangi"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. c4 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Be2 0-0 11. 0-0 Rad8 12. Rad1 Bg4 13. Rfe1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Qd3 Rfe8 16. g3 a6 17. Bg2 Ng4 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. h3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Re2 Kf8 24. Rd3 Bd4 25. Ra2 h5 26. Kh2 h4 27. f4 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Re7 29. Kg4 Kg7 30. Ra5 Rh8 31. b4 Rf8 32. b5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nairobi County-ch"]
[Site "Karen"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Clifford, Ombiro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. e3 a6 10. a4 Bf5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Be2 Be5 15. 0-0 Qc7 16. a5 Bxf4 17. exf4 Nf6 18. Bf3 h5 19. Re1 Kg7 20. Rc1 h4 21. b4 c4 22. Nca4 Nbd7 23. Rxc4 Qb8 24. Qd4 Nxb6 25. Nxb6 Re8 26. Rec1 Qd8 27. R4c3 Ra8 28. Nxa8 Qxa8 29. Re3 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Nairobi County-ch"]
[Site "Karen"]
[Date "2025.05.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Manyeki, Nathaniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2025.05.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CB24_2025"]
[SourceDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2025.06.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. c3 d5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be6 15. Qa4 Qg5 16. h4 Qf5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qa5 Rac8 19. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Balewa, Jimmy Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Nf6 5. e4 b5 6. f4 b4 7. fxe5 bxc3 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. bxc3 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Qf4+ 11. Ke1 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Qxe4+ Bxe4 15. Bxc4 a6 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. c4 Bd6 18. Be3 Nxb3 19. axb3 0-0 20. Kf2 Rfb8 21. Nd4 f5 22. Ra5 Bb4 23. Ra4 Bc3 24. b4 f4 25. Ne6 fxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Bf5 27. Nxc7 Bd7 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Nxa6 Rd8 30. Kd3 Bf6 31. b5 Bf5+ 32. Kd2 Be4 33. b6 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kizza, Faruk Fauza Karim"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. h4 h5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. c3 e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng1 Bf5 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. a4 Qe7 13. 0-0 Rad8 14. Na3 Rd7 15. Ra2 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Bg7 17. Nc4 Bg4 18. Ne3 Rd6 19. b4 Be6 20. Nc4 Rd3 21. b5 Qc5 22. bxc6 Qxc4 23. Rb2 Qxc6 24. Rb4 Rxd2 25. Qb1 Rxe2 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Teeke, Karabo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. Rac1 Qh5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Kf1 a6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 b5 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Bg3 e5 23. Ke1 f5 24. a4 Na7 25. Bh4 Bf8 26. Kd2 Bb4+ 27. Kc2 Bf8 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Kf7 30. axb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Katumba, Joshua"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg4 8. 0-0 0-0-0 9. c4 Qd7 10. Be3 f6 11. Qa4 Kb8 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. Qd1 g5 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Be4 c6 17. Qf3 h5 18. b5 f5 19. Qxf5 cxb5 20. Rab1 b4 21. Qf7 Qd7 22. Qf6 Bd6 23. Qxg5 Rdg8 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. a3 Bc5 26. Qh3 a5 27. axb4 axb4 28. Kh1 Rf8 29. f3 h4 30. Bf5 Qf7 31. Bg4 Qg6 32. Rfd1 Qg5 33. Re1 Rh6 34. Re4 Rd6 35. Be6 Rf4 36. Rxf4 Qxf4 37. Bd5 b3 38. Be4 b2 0-1

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Yala, Lyes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 0-0 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb4 b6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ba6 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 f6 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Qb5 e5 18. dxe5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 fxe5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bb7 Kh8 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Nd6 24. Rc7 Nb5 25. Re7 Nc3 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bf1 Nd5 28. Rxa7 Nxb4 29. Bxb5 Rc8 30. a3 Nd5 31. Bc6 Nc3 32. Kg2 h5 33. Be4 Bf6 34. Bxg6 Nb5 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Abdulkadir, Mohamed Warsame"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Be4 15. a4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. f3 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bxf3 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Raa2 Bd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qb2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd5 27. Be2 Rf5+ 28. Bf3 Qd6 29. Qxb7 Qxh2 30. Qxa7 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohamed, Yusuf Ahmed"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 d6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 b6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13. Rd1 Qb8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxa1 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bb2+ Bxb2 18. Qxb2+ f6 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. Bf3 Qe5 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Nxg8 Kxg8 23. Bd5+ Kg7 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Nxh7 Nc6 27. g4 Rd8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Nd7+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Ne6 32. f4 Nc7 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. a4 Nb4 35. h4 Nc2 36. Nc4 Nb4 37. Kf3 Nd3 38. g5 Nc1 39. Nd2 Kf7 40. e4 a6 41. f5 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kg4 b4 45. h5+ Kg7 46. e5 Nxb3 47. Nxb3 c4 48. Na5 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Sang, Ricky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1982"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nf3 0-0 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5 Nd7 9. Bd3 f6 10. Bg3 Qe8 11. b4 g6 12. Qb3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 b6 14. 0-0 Rb8 15. Qa4 e5 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qe6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bb5 e4 20. Bxd7 exf3 21. gxf3 Rbd8 22. Ba4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Ba6 24. Rfb1 Bc4 25. Bb3 Ke6 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Rb7 Rfe8 28. Rab1 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch Amateurs U2000"]
[Site "Bujumbura"]
[Date "2024.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ntumwa, Calvin"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1982"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2024.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.10.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Be2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Bf4 0-0 10. Be5 f6 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. 0-0 Bg4 14. Rad1 Nf5 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd6 17. Ne2 f5 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Ne6 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Bxb2 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Bd1 Ne4 24. f3 Nc5 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Be2 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Rc2 28. a4 Bc3 29. Bd1 Rb2 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. f4 Rb4 32. Rf3 Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Rb2 34. Bb3 Bc5 35. h3 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. g3 h5 38. h4 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rg1+ 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Bd5 Rb1 42. Bb3 Bd6 43. Bd5 b5 44. Rb3 Rxb3 45. Bxb3 bxa4 46. Bxa4 Kxe6 47. Be8 Kf6 48. Kf3 e5 49. fxe5+ Bxe5 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Kf3 Bf6 52. Kf4 Bd8 53. Kf3 Kh6 54. Kf4 b6 55. Bb5 Bc7+ 56. Kf3 g5 57. Bd7 g4+ 58. Kf2 f4 59. gxf4 Bxf4 60. Be8 Be5 61. Kg2 Bc3 62. Kf2 Ba5 63. Ke2 Bb4 64. Kf2 Bc3 65. Bb5 Kg6 66. Be8+ Kf5 67. Bxh5 Bf6 68. Kg3 Be5+ 69. Kg2 b5 70. Bf7 Kf6 71. Be8 b4 0-1

