Newington College Chess Intermediate A team are now the Met-East Regional Champions!

The team consisting of Nicholas Sharp (9/JN), Justin Ting (10/JN), Cedric Koh (9/MO), William Tao (9/KL) and Victor Dai (10/FL) pictured above, defeated Conservatorium High School to win the final 3.5 to 0.5 (i.e. 3 wins and a draw).

Our next match will be against Sefton Hight School, the winners of the Met -Southwest Region with a probable game to be played this Friday at the College. The other Semi-Final at this level will be between Met-North and Met-West, both of whom will contest their Regional finals this week.

Congratulations to all the students involved. It was a very exciting final with Cedric on board 1 winning late into the time allowed with the opposing player experiencing some serious time management trouble. Victor on board 2 won early with a strong, aggressive game, and Justin played on board 3, who struggled after an early setback, agreed to draw after securing a winning position with the final decider. Nicholas on board 4 seemed in control of the entire match but played with care throughout.

What a great season it has been!

Mr Graeme Downward
Chess Co-ordinator