CHESS CLUB

2024 McK CHESS GRAND PRIX

With over 250 chess games played across both Campuses since week 3 of Term 1, the 2024 McK Chess Grand Prix was another successful event organized by the McK Chess Club. This year, like in previous years, the event has attracted an impressive number of participants from all year levels and skill abilities, creating many exciting matches and memorable moments for all involved.

The 11-week tournament went down to the wire with many key placings in the ladder decided on the very last day of competition. Congratulations to the following students on their achievements: 

🥇WINNER: Jonathan Kui Year 12

🥈RUNNER-UP: Howie Nguyen Year 11

🥉3RD PLACE: Timothy Nicolaides Year 12

4th Place: Steve Le Year 12

5th Place: Stanley Luo Year 10

6th Place: Thien Dinh Year 7

🥇WINNER:Nathan Wen Year 8

🥈RUNNER-UP: Konstantinos Dimitrakopoulos Year 8

🥉3RD PLACE: Ryan Le Year 8

4th Place: Aryan Rokhade Year 9

Equal 5th Place: Luka Dodos Year 9, Linh Nguyen Year 9 & Lucas Huang Year 9

• Best overall performance: Nathan Wen Year 8
• Best debutant: Stanley Luo Year 10
• Best Y7 player: Thien Dinh Year 7
• Best player rated under 1100: Lachlan Tran Year 9

Awards will be presented at the next General Assembly. To see the full results of this year’s McK Chess GP, visit the official website

The McK Chess Club would like to thank Dr I Lelekakis for supervising the East Campus event, and Mr R Bucher for looking after the Chess Club at McKinnon Rd Campus during the hectic tournament schedule.

McK CHESS RATING

May 2024 update

All students who have played in any tournament organized by the McK Chess Club in the past will be in the McK Chess Rating database. Rating is used for competition seeding, school team’s selection, as well as determining player’s titles. As of 15 May 2024, the Top 10 rated players at McKinnon are:

1. Steve Le Year 12(1515)
2. Timothy Nicolaides Year 12 (1469) 
3. Jonathan Kui Year 12 (1427) 
4. Howie Nguyen Year 11 (1322)
5. Aaron Todes Year 10 (1276)
6. Alex Do Year 10 (1235)
7. Nathan Wen Year 8 (1210)
8. Rohan Baker Year 11 (1148)
9. Ben Green Year 12 (1134)
10. Stanley Luo Year 10 (1133)

To see all the McK rated players: click here

A special congratulation to Jonathan Kui Year 12, for receiving a Queen Class Player Title (& badge) from the McK Chess Club after his recent winning performance at the Grand Prix and subsequently breaking the 1400 rating barrier.

Sandy Law

McK Chess Club