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamau Kanegeni, Matthew"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 h5 8. Bg5 Bh6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Kf8 12. Bd3 Kg7 13. 0-0 h4 14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Ne2 f6 16. Nh2 Rh8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Rc3 g5 19. Ng4 axb4 20. axb4 c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Ne3 Nf8 23. b5 c5 24. b6 Be6 25. Rb1 Nf4 26. b7 Rb8 27. Rcb3 N8g6 28. Nc3 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Nf4 30. Qd1 Rhd8 31. Ncd5 Qf7 32. Rb6 Rd7 33. Qb3 Bxd5 34. Nf5+ Kh7 35. cxd5 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nd4 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Qb5 Rc7 39. Qa6 d3 40. Ke1 f5 41. Qa7 fxe4 42. Qxb8 e3 43. Qxc7 Qxc7 44. fxe3 Qc2 45. Kf1 Qe2+ 46. Kg1 Qxe3+ 47. Kh1 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Omolo, Keneth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. 0-0 Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. f4 Ne8 12. f5 f6 13. g4 b6 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. h4 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Kf7 19. a4 Ke7 20. Be3 Kd8 21. Kg2 Rh8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Kc7 24. g6 Kb7 25. Kg2 Nc7 26. Rh1 Rg8 27. Rh7 Ne8 28. Nh5 Kb8 29. Bh6 Qxa4 30. Nxg7 Qd7 31. Nxe8 Qxh7 32. Nxf6 Rxg6+ 33. fxg6 Qxg6+ 34. Ng4 Bc8 35. Kg3 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Qxh6 37. Qg8+ Kb7 38. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Shile, Lenny Mataiga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 0-0 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bf5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe4 13. d5 Na5 14. Rc1 e5 15. Ng5 exf4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bf5 18. e4 Bd7 19. Qd2 b6 20. Qxf4 Rfe8 21. Bd3 Be5 22. Qh4 Nb7 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Nd6 25. Rce1 Kg7 26. e5 Nf5 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. g4 Ne3 29. Rxe3 Bxe3 30. f5 Rf8 31. Qh4 h6 32. Re1 Bg5 33. Qg3 Kh7 34. h4 Be7 35. f6 Bd8 36. g5 Bc7 37. h5 Rh8 38. hxg6+ fxg6 39. gxh6 Be8 40. Qg5 Rf8 41. e6 Bd8 42. e7 Rg8 43. exd8Q Rxd8 44. Re7+ Kh8 45. f7 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ngani, Victor"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 0-0 7. d5 Na5 8. Be2 b6 9. d6 cxd6 10. c4 Nec6 11. Qxd6 Nb7 12. Qd1 Nc5 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Be3 Nce6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rfe1 d6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Be3 f5 20. f3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Qe7 22. Rf1 Bc6 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Likoko, Elvis Wanasunia"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1805"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5 Be7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Be2 d6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. 0-0 Ne8 14. f4 c4+ 15. Kh2 Bd3 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18. Rf3 g6 19. b3 Ng7 20. g4 Rfe8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Rc1 h5 23. Qc2 a5 24. a4 Re7 25. Bb5 Na6 26. Ne4 Bd4 27. Qd3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 dxc5 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxd5 32. Bxa5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ne6 34. Bc4 Rdd7 35. Re1 Ra7 36. Bb6 Rab7 37. a5 Ng5 38. fxg5 Rxe1 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. Bc4 Be5+ 41. Kg2 Bc7 42. Bxc7 Rxc7 43. Rf6 Re4 44. Kf3 Rxc4 45. bxc4 Ra7 46. a6 Rd7 47. Rc6 Rd3+ 48. Ke4 Ra3 49. Kd5 Kf8 50. Kd6 Ra5 51. Kc7 Ke7 52. Kb7 Kd7 53. Rb6 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Gohil, Mehul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1994"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. dxc5 h6 12. 0-0 g5 13. Be5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qxc5 15. Bc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Bb1 Nd5 20. Qd3 f5 21. Qa6 Nxe3 22. Qe2 Nxd1 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rxd1 Rc6 26. Qxg5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Njoroge, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Ne2 Qb4 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. Ne2 Ke7 22. Nc3 Kd7 23. h3 Ne8 24. Kf1 Nd6 25. Ke1 Na5 26. b3 Nc6 27. Kd1 f6 28. a3 Ne7 29. Kc2 Nc6 30. Nf1 Ne7 31. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oluka, Robert Mcligeyo"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Bg7 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nh6 6. Bf4 c6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. Re1 c5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nb3 Qd5 14. c4 Qc6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Bc3 e5 21. Qd5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Red1 Be6 24. b3 Rfd8 25. Ne1 Rac8 26. Bb2 f4 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2 Bf8 29. Ke2 Bb4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Bxe1 33. Kxe1 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Mutuma, Kinoti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1472"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Nf4 Re8 12. Ng5 Bxf4 13. exf4 h6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Ne5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Red8 22. h3 Bd5 23. Rfd1 Bxb3 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxb3 Qd4 26. c6 a5 27. c7 Kh7 28. Qc2+ g6 29. Qe2 Qb6 30. Qc4 a4 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 a3 33. b3 Kg7 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd7 37. Kc4 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2024.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mutuge, Ian"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. h3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. 0-0 h6 10. a3 g5 11. b4 0-0 12. Bb2 f6 13. b5 Na5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Nbd2 Ng6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bf1 Qb6 19. a4 a6 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb1 Be8 23. Bd3 Kg7 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. bxa6 Qc7 26. axb7 Nxb7 27. Rxe6 Bf7 28. Re1 Nd6 29. Qd1 Nc4 30. Qe2 Ng6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Ne5+ Nxe5 33. dxe5 Be6 34. Qd3+ Bf5 35. Qxd5 Rd8 36. Qa2 Qc3 37. Nf3 Rd3 38. Qg8+ Kh5 39. Qf7+ Bg6 40. g4# 1-0

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Hugh, Misiko Okonga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Bf3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Qb3 Qc8 12. 0-0 Be7 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 d6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Na5 Bb6 19. Nc6 Qe8 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. Ne5 Nf6 22. h3 Qb5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 d4 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. exd4 Rfd8 27. Nc4 Rc6 28. Ne3 Rxd4 29. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 b5 31. Be5 Rd7 32. b4 Kf7 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34. hxg4 Kg6 35. Rc5 Bd5 36. Kh2 h5 37. gxh5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sabri Salah, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. f4 b5 7. Qc2 0-0 8. cxb5 a6 9. Nf3 axb5 10. Bxb5 Qa5 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. 0-0 Nbd7 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Re1 Nc7 16. a4 Nb6 17. Rd1 Qb7 18. Qd3 Na6 19. a5 Nb4 20. Qb5 Qa6 21. Qxa6 Rxa6 22. Ne4 N6xd5 23. Bd2 Nd3 24. Bc3 c4 25. g3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Nfd2 Rfa8 29. Rdb1 f5 30. Nc5 Rxa5 31. Rb8+ Rxb8 32. Rxa5 Rb2 33. Nf1 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Bxc3 35. Ra3 Bb4 36. Rxf3 Bxc5 37. Rc3 Rf2 38. Ne3 Rf3 39. Nd5 Rxc3 40. Nxc3 Bd4 41. Nb5 Bb2 42. Kg2 e5 0-1

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Likoko, Elvis Wanasunia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1805"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. h4 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nh3 0-0 8. Ng5 f6 9. Ne4 Be7 10. h5 f5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bb2 c5 13. c4 Nc6 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Bf3 Bf6 16. Qc1 Rad8 17. Nf1 Nd4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bf3 e4 22. dxe4 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qf4 25. Nd2 Bg5 26. Qd1 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Omar Aden, Omar"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1552"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. h3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. c3 Ne5 12. 0-0 Nd3 13. f3 e5 14. Ne2 exf3 15. Rxf3 e4 16. Rf1 Qh4 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Bg5 e3 19. Qxe3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rfe8 21. Bg5 Bd7 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pillay, Ragul Snega"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1379"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nc3 b4 5. Na4 d6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e4 0-0 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Nf3 Bxa4 11. bxa4 Nbd7 12. 0-0 Nb6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Rae1 Qxa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Ba1 Nc3 18. h3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxc3 bxc3 21. f4 Bf6 22. Bc2 Rab8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Rb1 Rb4 25. Bc2 Rxc4 26. Rb3 Rd4 27. Rxc3 Rxd5 28. Ra3 Rd2 29. Bb3 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Razanadrakotoarisoa, Toavina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 d6 5. e4 h6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Be3 c5 8. Nge2 b6 9. Qd2 Ba6 10. b3 Rc8 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. g3 a6 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. f4 Neg4 17. Qc1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bc8 20. Bd2 Bf5 21. Bc3 0-0 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Rde1 Rbe8 25. Nc3 f6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Re6 Rh8 28. Ne2 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Kf7 30. Rxf5 Reg8 31. Qf4 Rg6 32. Kh2 Rhg8 33. Re3 Qd7 34. Qe4 Rg4 35. Rf4 Rxf4 36. Qxf4 Qg4 37. Qxh6 Rg7 38. Qh8 Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. a3 a5 41. a4 Qf5 42. Kg2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Re2 Qd4+ 46. Kg2 Qxh4 47. Re3 Qg5 48. Kf2 Qf5+ 49. Kg2 Qc2+ 50. Kh3 Qd1 51. Kg2 Qd2+ 52. Kf3 Rxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Qxe3+ 54. Kg2 Kg7 55. Qd8 f5 56. Qxa5 f4 57. Kf1 Qxb3 58. Qb5 Qd1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qe3+ 61. Kg4 Qg3+ 62. Kf5 f3 63. Qe8 Qe5+ 64. Kg4 f2 0-1

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Bg7 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 Qd6 8. Nc3 a6 9. h3 c5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 e6 13. b4 Nbd7 14. c5 Rd8 15. Qb3 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. a4 Bc6 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Bd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. b6 Qb8 24. Bc4 h6 25. Bxd5 hxg5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. c6 1-0

[Event "Africa zt 4.4 op"]
[Site "Antananarivo"]
[Date "2024.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Lam Kin Cheung, Stephane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 218 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bf4 Be7 9. c5 Bd7 10. f3 Be8 11. e4 Bh5 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. exf5 exf5 14. Re1 Bf7 15. Qd3 h6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Re2 Na6 18. Rae1 g5 19. Be5 Bf8 20. Bh3 Ne8 21. Nd1 Ng7 22. Ne3 Nc7 23. Bxg7 Bxg7 24. Nxf5 Qd8 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Re7 Rf6 27. Rd7 Qb8 28. Ree7 Ne8 29. Nxe8 Qxe8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1-0

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Bremner, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "The Sharks"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qb4+ 13. Kf1 Rc8 14. a3 Qd6 15. b4 b5 16. Ng3 g6 17. a4 Nb6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Nc4 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Kd7 22. Ke2 Rc7 23. e4 Rb8 24. Rb1 h5 25. Nf1 Re8 26. e5 Nh7 27. f4 Nf8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5+ Ne6 30. h4 Ke7 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxb5 Kf5 33. Ng3+ Kg4 34. Rb1 f6 35. Rg1 fxe5 36. f3+ Kh3 37. Kf2 Kxh4 38. Nf5+ Kh3 39. Raa1 Nb2 40. Rh1# 1-0

