Ivy Claire Amoko | |
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Country | Uganda |
Born | 3 May 1987 Kampala, Uganda | (age 37)
Title | Woman FIDE Master (2014) |
Peak rating | 1872 (March 2024) |
Ivy Claire Amoko is a Ugandan chess player. In 2014, she became the first woman Fide Master in East Africa.[1][2]
Amoko was born to Stella Arach-Amoko and Idule Amoko.[3] She attended Shimoni Demonstration School for primary and later St Joseph’s Nsambya (O-level) and Nabisunsa Girls (A-level).[3]
Amoko started playing chess in 2007.[4]
She was a gold medal winner for chess in the Inter-University Games in 2007 and 2008, playing for Makerere University.[5]
In 2012, Amoko and Phiona Mutesi were awarded the title of Woman Candidate Master after scoring the required 50% from nine games at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey. This made them the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history.[6][7][8]
Amoko won on her debut in Rwabushenyi Memorial Chess tournament in the Females category in 2014, after winning all eight of her tournament games, capturing the title from Phiona Mutesi.[9]
At the close of the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø in 2014, Amoko was elevated to Woman Fide Master; she was the first woman to achieve this title in East Africa.[1][2]
She currently plays with the Kireka Panthers Chess Club, in the Uganda Chess League.[10]