Students show Class at Chess Championships

On Saturday, June 22, Trinity entered a team in the Otago/Southland Chess Championships. The competition is a gruelling seven rounds of intense chess played over 6 hours. Our players were:

• Board 1 Henry Le

• Board 2 Ethan Then

• Board 3 Joseph Kelly

• Board 4 Louis Le

Trinity competed well, winning three matches, drawing three, and only losing one team match out of 7 rounds.

Some of the outstanding results from the included:

• Henry beating the top player from LPHS A with a superbly calculated fight back after being down on material

• Joseph being named as the top Board 3 player for the tournament with 6.5 points out of 7.

• The Trinity team drawing with the two top seeds: LPHS A and Kings A.

Overall, Trinity placed fourth from 15 teams in the region, only losing a place in the top 3 due to an arcane new rule!

Congratulations to our team for another strong performance. We look forward to seeing what this young team can do in future years.

Thank you to the ODT for granting us permission to use the image published in their article;

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/between-rook-and-hard-place