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miesen, Sander"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lausanne Ecole Polytechnique"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Qd2 c6 8. Ng5 b5 9. 0-0-0 Nbd7 10. f3 Nb6 11. e4 b4 12. Ne2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Ng4 14. Nh3 e5 15. Bg5 f6 16. dxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Bxd2 a5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nef4 Kg7 20. g3 Na4 21. Bc4 Nxb2 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Rad8 25. Re1 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Bc3+ 27. Ke2 Bxe1 28. Kxe1 Re8 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Bb3 Nxe4 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Nd4 a4 33. Bc4 Nxg3+ 34. Kf2 Re4 35. Kxg3 Rxd4 36. Bd3 b3 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mueller, Konstantin"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deutsche Schachjugend II"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. c4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bd4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Ne5 16. Be2 Kg8 17. f4 Ned7 18. Rac1 a6 19. Ne4 Re8 20. Qb4 Qb6+ 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rc7 Nxd5 23. Rxb7 Nc6 24. Rc1 Rec8 25. g3 Na5 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Ra7 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Kf3 Nc6 30. Ra8+ Kg7 31. Bxa6 Nd4+ 32. Kg4 Rxh2 33. Nxd6 Ne3+ 34. Kg5 h6# 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Strahl, Christian"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayreuth Unischach"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Rc8 12. b3 e5 13. Be3 e4 14. Ng5 d5 15. g4 Be6 16. c5 Nd7 17. b4 Qf6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bb5 Qh4 20. Kg2 Rf3 21. Rh1 Rcf8 22. Qd2 Bh6 23. Kg1 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Garbuz, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wensing & Poebel"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. b3 Bf5 10. Be2 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. Bf3 e6 13. g4 Be4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc6 16. Ne2 N8e7 17. Qd2 Nd5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qf6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. 0-0 Nde7 22. Qe3 Qg7 23. g5 Rd7 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Nd5 26. Qf3 Nde7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qf4 Rd5 29. Ng3 Nf5 30. Ne4 e5 31. dxe5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Qxd2 Qf8 35. Qd7 h6 36. gxh6 Nxh6 37. e6 Qxc5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kh7 40. exf7 Nxf7 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne4 Qf5 44. h3 Ne5 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Nd2 Nf7 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Qd4+ Kh7 51. Qxa7 Kg8 52. Qe3 Ng5 53. h4 Nh3+ 54. Kg2 Nf4+ 55. Kh2 Qf6 56. Nf3 Nd5 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Qe5 Nb4 59. a3 Nc2 60. a4 Qxe5+ 61. Nxe5 Nd4 62. a5 c5 63. a6 Nb5 64. Nd7 Kf7 65. Nxc5 Ke7 66. Kg3 Kd6 67. b4 Kd5 68. Nd7 Kc4 69. Ne5+ Kxb4 70. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Bordin, Silvia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "Mitropa Chess Association"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. 0-0 d4 11. Na4 0-0 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb7 16. f3 c5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Qa6 20. Rfd1 Bh3 21. Rd2 Be6 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 h6 24. Nc1 Qb7 25. b3 b5 26. Be5 Nd7 27. Bc3 Qa7 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Qb2 f6 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. Qd2 Qc8 32. Qd6 c4 33. b4 Ra3 34. Bb2 Ra6 35. Qd4 Rc6 36. Bc3 Rc7 37. Qe3 Bh3+ 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Ne2 Qa6 40. Rd2 Rd7 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. h4 Qc8 43. h5 Ne6 44. Nd5 Nc7 45. Nf4 Ne6 46. Nd5 Nc7 47. Qc5 Bxd5 48. Rxd5 Rf7 49. Rd6 Qa8 50. Ke3 f5 51. Qd4 Qxa2 52. Rd7 f4+ 53. gxf4 Ne6 54. Qd6 Qg2 55. Qxe6 Qg1+ 56. Ke2 Qg2+ 57. Ke1 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+ 59. Kc1 Qe3+ 60. Bd2 Qa3+ 61. Kd1 Qxf3+ 62. Ke1 Qg3+ 63. Ke2 Qg2+ 64. Ke3 Qg1+ 65. Ke2 Qg2+ 66. Kd1 Qf3+ 67. Ke1 Qg3+ 68. Kf1 Qf3+ 69. Kg1 Qg3+ 70. Kh1 Qf3+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Kh3 Qf3+ 73. Kh4 Qh1+ 74. Kg3 Qg1+ 75. Kf3 Qf1+ 76. Ke3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine Amators"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ e5 18. Qd5 Qb6 19. Rae1 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. e4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Rfd1 Ke7 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Ra8 28. Rd2 Rc8 29. Kf2 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Ra8 33. Ra2 Ra5 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Kc3 Kc5 37. Kb3 e4 38. Rc2+ Kd4 39. Rd2+ Ke5 40. g3 e3 41. Rd1 d5 42. Kb4 Ra8 43. a5 d4 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Souleidis, Georgios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "Team Chessemy.com"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bf4 0-0 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Nxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. h3 e6 20. Qd2 b6 21. Rfd1 Bb7 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Nc3 Kd7 29. Ke2 Bb7 30. Kd2 Ba6 31. g3 f5 32. h4 Bb7 33. Ke2 Bc6 34. g4 h5 35. g5 b5 36. Kf2 b4 37. Ne2 Kd6 38. Nf4 Be8 39. b3 a5 40. Ke2 e5 41. dxe5+ Bxe5 42. Nd3 Bb5 43. Bf2 Kd5 44. Kd2 Bd6 45. Ke3 Bc7 46. Kd2 Bb8 47. Kc2 Bd6 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd2 a4 51. Kc2 axb3+ 52. axb3 Bc6 53. Be1 Ke6 54. Bxb4 Bxb4 55. Nxb4 Bxf3 56. Kd2 f4 57. Nd3 Kf5 58. Nf2 Bc6 59. b4 Bb5 60. Kc3 Ke5 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Ke1 Ke3 63. Nd1+ Kf3 64. Nc3 Kg2 65. Nd5 f3 66. Ne3+ Kg3 67. Nd1 Kxh4 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Nc3 Bc6 70. b5 Bb7 71. Nd1 h4 72. Ne3+ Kf4 73. b6 h3 74. Nf1 Kxg5 75. Kg3 Kf5 76. Kxh3 Kf4 77. Kh2 g5 78. Kg1 Ke5 79. Kf2 Kd6 80. Nh2 Kc5 81. Nxf3 Bxf3 82. Kxf3 Kxb6 83. Kg4 Kc6 84. Kxg5 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Fowler, Gordon1"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Blerickse Schaakvereniging"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8. Bb5 Bxc5 9. 0-0 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Ba7 13. Re1 Bb7 14. a4 0-0 15. Be7 Nxe5 16. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxf8 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 g6 20. h4 f5 21. h5 e4 22. Qb3 e3 23. Nh1 f4 24. c4 f3 25. c5 fxg2 26. Kxg2 exf2 27. Nxf2 Bb8 28. Qh3 Bc8 29. Qh4 Qf7 30. Ra3 Qf5 31. Rae3 g5 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Gloeckler, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "Deutsche Schachjugend"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 d6 10. 0-0 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Na5 15. Ng3 Bc8 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Qf3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qg5 19. Qe2 f6 20. Rf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 h5 22. Ne4 Qg4 23. Qc2 0-0 24. Rf1 Rfd8 25. g3 b5 26. Kg2 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. h3 Rxd5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rd1 Rad8 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe2 Rd3 33. Qxg4 Kf8 34. Nxc5 Rxc3 35. Ne6+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kd6 37. Qc7+ Kd5 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Qxa7 Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Kd5 41. Qb7+ Kd6 42. a4 Ra2 43. Qb4+ Kd5 44. Qb5+ Kd6 45. Qxc4 Rf2 46. Qc5+ Kd7 47. Qxf2 1-0

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. Bxc4 Nxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 cxd5 8. exd5 Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Nf3 b5 11. Qd4 Bb7 12. 0-0 g6 13. Re1 Bg7 14. Bh6 0-0 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. a3 Qd6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Ng4 Rc4 20. Qa7 Nxg4 21. g3 Rd7 22. Ne4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Nf6 24. Ree1 Bxd5 25. Qe3 Qc6 26. f4 Bh1 27. Rd2 Ng4 28. Qe2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "World-chT Rapid"]
[Site "Duesseldorf"]
[Date "2023.08.26"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2324"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 215 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Africa"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya Commercial Bank"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Qc2 a5 14. g3 Na6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. Nb5 Qe7 18. Nd2 b6 19. Ra3 Bf6 20. h4 Bg7 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. g4 Ne8 23. Rh1 Kg8 24. Nf1 Nf6 25. Rg1 Ne8 26. g5 h5 27. Ng3 Bg4 28. f3 Bd7 29. Nc3 f6 30. Kd2 fxg5 31. Bxg5 Qf7 32. Nd1 Kh7 33. Rf1 Bh6 34. Qe3 Bxg5 35. hxg5 Qf4 36. Ne2 Qxe3+ 37. Nxe3 Kg7 38. Rf2 h4 39. Bd3 Nc7 40. b3 Rh8 41. Ra1 Raf8 42. Rh1 Rh5 43. f4 exf4 44. Rxf4 h3 45. Rxf8 Kxf8 46. Nf4 Rxg5 47. Bf1 Rg3 48. Bxh3 Bxh3 49. Nxh3 Ne8 50. Nf2 Kg7 51. e5 dxe5 52. Ne4 Rf3 53. Ke2 Rf4 54. Ng5 Rf6 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Kitale op"]
[Site "Kitale"]
[Date "2023.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hugh, Misiko Okonga"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Nh6 8. Ne4 0-0 9. Nxc5 Qd5 10. d4 b6 11. Nd3 Nf5 12. Nb4 Qb5 13. c3 c5 14. a4 Qe8 15. Nc2 Ba6 16. Ne3 Qc6 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. d5 Qd7 19. Kf2 Rad8 20. d6 Rfe8 21. Re1 Bb7 22. a5 Bc6 23. axb6 axb6 24. b4 f6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Ba3 Be4 27. Bxc5 fxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd4 Rd5 31. Qe3 Rd3 32. Ra7 Qxa7 33. Bxa7 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxd6 35. Bd4 Ra6 36. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kitale op"]
[Site "Kitale"]
[Date "2023.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Nguku Namale, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2023.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 0-0 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 Nhf6 13. g4 Re8 14. 0-0-0 b5 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Rdg1 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kb1 Bd7 21. Qc2 Qb6 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Qd2 a5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rcd8 26. Rhd1 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qc2 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qf6 30. Qe2 Re6 31. Rd4 Qe5 32. h4 Qh2 33. h5 Rf6 34. Rd2 Qg2 35. Qb5 Qxg4 36. Qxa5 Rf5 37. Qxb4 Rxh5 38. a4 Rh1+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qg3 Qh5 42. Rd7 Qg6 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. b4 Ra1 45. a5 h5 46. Rd1 Ra2+ 47. Kb3 Rxf2 48. a6 1-0

