Global InformationGrace Kigeni information
| Grace Kigeni | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uganda |
| Born | 1988 (age 35–36) |
| Title | Woman FIDE Master (2015) |
| Years active | 2010 to 2018 |
| FIDE rating | 1783 |
| Peak rating | 1783 |
| Ranking | 205,385 |
Grace Kigeni Ateenyi Sengendo (born 1988) is a Ugandan woman chess player.[1][2] She holds a title of a Woman FIDE Master.[2][3][4][5][6] She was Uganda Women's National Chess Champion in 2013. Her national rank in Uganda is 187 (All players) and in Africa (All players) she ranks 6962.[2] She is a member of the Ugandan Chess Federation.[7]
Kigeni was the only Ugandan who defeated English chess grandmaster Nigel David Short when he visited Uganda to participate in Anatoly Karpov's FIDE presidency election campaign in 2010. Short played 25 games during that tour. He won 23 games, lost one and drew one game.[8][9]
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- ^ Shabazz, Daaim (2010-05-29). "Nigel Short campaigns in Africa". The Chess Drum. Retrieved 2024-04-14.