Ampaire Shakira
Ampaire Shakira (born 1991) is Ugandan Female chess player.[1] She has held the Fide title of Woman Candidate Master since 2018.
Background and education[edit]
Ampaire is born to Bagenyi Saidi and Kyomugisha Gloria Ruth. She attained a degree in law from Uganda Christian University(2010-2014), and also attained a postgraduate Diploma in Law from Law Development Center(2014-2015).
Career[edit]
She is a lawyer by profession.She started her career as a chess player at the age of 11, inspired by her mother Kyomugisha Gloria Ruth. She missed out on the first try to attain the Woman Candidate Master by ½ a point in the Zone 4.2 African Individual Chess Championships in Ethiopia but that did not weigh her down.[2][3][4] Ampaire emerged the unexpected winner in the women’s section of the Uganda Open Chess Championships with five points, beating pre-tournament favorites WFM Ivy Clare Amoko, WFM Goretti Angolikin and WFM Christine Namaganda to the gong.[5] She attained the Woman Candidate Master Title at the Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia in 2018 when she represented Uganda in the prestigious World Chess Olympiad.
Honors and awards[edit]
- Woman Candidate Master since 2018 issued by International Federation of Chess(FIDE)
- National Woman Chess Champion(2018) issued by Uganda Chess Federation
- Most Valuable Player (MVP) Chess issued by Issued by National Sports Association of Uganda (2014)
- Development Director for Uganda Chess Federation From 2021-present[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ampaire Shakira". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ "2017 Zone 4.2 Individual chess Championship Jimma Ethiopia women May 2017 Ethiopia FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ "Shakira Ampaire 'proud' of Zonal Championships performance". Kawowo Sports. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ Malinga, Marion (2017-03-12). "Shakira Ampaire all set for the Zonal Championships". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ Malinga, Marion (2017-11-16). "Winning Uganda Open is validation for my hard work- Shakira Ampaire". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ↑ "Emmanuel Mwaka Re-elected as Uganda Chess Federation President". ChimpReports. 2021-03-28. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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