[Event "Kitale op"]
[Site "Kitale"]
[Date "2023.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Chepkoech, Abigael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 0-0-0 10. h5 Nxh5 11. gxh5 Bxh5 12. Rxh5 Be7 13. Bh3 f5 14. Bxf5 Bh4+ 15. Kf1 g6 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rxh4 h5 18. Qc2 g5 19. Bxg5 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rxd5 Rg8 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Qf5+ Kc6 24. Qe6+ Kc7 25. Nb5+ Kb8 26. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "Kitale op"]
[Site "Kitale"]
[Date "2023.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mutisya, Julie"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1526"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.05.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Nf3 c6 7. Be2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf5 13. Bd3 e6 14. f3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 a5 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Ra6 20. Rc2 axb4 21. Qxb4 Qd8 22. g3 Qf8 23. Rac1 Rxa3 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxd3 27. Kf2 Ke8 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Nc3 b4 30. Nb5 b3 31. Rc1 b2 32. Rb1 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rh2 34. Nc3 Nb6 35. Kf1 Nc4 36. Ne2 Nd2+ 37. Kg1 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Likoko, Elvis Wanasunia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1784"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 0-0 9. Nf3 c6 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Nd6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Qa3 Nc8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nf5 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 f5 23. Rcd1 Re4 24. Rxe4 fxe4 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ke6 27. Ke2 b6 28. cxb6 Rxb6 29. b3 Kd6 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Njoroge, Martin"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. c4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be3 0-0 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. b3 d5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. c5 Nc8 14. Qxd5 Nxd4 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. 0-0 Qa5 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Qe4 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 Nd6 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 Rac8 22. Bb1 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Na7 Nxa7 26. Bxa7 Be5 27. Bb6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rc2 29. Kf1 Bd6 30. Rd5 Rxa2 31. Rxf5 Rb2 32. Rf3 f6 33. Ke1 Rc2 34. Kd1 Rc6 35. Ba5 b6 36. Bd2 Kf7 37. Be3 b5 38. Ke1 Rc3 39. Bd2 Rxf3 40. gxf3 Ke6 41. Ke2 Kd5 42. f4 Ke4 43. f3+ Kf5 44. Kd3 Bxf4 45. Bb4 0-1

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gohil, Mehul"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf4 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Rb8 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Ra3 g5 14. Bg3 Qb4 15. 0-0 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Re3 Qd4 18. Bxd6 Qxe3 19. fxe3 exd6 20. c3 0-0 21. h4 gxh4 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Bf5 Rbe8 24. Qb3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nxd5 27. e4 Ne3 28. Rf3 Nxf5 29. exf5 Be5 30. Qc4 Bg3 31. f6 Kh8 32. Qg4 Rg8 33. Qd7 Rgf8 34. b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Re4 36. Rf1 Rxb4 37. Qe7 Rbb8 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Oluka, Robert Mcligeyo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c5 6. Qxd5 cxd4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. Nb6 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Ng5 Ke7 15. f3 h6 16. Nh3 Ne5 17. Nf4 Rhd8 18. b3 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. exd3 Nd5 21. Be2 Ne3 22. g3 Rc2+ 23. Ke1 Rdc8 24. Kf2 R8c3 25. h4 Rxd3 26. Rhc1 Rdc3 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rh1 Nd5 30. Ke1 d3 31. Bd1 Rxa2 32. Rh5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Magana, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2121"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e3 0-0 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nge2 a5 11. h3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. 0-0 Ne6 14. Rab1 Ng5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Nfe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc5 Qf6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bf5 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. b5 Rc8 27. bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qe2 Rb6 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. Rb1 Rb6 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sang, Ricky"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. h3 cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 10. Na4 a6 11. c3 b5 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 e5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Be6 16. b4 Qc7 17. a3 Rfb8 18. Bc1 a5 19. Bb2 a4 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Rad1 Ra7 22. Qc1 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Bc6 24. Nh2 Rf8 25. Qb1 f5 26. Nf3 e4 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 f4 29. Bf1 Nf5 30. Qa2 f3 31. Rxe4 Qf7 32. Re5 fxg2 33. Bxg2 Nh4 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Nxe5 37. dxe5 Qxd5+ 38. Rxd5 Kf7 39. Rd6 Ke7 40. Rb6 Rd8 41. Rxb5 Rd2 42. Bc1 Rc2 43. Be3 Rc3 44. c6 Rc7 45. Bc5+ Ke6 46. Ra5 Rxc6 47. Rxa4 Kxe5 48. Ra7 h5 49. a4 R6xc5 50. bxc5 Rxc5 51. a5 Kf5 52. a6 Kg5 53. Rb7 Ra5 54. a7 Ra3 55. Rc7 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Osoro, Samuel Onsongo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1487"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. Bh2 a6 12. d5 a5 13. a3 Nc5 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nb3 axb4 19. axb4 Ra3 20. Qb2 Ra4 21. Ra1 Qd7 22. b5 Raa8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Ra7 h5 26. Qa2 Qd8 27. Na1 g5 28. Nc2 g4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Nb4 Ne4 31. Qc2 Nc5 32. Qg6 Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8 34. Nd3 Ra8 35. Rxa8+ Bxa8 36. Nxc5 bxc5 37. Bd3 Kf7 38. Bf5 Bf6 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Bd7 Kf7 42. Kd3 Bb7 43. Ke4 Ke7 44. Be6 Kf6 45. Bg3 Kg6 46. f4 gxf3 47. gxf3 Bf6 48. Bd7 Kg5 49. Be1 Bd8 50. Ba5 Kf6 51. Kd3 Kg5 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kf2 Ke7 54. Be6 Kf6 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Kh3 Kg5 57. Be1 Kg6 58. Bh4 Bg5 59. Bxg5 Kxg5 60. Kg3 Ba8 61. Bc8 h4+ 62. Kh3 Bxd5 63. cxd5 c4 64. b6 cxb6 65. Ba6 c3 66. Bd3 b5 67. Bc2 b4 68. Bb3 Kf5 69. Kxh4 e4 70. f4 Kf6 71. Kg3 1-0

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ndegwa, Jackson Kamau"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1836"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bf4 e6 9. a4 Na5 10. Nb5 Nxb3 11. Nc7+ Ke7 12. cxb3 Nd5 13. Nxd5+ Qxd5 14. d4 Ke8 15. 0-0 Rd8 16. Rc1 f6 17. dxc5 Qxd1 18. Rcxd1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 e5 20. Be3 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bxb3 22. c6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bxa4 24. Rc8+ Kd7 25. Rb8 Kc7 26. Bxa7 g6 27. Nd2 Bg7 28. Rxh8 Bxh8 29. Bc5 Bg7 30. Ne4 Kd7 31. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Ngani, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Rae1 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. f3 Bd5 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Rf4 g5 20. Rf5 Qh7 21. Ref1 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ncxe4 Ne6 25. Qd3 Ke7 26. Nc5 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 Nd8 28. e4 Bg8 29. Kf2 Nf7 30. Ke3 Nd6 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd3 Nc4+ 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Ne5 Bb5 35. b3 c5 36. d5 Be8 37. Ng4 h5 38. Ne5 b5 39. b4 Kd6 40. Nd3 c4 41. Ne1 Ke5 42. Nf3+ Kf6 43. Kd4 g4 44. Ne1 h4 45. g3 h3 46. Nc2 Ke7 47. Ne3 Bh5 48. Nd1 Kd6 49. Nc3 Be8 50. e5+ Kc7 51. Ne4 Bg6 52. Nc5 Be8 53. e6 Bg6 54. a4 Kd6 55. Nb7+ Kc7 56. Na5 Kd6 57. axb5 c3 58. Nc4+ Ke7 59. Kxc3 Be8 60. Kd4 Bxb5 61. Ne3 Be2 62. Ke5 Ke8 63. d6 Bf3 64. Nf5 Bc6 65. d7+ Bxd7 66. exd7+ Kxd7 67. Ne3 Kc6 68. Kd4 Kb5 69. Kc3 Kc6 70. Nxg4 Kd5 71. Nf2 1-0

