SCHOOL NEWS - MCK CHESS CLUB
MCK CHESS CLUB
2023 McK Chess Grand Prix (Main & East)
After almost 400 games of chess over two terms, countless lunchtime sessions across the Main and East Campuses, and in the biggest (in terms of participation) chess event at McKinnon to date, the 2023 McK Chess Grand Prix came to a masterful end last week.
On Monday 22 May, the finals for the East Campus competition concluded with a round robin playoff between four top players. In the end, Aaron Todes 9B came out victorious, closely followed by Luka Dodos 8I (2nd), Alex Do 9G (3rd) and Khiem Tran 9C (4th). The 5th and 6th places go to Linh Nguyen 8F and Aryan Rokhade 8I respectively.
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Meanwhile at the Main Campus, after the success of the Rapid & Blitz event in Term 1, the second event of the Grand Prix, McK Chess Classic, also produced many exciting encounters. Congratulations to Gregory Wen 12M for winning the Master Division of the Chess Classic without losing a game, and to Roshan Jivanjee 11G and Kaihan (Kevin) Jin 11G for taking out the Challenger Division 1 and 2 titles respectively.
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Finally, after two terms of competitions at the Main Campus, the overall winners of the McK Chess Grand Prix season were as follows:
- Master Div: 1st Steve Le 11H, 2nd Tim Nicolaides 11K, 3rd Aryan Jayanty 12F;
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- Challenger Div 1: 1st Roshan Jivanjee 11G, 2ndRohan Baker 10A, 3rd Nathan Wen 7J;
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- Challenger Div 2: 1st Eliya Chiorny 7G, 2nd Martin Curnow 7C, 3rd Itay Volnerman 7R.
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Congratulations to these students who will receive their awards at the next General Assembly. To see the full results of this year’s McK Chess GP, visit the official website. To see the latest McK players’ rating, click here.
In closing, the McK Chess Club would like to thank Dr Lelekakis, Ms Murdoch and Mr Bucher for their on-going support of the club, and Alex Do from 9G for assisting with the East Campus competition.
Weekly lunchtime session
Despite the conclusion of the Chess GP tournament, more social chess is happening weekly on Wednesdays at the Main Campus (Room A07 & A08) and on the Thursdays at the East Campus (Room V2.6). McK Chess Club is totally free for everyone and no signup is required. Simply show up and play!
Important note: No food is allowed inside. Also, the club usually won’t begin until 10-15 mins into the 1st half of lunch, so please eat your lunch first then come to the chess club.
Sandy Law
McK Chess Club