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Chess Champs at York House

Pepi at the BC Chess Championships
Pepi at the BC Chess Championships. Click for the full photo gallery.

A few weekends ago, four Yorkies played in the BC Chess Championships, five games Swiss over three days with up to 3 hours per game. They basically lived at Arbutus Mall for the entire weekend! Everyone played against boys and girls sportingly. The girls ended the weekend with the following final results:

  • Good play by Joyce, Gr. 3 (amassing 1.5 points and ending 5th in U10 Girls)
  • Annika, Gr. 6 became U12 Girls BC Champion
  • Pepi, Gr. 7 became U14 Girls BC Champion
  • Alice, Gr. 12, tied for 1st and became U18 Girls BC Champion.

Annika, Pepi and Alice will be representing BC to take on the challengers from other provinces at the National Chess Championships in Montreal this summer.

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5th Annual All Girls Chess Tournament Results

All went very well on Sunday at the 5th YHS All Girls Chess Tournament.

Here are the results:

Group A – Grades 6+7

  1. Annika Zhou (YHS)
  2. Pepi (YHS)
  3. Maggie (YHS)

Group B – Grades 4+5

  1. Rachel  (South Meridian)
  2. Iris  (Vancouver Christian)
  3. Sabrina  (Pauline Johnson)

Medals: Jacqueline, Sofia and Olivia (YHS)

Group C – Grades 2 +3

  1. Shirley (Chartwell)
  2. Joyce (YHS)
  3. Anna (Vancouver Chess School)

Group D – Grade 1

  1. Veronica (YHS)
  2. Rayna  (Crofton)
  3. Olivia  (YHS)

Medals: Olivia and Maia ( YHS)

Thank you to Janet and Paula for all of their help. Also a big thank you to the three Student Ambassadors who were wonderful too – Kendra, Jasmine and Alice.

Gaby Eirew and her family were wonderful, providing the refreshments and all of the proceeds going to Cancer Research – $175. Panago supported this event by donating the pizzas!

Another successful chess season at YHS.

Christine Addison
Grade 6 Teacher and Junior Chess Sponsor