[Event "KEN Nat Team Selection"]
[Site "Ruaraka"]
[Date "2023.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nguku Namale, Ben"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2023.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 213 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nc3 d5 11. c5 Nc4 12. b3 N4a5 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Rad1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nc6 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bf3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe3 Qb8 22. Nxe7+ Kg7 23. Rfe1 Bf6 24. c6 bxc6 25. Nxc6 Qc7 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. a4 a5 28. Red1 Qa3 29. Nd4 Rae8 30. Bc6 Bd7 31. Qd3 Bxc6 32. Nxc6 Ra8 33. Qb5 Rfc8 34. Rc4 Qb2 35. Nxa5 Rcb8 36. Qc5 Qe2 37. Rdc1 Be7 38. Qd4+ Bf6 39. Qc5 Be7 40. Qd4+ Bf6 41. Qd5 Rd8 42. Qb5 Rdb8 43. Qc5 Be7 44. Qc7 Bd8 45. Qf4 Bxa5 46. b4 Bd8 47. a5 Bf6 48. Rc6 Be5 49. Qc4 Qxc4 50. R6xc4 Bd6 51. Rb1 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atwoli, Joseph"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. exd6 exd6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. 0-0-0 Qxe2 10. Bxe2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rhe1 0-0 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bb5 Bd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 f5 18. g5 Be8 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Rxe7 Rf7 21. Rde1 Kf8 22. Rxc7 Rd8 23. Rxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Bb5 27. Be3 Rd7 28. Rd4 d5 29. Kb2 a6 30. Kb3 Bc4+ 31. Kb2 Bb5 32. Rh4 g6 33. Bd4 Rf7 34. Rf4 Kd6 35. Rf3 f4 36. Bf6 Rc7 37. Rxf4 Rc4 38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. Kc3 Kd5 40. Bd8 Be8 41. h4 Bb5 42. Bc7 Ke4 43. Bg3 Kd5 44. f3 Bc6 45. Kd2 Bd7 46. Ke3 Ba4 47. c3 Bc2 48. Kf4 Bd1 49. Kg4 Ke6 50. Bh2 Kd5 51. Kf4 Bc2 52. Bg1 Ba4 53. h5 Bd7 54. hxg6 hxg6 55. Ba7 Ba4 56. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Likoko, Elvis Wanasunia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. 0-0 Nc6 13. Ng3 Na5 14. e4 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qe7 18. e5 Ng4 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Qg3 Qg6 21. Qh4 Kf8 22. h3 Nh6 23. Nxh6 Qxh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 25. Rf6 Re6 26. Rcf1 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rc6 Rc8 29. Kf2 h5 30. Kf3 h6 31. Ke4 a5 32. c4 h4 33. d5 Rg8 34. Rxc7 Kh8 35. Rxf7 Rxg2 36. Rf3 Rc2 37. e6 Rxc4+ 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Thuku, Nephat Muchiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 0-0 9. f3 e4 10. fxe4 Qe7 11. Ng3 h5 12. 0-0 h4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nc6 15. Qe1 h3 16. gxh3 Ne4 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Qh4 Rfe8 19. Rf4 Nb8 20. Bd2 Nbd7 21. Raf1 a6 22. Qg5 b5 23. Kh1 bxc4 24. Bc2 d5 25. Rh4 Nf8 26. Rg1 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qf7 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ndegwa, Jackson Kamau"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nge2 d5 6. Bb3 a5 7. a3 0-0 8. 0-0 Na6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. exd5 Nxb3 12. cxb3 exd5 13. Rfe1 f6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Nf5 16. Qd2 b5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qe3 Kf7 23. Nce2 Bd7 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. h4 a4 26. b4 Re8 27. h5 Kg7 28. f3 f5 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Nxh1 Qh2 33. Nhg3 Qh4 34. Kg1 f4 35. Nh1 Qf6 36. Nf2 g5 37. Ng4 Qf5 38. Kf2 Be8 39. Qc1 Nd8 40. Qc5 Qe6 41. Qb6 Nf7 42. Qb7 Qd6 43. Qa7 Kg6 44. Qa8 Qe7 45. Nc1 Nh6 46. Ne5+ Kg7 47. Qc8 Nf7 48. Ncd3 Nd6 49. Qg4 Bg6 50. Nxf4 Bf5 51. Qg3 Nc4 52. Nxc4 dxc4 53. Ne2 Kf6 54. Nc3 Qe6 55. Qc7 g4 56. Qf4 Kg6 57. Qe5 Qd7 58. Ne4 gxf3 59. gxf3 Bxe4 60. Qxe4+ Kg5 61. Kg3 Qd6+ 62. f4+ Kh6 63. Kg4 Qd7+ 64. f5 Qg7+ 65. Kf3 Kh5 66. Qf4 Qg1 67. f6 Qf1+ 68. Ke4 Qe2+ 69. Kf5 Qd3+ 70. Ke6 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kagiri, Martin"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1756"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 0-0 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. e4 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Ne5 13. Qc2 d3 14. Qb3 d2 15. Bxd2 Be2 16. Rfc1 Nd3 17. Rc2 Nc5 18. Qa3 Bd3 19. Rcc1 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Be3 a6 22. Nd4 Nf6 23. h3 Re8 24. Qd3 h5 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Kg2 Ne4 27. Be3 Re7 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Qd2 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qf5 32. Bh6 Re5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Be3 Re4 36. Rc1 Nd3 37. Rc2 0-1

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Boera, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 Na5 11. 0-0 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. d5 Qd7 16. Ng3 Bxc4 17. Nh5 0-0-0 18. Nxf6 Qe7 19. Ng4 Kb8 20. Ne3 Bb3 21. Qe2 Qc7 22. Bc4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qd7 24. Rfb1 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Ka8 26. a4 Rb8 27. Rb5 Rb7 28. Qd3 h5 29. c4 h4 30. Rab1 Rhb8 31. Qc2 Qe7 32. Kf2 Qg5 33. Qc1 Qxc1 34. Rxc1 a6 35. Rb2 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. cxb5 Ra7 38. g3 hxg3+ 39. hxg3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. g4 Kb7 42. Kg3 Kb6 43. Rf1 c4 44. Rc1 Rc8 45. g5 Rb3 46. Rxc4 Rxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rxc4 48. Rb3 Rc1 49. Rb4 Rc3+ 50. Kg4 Rc1 51. Rb3 Rg1+ 52. Rg3 Re1 53. Rf3 Rxe4+ 54. Kf5 Rd4 55. g6 fxg6+ 56. Ke6 Kxb5 57. Kxd6 e4 58. Re3 Kc4 59. Ke5 Rxd5+ 60. Kxe4 Rg5 61. Kf4 Rg1 62. Rg3 Rxg3 63. Kxg3 Kd5 64. Kf4 Ke6 65. Kg5 Kf7 66. Kg4 Kf6 67. Kf4 Kf7 68. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Claude, Peter"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1462"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Nd7 8. b3 e5 9. Bb2 f5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Rb1 h6 12. Ne1 g5 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Ng6 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bd3 Nde5 17. Qc2 Nf4 18. Bc1 Nexd3 19. Nxd3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. Nxf4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Qf6 23. Rf3 Rf7 24. Rbf1 Bd7 25. Qd2 Rg7 26. Bh6 Rg6 27. Rh3 Re8 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Be3 Re7 30. Rff3 f4 0-1

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Collins, Jerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxc8+ Qd8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Nb4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. 0-0 Rc8 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rxa7 Kc7 22. Ra4 Nd5 23. h4 g6 24. Rc4+ Kd6 25. h5 Nf6 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Ne2 Ng4 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Rc1 Rf8 30. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Mombasa op"]
[Site "Shanzu"]
[Date "2022.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Aberi, Shem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 0-0 8. f3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne2 Qg5 11. 0-0 Nfd7 12. e4 Qe7 13. Qc2 c5 14. e5 h6 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Qc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. Qe1 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. Qg3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxf4 23. Bg6 Qf8 24. Be3 Rf6 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Be8+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxd7 Rc7 29. Rfd1 Rg6 30. Be8 Bxf3 31. Rd2 Rg5 32. h4 Rd5 33. Rf2 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Bxd1 35. Rd2 Bb3 36. Rd3 Bd5 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38. Bb5 Rg7 39. Rxg7 Kxg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. g3 Ke5 42. Ke3 Bb7 43. Bd3 a5 44. Bb5 Kf5 45. Bd3+ Kg4 46. Kf2 e5 47. Be2+ Kf5 48. Ke3 e4 49. Kd4 Bc6 50. Bd1 Bb5 51. g4+ Kf4 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 Be8 54. Kd5 e3 55. g6 Bxg6 56. Be2 Be4+ 57. Kc4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Mombasa op"]
[Site "Shanzu"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lukoko, Moses"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1472"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2022.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 0-0 10. 0-0 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Nbd2 Ne4 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb6 17. Nb3 Bf6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Qh5 b6 21. Rfd1 Bb7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Qh3 Rc7 24. Qg3+ Rg7 25. Qd6 Bd5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne3 Bxb3 28. axb3 Rgd7 29. Kf1 Bxd4 30. Ke2 Bxb2 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc6 Kf7 33. Nc4 Bd4 34. Nd6+ Kf6 35. Nb5 Bc5 36. Rc7 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Ke5 38. g3 Bd6 39. Nb5 a6 40. Nc3 Bb4 41. Na2 Bc5 42. f3 Bd4 43. Nb4 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 a5 45. Nd3+ Kf6 46. g4 b5 47. h4 a4 48. g5+ Kf7 49. bxa4 bxa4 50. Nb4 a3 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Kg3 Bc5 53. Na2 e5 54. Nc3 Bd6 55. Kf2 Kh5 56. Kg3 e4+ 57. Kh3 Be5 58. Na2 f4 59. Nb4 f3 60. Nd5 Kg6 61. Kg4 f2 62. h5+ Kf7 63. Kf5 f1Q+ 64. Kxe5 a2 65. Kxe4 a1Q 0-1

[Event "Mombasa op"]
[Site "Shanzu"]
[Date "2022.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Lwanga, Charles Karoli"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 Nf8 9. Qc2 Ne6 10. Bh4 h6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bf2 a5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. Be1 Bd6 17. h4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Qd2 g6 21. Nfg3 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Qxh4 23. Nf4 Qxg4 24. Qg2 Bd6 25. Nge2 Ng5 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Bc3 Re7 29. Rg1 Bxe2 30. Bxe2 Bxf4 31. exf4 Nh3+ 32. Kf3 Nxg1+ 33. Rxg1 Rae8 34. Bf1 Re3+ 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2021.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Chege, Kairu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 h6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. e4 d6 10. 0-0 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Nd7 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Be2 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 N7g6 18. Nh5 Qh4 19. Ng3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. a4 Qe5 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Kh1 g6 26. Ne3 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rae1 Qg7 29. Rg1 Qf6 30. Nf1 Qh4 31. Ng3 Nh3 32. Rgf1 Ng5 33. Qd3 Kg6 34. f4 Ne4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Kg7 37. f5 Qh5 38. Re7+ Rf7 39. Qg3+ Qg5 40. f6+ 1-0

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2021.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sagwa, Hillary"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1820"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 0-0 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Be4 d5 13. Bb1 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 e6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 f6 18. g4 fxe5 19. fxe5 a6 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. Raf1 b5 22. b4 Rc8 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. h4 Be8 25. Ng3 Ne7 26. Bb1 Rc6 27. Kg2 Qc7 28. Ne2 a5 29. Ng5 Rxf2+ 30. Rxf2 h6 31. Nh3 axb4 32. axb4 Rc4 33. Nef4 Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Qc8 35. Nxg7 Qxg4+ 36. Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Kxg7 38. Bc2 Nc6 39. Rf4 Rb2 40. Bd3 Nb4 41. Nf2 Nxd3 42. Nxd3 Rb3 43. Rf3 b4 44. Nc5 Rxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bb5 46. Kf4 Kf7 47. Kg4 Bc4 48. Na4 Ke7 49. Kf4 b3 50. Nb2 Bb5 51. Nd1 Ke8 52. e6 Ke7 53. Ke5 Bc6 54. Nb2 Bb7 55. Nd3 Bc8 56. Kxd5 Bxe6+ 57. Ke5 g5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59. d5 Bd7 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. Nb2 0-1

[Event "KEN-ch"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akhanyinya, Bryan Toboso"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1703"]
[BlackElo "2024"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 e6 8. Qg4 c4 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Nf3 g6 11. Qh4 h6 12. Qf2 b6 13. g4 h5 14. gxh5 gxh5 15. Qg2 Bb7 16. f5 0-0-0 17. Bd4 Bc5 18. Kf2 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Qb4 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 Qc3 22. Rhd1 Kb8 23. f6 Rdg8 24. Qf1 Qxc2 25. Rdc1 Qe4 26. Ra4 Rc8 27. Ba6 Bxa6 28. Qxa6 Na5 29. Rxa5 Rc2+ 30. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 31. Qe2 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 bxa5 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Ke3 Kc7 35. Kf4 Kd7 36. Kg3 Rb8 37. Nxf7 Rxb3+ 38. Kh4 a4 39. Ng5 a3 40. Kxh5 a2 41. Kg6 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 0-0 7. Nge2 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 a5 11. d5 Na6 12. e4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Bc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Rf8 19. Qd1 Ba6 20. Nxa4 Bxc4 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Re1 Qb8 23. b3 Ba6 24. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sameer, Loay"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "297"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jordan"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "JOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. 0-0 0-0 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nfe5 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Nd6 22. Na5 Rc8 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Bxc8 26. Nac6 Bf6 27. Ra7 Nb5 28. Ra5 Nd6 29. f4 e6 30. g4 g5 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Kf2 Bb7 33. Kg3 Bxc6 34. Nxc6 Bf6 35. g5 Bg7 36. Kf4 h6 37. h4 hxg5+ 38. hxg5 f6 39. g6 e5+ 40. dxe5 fxe5+ 41. Kg3 Rf6 42. Nxe5 Bf8 43. Bd5+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kh6 45. Rh7+ Kg5 46. g7 Bxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kf5 48. Nf3 Rg6+ 49. Rxg6 Kxg6 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Nd4 Ne8 52. Nb5 Ke7 53. Ke5 Kd7 54. Nd4 Nc7 55. Bc6+ Ke7 56. Nf5+ Kf7 57. Nd6+ Ke7 58. Nf5+ Kf7 59. Bd7 Kg6 60. Ne3 Kf7 61. Nf5 Kg6 62. Kd6 Nb5+ 63. Ke7 Nc3 64. Ke6 Kg5 65. Nd4 Kf4 66. Bc6 Ne4 67. Ba8 Nc5+ 68. Kd5 Nd3 69. Ne6+ Ke3 70. Ng5 Nf4+ 71. Ke5 Nd3+ 72. Kf5 Kd4 73. Nf3+ Kc5 74. Ke4 Nb4 75. Ne5 Na6 76. Nd3+ Kc4 77. Bd5+ Kc3 78. Nf4 Nc5+ 79. Ke5 Nb3 80. Bg8 Nc5 81. Kd5 Nb3 82. Ne2+ Kd2 83. Nf4 Ke3 84. Ke5 Nd2 85. Nd5+ Kf2 86. Kf4 Ke2 87. Bh7 Nb3 88. Ke4 Nd2+ 89. Kd4 Nf3+ 90. Kc3 Kf2 91. Kd3 Ne5+ 92. Ke4 Nc4 93. Kf4 Ke2 94. Nb4 Kd2 95. Ke4 Nd6+ 96. Kd4 Nb5+ 97. Kc4 Na3+ 98. Kc5 Nb1 99. Bxb1 Kc3 100. Nd5+ Kb2 101. Bf5 Kc1 102. Kd4 Kd2 103. Bg4 Kc2 104. Be2 Kb2 105. Kc4 Kc2 106. Kd4 Kd2 107. Ba6 Kc2 108. Ne3+ Kd2 109. Bd3 Kc1 110. Nc4 Kd1 111. Ke3 Kc1 112. Kd4 Kd1 113. Ke3 Kc1 114. Be4 Kd1 115. Kd3 Kc1 116. Bf3 Kb1 117. Kc3 Ka1 118. Kb3 Kb1 119. Nd2+ Ka1 120. Kc3 Ka2 121. Bd5+ Ka1 122. Nb3+ Kb1 123. Be4+ Ka2 124. Nc1+ Ka1 125. Nd3 Kb1 126. Nb4+ Ka1 127. Nc2+ Kb1 128. Kb3 Kc1 129. Nd4 Kd2 130. Kc4 Ke3 131. Bb1 Kf4 132. Kd5 Kg5 133. Ke6 Kf4 134. Nc6 Ke3 135. Ke5 Kd2 136. Bh7 Kc1 137. Kd4 Kb2 138. Kc4 Ka1 139. Nb4 Kb2 140. Nd3+ Ka1 141. Kc3 Kb1 142. Kb3 Ka1 143. Bg6 Kb1 144. Be4 Ka1 145. Kc2 Ka2 146. Nc5 Ka1 147. Kc3 Ka2 148. Nb3 Ka3 149. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Zaibi, Amir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Tunisia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 9. Nf3 0-0 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. e5 Kh8 12. Bc2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qa6 14. Qb1 h6 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Ke2 Rxa3 18. Rxa3 Bxa3 19. Rb1 Rd8 20. Ke3 Ne7 21. Be4 Nd5+ 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxb6 Be7 24. Ne1 Rxe5+ 25. Kd3 Rd5 26. Ke4 Bd8 27. Rb2 Rxd4+ 28. Ke3 Bg5+ 29. Kxd4 Bf6+ 30. Kc4 Bxb2 31. Nf3 Kg8 32. Bf4 Kf8 33. Ne5 Ke7 34. Nd3 Ba3 35. f3 Bd7 36. h3 f6 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Nc5 Bc6 39. Nd3 b5+ 40. Kc3 Bd5 41. Nc5 Bc4 42. Ne4 Ba3 43. Nd2 Bd5 44. Nb3 Bxb3 45. Kxb3 Bd6 46. Kc2 Kd7 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. g4 Kd5 49. h4 b4 50. h5 Be5 51. f4 Ba1 52. g5 hxg5 53. fxg5 fxg5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ortega Amarelle, Mariano"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kap Verde"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. 0-0-0 g4 15. Be2 c6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qb4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 h5 19. Kb1 0-0-0 20. Rxh5 Rhg8 21. Rh4 Qd7 22. Qa4 Kb8 23. Rdh1 f5 24. Rh7 Rg7 25. Rxg7 Bxg7 26. Qc2 Rf8 27. f4 gxf3 28. gxf3 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Re8 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Bd3 Qe3 32. Rf1 d5 33. a3 d4 34. c4 Rf8 35. Be4 Rd8 36. Qd3 Qg5 37. f4 Qg4 38. Qf3 Qh3 39. g4 Qh2 40. Qg2 Qh4 41. Bd3 Re8 42. f5 Bf6 43. Rh1 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 45. Ka2 Qe3 46. Qf1 Kc7 47. Qd1 Bg5 48. Be2 Qd2 49. Qf1 Kd6 50. f6 Qf4 51. f7 Qxf1 52. Bxf1 Be7 53. g5 Bf8 54. g6 Ke5 55. Kb1 Kf4 56. Kc2 Ke3 57. Bd3 c5 58. Bf5 b6 59. b4 Kf4 60. Bd3 Ke3 61. bxc5 bxc5 62. Bf1 Bg7 63. Bh3 d3+ 64. Kb3 Bf8 65. Ka4 d2 66. Bg4 Kf4 67. Bd1 Kg5 68. Bc2 d1Q 69. Bxd1 Kxg6 70. Kb5 Kxf7 71. Ka6 Bg7 72. Kxa7 Ke6 73. a4 Bc3 74. Kb6 Kd7 75. Bg4+ Kd8 76. a5 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Iyti, Basher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Syria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SYR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 c6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. Na4 cxd5 9. exd5 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Rc1 Nd7 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd2 Red8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qe3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ra8 21. h3 Kf8 22. g3 Nf6 23. Nac5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nf6 26. Qxb4 Bc8 27. h4 Bh3 28. Qb7 Rd8 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Bd1 Bf5 31. b4 Nd5 32. a3 f6 33. Bf3 Nb6 34. a4 Nd5 35. b5 Nb4 36. a5 Rb8 37. Be2 Na2 38. Ra1 Nc3 39. Bf1 Kd6 40. Na6 Rb7 41. Rc1 Nxb5 42. Rd1+ Nd4 43. Rc1 Be4 44. f4 exf4 45. gxf4 Nc6 46. Nc5 Rb4 47. Nxe4+ Rxe4 48. Bg2 Nd4 49. Rb1 Rxf4 50. Rb7 g5 51. Rxa7 Rxh4 52. a6 Rf4 53. Rh7 Ne2+ 54. Kh2 Rh4+ 55. Bh3 g4 56. a7 Rxh3+ 57. Kg2 Ra3 58. Rxh6 Ke6 59. Rh7 Nf4+ 60. Kf2 g3+ 61. Kg1 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div3 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Salih, Akar Ali Salih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2021.08.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 204 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Iraq"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRQ"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.22"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Erfan, Mohamad Firdaus"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Qatar"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "QAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. 0-0 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rc1 N8e7 16. a3 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nfxd4 18. b4 a6 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Bb2 21. Rc2 Bxa3 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 d4 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Qf3 e5 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rc8 28. Qb5 Qd5 29. Qa6 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe5 Kf7 33. Bg5 Rc6 34. Rb1 Rc7 35. f4 Rd7 36. Reb5 Rc8 37. Rb7 Rcc7 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Rd1 Rc4 40. Bh4 h6 41. Bf2 Kf6 42. Rxd4 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Rc6 44. Bh4+ g5 45. fxg5+ hxg5 46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. Rg4 Rc5 48. Bxg5 Kf5 49. Bh4 Rc2 50. Bg3 e5 51. Rb4 Rc5 52. h4 e4 53. Rb3 Rc4 54. Kh3 Rc5 55. Re3 Rc1 56. Bh2 Rc8 57. g4+ Kg6 58. Rxe4 Rc3+ 59. Bg3 Rb3 60. h5+ Kg5 61. Re5+ Kh6 62. Kh4 Rb4 63. Re6+ Kh7 64. Kg5 Kg8 65. h6 Kh7 66. Re7+ Kg8 67. h7+ Kf8 68. h8Q+ Kxe7 69. Bd6+ Kxd6 70. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div4 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.22"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Muwanguzi, David Wabwire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Uganda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UGA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qc2 0-0 7. Nge2 h6 8. 0-0 c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 e5 11. f4 d6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qf2 Nbd7 14. Qh4 Nh7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rf2 Ndf6 18. Raf1 Bc8 19. Qh4 Nxd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Nc6 23. Nd5 Be6 24. Rf1 Rd8 25. Bf2 Nf8 26. Bh4 Rc8 27. Bg3 Nd7 28. Bc2 Nd4 29. Bd1 Kh7 30. b3 a6 31. Ne3 Re8 32. Bh5 g6 33. Bd1 Kg7 34. Nd5 Rc8 35. h3 b5 36. Bf2 bxc4 37. bxc4 Bxd5 38. exd5 Nb6 39. Bb3 a5 40. Re1 a4 41. Bd1 Nxc4 42. Bxa4 Nb2 43. Bb3 c4 44. Bd1 Nd3 45. Rf1 c3 46. Bg3 c2 47. Bxc2 Rxc2 48. Bh2 Rxa2 49. Rd1 Ne2+ 50. Kh1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Alrehaili, Ahmed Abdullah S"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1980"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saudi Arabia"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SAU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 g5 6. Nc3 gxf4 7. Bxf4 Bg7 8. Qh5 Nc6 9. 0-0-0 e6 10. Nf3 d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. e6 0-0 14. exd7 Bxd7 15. Qxd5 Bg4 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. d5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd4 19. Bc4 c6 20. d6 Nxf3 21. Rhf1 Ne5 22. Bb3 b6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxe5+ f6 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Bf4 c5 29. Bd5 Rd7 30. Bh6 Re8 31. Bc6 Red8 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Bf8 h6 34. Rg6 Rf7 35. Be7 Kh7 36. Rg1 f5 37. d7 Rxe7 38. d8Q Rf7 39. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div4 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Kamwendo, Precious"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malawi"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MWI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Qd2 e6 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Rd1 Ne8 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qa5 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. 0-0 Nd4 17. Bd3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Kh1 b4 20. Nb1 bxa3 21. Nxa3 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Nc7 23. Bf4 Rxf4 24. Nc4 d5 25. Ne3 Rff8 26. Rdd1 Rfb8 27. exd5 exd5 28. b3 Rxb3 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Bxb3 Kf8 33. Kg1 d3 34. Kf2 Bd4+ 35. Kg3 Ne3 36. Rh1 d2 37. Bd1 Nxd1 38. Rxd1 Bb2 39. Kf2 Bc1 40. g3 Re8 41. f4 Kf7 42. h3 Kf6 43. Rh1 h5 44. Rd1 Kf5 45. Rf1 Re7 46. Rd1 Re8 47. Rh1 Bb2 48. Rb1 Bc3 49. Rb5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 B"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2021.08.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Yazan, Abo Khalaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2021.08.20"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 203 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Palestine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PLE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 c5 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Qa4 Bc6 19. Qa3 Qc7 20. Rcd1 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Bd3 22. f3 Re8 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rd4 Ba8 25. Qb3 Rh5 26. g3 Rhe5 27. Qc4 Qb7 28. e4 Rc5 29. Qa4 b5 30. Qb4 Qb6 31. Kg2 f5 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qf7 Rce5 34. Rd7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 36. Rxa7 fxe4 37. Re3 Bc6 38. a3 R8e7 39. Ra6 Bd7 40. Ne2 Kg7 41. Nf4 Bg4 42. h3 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 Rc5 44. g4 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Rxb2 46. Nh5+ Kf7 47. Rxf6+ Ke8 48. Rxh6 Rg2+ 49. Kf4 Rf7+ 50. Nf6+ Ke7 51. g5 Rf2 52. Ke5 Rg2 53. h4 Rg7 54. Rc3 Kd8 55. Rh8+ Ke7 56. Rc7# 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch"]
[Site "Lilongwe"]
[Date "2021.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Ikhimiukor, Ehidiamen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2021.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c5 10. 0-0 cxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. b3 Bg7 19. Rcd1 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. f3 Rce8 22. Rd5 e4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Qd3 Rfe8 25. Bf2 Re2 26. Rd7 Qc6 27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Re8 29. Qd3 Qe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Kf7 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. h3 g5 36. Bd2 Bf6 37. Bc1 h5 38. a4 Kd6 39. Ba3+ Kc6 40. Ke3 Be5 41. Be7 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Bh4 Kc5 44. Be1 Kd6 45. Bb4+ Ke6 46. Be1 Bd6 47. Kd4 Be5+ 48. Kc5 Bc7 49. b4 f4 50. b5 axb5 51. cxb5 f3 52. gxf3 gxf3 53. b6 Bf4 54. Kb5 Bd2 55. Bf2 Kd5 56. a5 Ke4 57. a6 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch"]
[Site "Lilongwe"]
[Date "2021.05.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mulenga, Prince Daniel"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2021.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Na3 Nxc5 7. Nb5 Qc6 8. Qd5 Ne6 9. f3 a6 10. Qxc6 dxc6 11. Na3 b5 12. Nc2 Nf6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Nh3 0-0 15. Nf2 c5 16. a5 Bc6 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. 0-0 g5 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Rd8 25. Be3 Bf6 26. Kf2 g4 27. fxg4 Bxe4 28. Ne1 Bg5 29. h4 Bxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Africa-ch"]
[Site "Lilongwe"]
[Date "2021.05.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bwalya, Gillan"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2021.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. a3 b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. 0-0 Bb7 11. f4 Be7 12. Bf3 e5 13. g3 h5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. b4 Ng4 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch"]
[Site "Lilongwe"]
[Date "2021.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kawuma, Patrick"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2323"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 202 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nh4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qb6 19. Qc1 Kg8 20. Nf3 Kg7 21. h4 Bg4 22. Nh2 Bd7 23. h5 Qb4 24. Rc4 Qa5 25. Rh4 g5 26. h6+ Kh8 27. Rc4 f6 28. Nf3 Rg8 29. Rc5 Qb4 30. Nxg5 Rg6 31. a3 Qb6 32. Rd1 Be8 33. Be4 Qxb3 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Nf3 Qa4 36. Rc4 Qa5 37. Qf4 Ra8 38. Qe3 Qb5 39. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Africa-ch"]
[Site "Lilongwe"]
[Date "2021.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Sihlongonyane, Sikhanyiso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1619"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2021.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MWI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 202 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 0-0 8. Nge2 c6 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Bf4 f5 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. c4 Be6 15. c5 Bd7 16. Nc1 b6 17. Nb3 b5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. Qa2 Bd8 23. Qa7 Qxa7 24. Rxa7 Rf7 25. Be5 Kg7 26. Ra8 Rf8 27. Na1 Kf7 28. Nc2 Be7 29. Ra7 Ke6 30. Ra6 Kf7 31. Nb4 Rc8 32. Bc2 Ke6 33. Nd3 g5 34. Bb3 h5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Nf4+ Kf7 37. Ra7 Rd8 38. Kh2 Be8 39. Bc7 Bd7 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Wynn, Zaw Htung"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Myanmar"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MYA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 0-0 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. a4 c5 8. b5 Re8 9. c4 d4 10. d3 e5 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Nb3 Qd6 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. g4 Be6 20. e3 h5 21. Ba3 N8d7 22. exd4 exd4 23. Nfxd4 hxg4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. d4 b6 26. Rad1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rc8 28. Qd3 Bf8 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Qh3 f5 31. Re6 Qf4 32. Rxg6+ Bg7 33. Bd5+ Kf8 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. fxg3 Ngf6 36. Be6 Re8 37. d5 Ne5 38. Rg5 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 Nxg5 40. Nxc5 Nxe6 41. Nxe6+ Kf7 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. c5 bxc5 44. Bxc5 Nxd5 45. Nxg7 Kxg7 46. Bxa7 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Bd4+ Kf7 49. b6 Ke8 50. Ke2 Kd7 51. Kd2 Kc6 52. Kc2 Rb5 53. a6 Nxb6 54. a7 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Kulpruethanon, Thanadon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Thailand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "THA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bf4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. h3 0-0 10. e3 Re8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Ra3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. 0-0 c4 16. Bxc4 Ndc5 17. Qa2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Rc1 Rc7 21. Bf1 Nxc3 22. Kh2 Nxd5 23. Rxc7 Nxc7 24. Qxb7 Be4 25. Qb3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Be5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qh4 Rb8 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Rd3 Rc1 33. Qg3 Qa1 34. Qxd6 Rg1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ 37. Kh4 Qg5# 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Thing, Bibek"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nepal"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NEP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 h5 12. h3 Ned7 13. Bd4 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. 0-0 d5 17. Ng5 dxc4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxb6 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 axb6 21. Bxc4 Kf7 22. a4 Rfd8 23. Re1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Bf6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rc7+ Be7 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. Nh7+ Kg7 29. Rexe7+ Kh6 30. h4 g5 31. Re6# 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Ayyad, Husain Abdulgalil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Bahrain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Re8 9. 0-0 c6 10. f3 c5 11. Bh4 a6 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bf2 Bd6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 Ng6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 Ba7 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Bf2 Qb4 23. Ra1 Bb8 24. Nde2 Rcd8 25. Red1 Bc6 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. b3 Bd7 29. Rac1 Bf5 30. Bg3 Ba7 31. Nd4 Bc8 32. Re1 Re7 33. Bf2 Rde8 34. Red1 Bb8 35. Ne2 Bxh3 36. gxh3 Qxf3 37. Nd4 Qxh3 38. Qe2 Bh2+ 39. Kh1 Bf4+ 40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Bg1 Bxe3 43. Qg2 Qh5 44. Nf5 Re4 45. Nxe3 Rf4+ 46. Bf2 Rxe3 47. Re1 Ref3 48. Re2 g4 49. Ke1 Qf5 50. Be3 Re4 51. Rcc2 Rfxe3 52. Qh2 Rxe2+ 53. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 54. Kxe2 Qf3+ 55. Kd2 g3 56. Qh3 Qf2+ 57. Kc3 g6 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Hj, Azahari Md Aliuddin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kenya"]
[BlackTeam "Brunei"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Online Olym Div4 A"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mwanyika, Geoffrey"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "team-tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tanzania"]
[BlackTeam "Kenya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 c5 2. f3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. Qh4 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Nd6 Kf8 16. Bb5 Ke7 17. Nxc8+ Raxc8 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h3 Ne3 22. g4 Nf6 23. Bd3 h6 24. Ng3 Kf8 25. Re1 Ng2 26. Rf1 Ne3 27. Rf3 Ned5 28. g5 hxg5 29. fxg5 Nd7 30. Be4 Ne5 31. Rb3 b6 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 Nf4 34. Bf3 Rh8 35. Re3 Nxf3 36. Rxf3 Nxh5 37. Ne4 f5 38. gxf6+ Nxf6 39. Nf2 g5 40. Rg3 Rg8 41. Ng4 Nxg4 42. Rxg4 Kf6 43. Kd2 Rh8 44. Ra4 Rh7 45. Ke3 Kf5 46. Rd4 e5 47. Rd5 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 g4 50. c4 Rxb2 51. Kc3 Ra2 52. Kb3 Rf2 53. Rd7 g3 54. Rxa7 g2 55. Rf7+ Ke4 56. Rg7 Kf3 57. Rf7+ Ke2 58. Rg7 Kf1 59. a4 g1Q 60. Rxg1+ Kxg1 61. Kb4 Rb2+ 62. Kc3 Rb1 63. Kc2 Rb4 64. Kc3 Rxa4 65. Kb3 Ra5 66. Kb4 e4 67. Kc3 Kf2 68. Kd4 e3 0-1

[Event "KEN-chT"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "26.1"]
[White "Njuki, Gabriel"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "27"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nairobi Univ"]
[BlackTeam "KCB Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0-0 5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nfd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rg1 Nc8 15. h4 Nd6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qe3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Kd2 b5 20. e5 Nxc4+ 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Ne4 Rfb8 23. Rab1 Rb3 24. Ke2 Rab8 25. Nxc5 Rxb2+ 26. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "TAN-ch op"]
[Site "Dar es Salaam"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Black "Kolomwe, Willian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qc2 h6 7. Nge2 0-0 8. 0-0 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 Nd7 12. a3 Be7 13. f5 Bg5 14. f6 c5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Qxg5 Nc5 18. Bf5 Bc8 19. Nxd4 g6 1-0

[Event "TAN-ch op"]
[Site "Dar es Salaam"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mongeli, Sasha"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "1550"]
[BlackElo "2127"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qd2 Bd6 13. g3 0-0 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. 0-0 Ne5 16. f4 Ng6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Qe1 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Nf5 Bc5 21. Qc3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 f6 23. Rac1 Ba8 24. Nh4 Rfe8 25. Qf4 g5 26. Qxf6 gxh4 27. Qg5+ Qg7 28. Qxh4 Ng6 29. Qg4 Qa7+ 30. Rf2 Rd4 31. Qf5 Rxe2 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc3 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Ne5 35. Kf1 Qf7+ 36. Ke1 Re4+ 37. Kd1 Qf1+ 38. Kd2 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "KEN-chT"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2019.04.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Muthuiya, Vincent"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "27"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daystar University"]
[BlackTeam "KCB Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 c5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndxe5 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Re1 0-0 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bb2 d4 14. Ne2 Bxe1 15. Qxe1 e5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Ng3 f5 20. h3 Qd5 21. c4 Qf7 22. Qe2 a5 23. Qh5 Qxh5 24. Nxh5 a4 25. b4 Be6 26. Ng3 Rad8 27. Kf1 d3 28. Rd1 d2 29. c5 Bc4+ 30. Kg1 Bxa2 31. Nf1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "KEN-chT"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Simiyu, Jimmy"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.02.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "27"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nakuru"]
[BlackTeam "KCB Bank"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KEN"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. c3 0-0 8. Be3 Nf5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Re8 11. Qd2 Bh6 12. Qc2 Bxe3 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Nd7 15. Nbd2 Qe7 16. h3 Bf4 17. 0-0 Qxe2 18. Qa4 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Qxd2 20. Rxf5 Re2 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 gxf5 23. Rf1 Rxb2 24. Rxf5 c6 25. h4 Rxa2 26. Rg5+ Kh8 27. Rf5 f6 28. g4 Re8 29. Rf1 Ree2 0-1

[Event "All Africa Games Kenya qual fin"]
[Site "Nairobi"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ndegwa, Jackson Kamau"]
[Black "Methu, Joseph Muraga"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Qxc5 7. e4 d6 8. a3 Qb6 9. Qc1 Nbd7 10. Bf2 Qd8 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nge2 Bg7 13. 0-0 0-0 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe1 Nxf2 16. Qxf2 Nf6 17. h3 a6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nac3 Nf6 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Na4 b5 23. Nc3 Bc4 24. Qe2 Bxd3 25. cxd3 e6 26. f5 Nd7 27. Rc1 Rac8 28. Kh1 Bh6 29. Rce1 d5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Nf1 d4 33. Nb1 1/2-1/2

