On Monday 5th July, four of our keen chess players went along to Bishop Bell school to compete against players from Cavendish, Hailsham, Willingdon and, of course, Bishop Bell. Unfortunately, all four players were randomly chosen to be in the initial play-offs to decide the final 16, and Lord Greger and Chadly Robson were disappointingly knocked out straightaway.
Christian Faustino was then beaten in about 2 moves by James of Cavendish, who beat one of our year 10 boys in the final 2 years ago as a year 7! Christian was understandably disappointed with this and will hopefully come back next year to fight for a place higher up in the rankings! Max Hay played some fantastic chess to get through to the 3rd round, losing to the same James who beat Christian. James decently said that Max had proven to be a good challenge but went on to win the whole tournament for the second year, beating a player from Hailsham who has played nationally in the past.
As you can see, competition at these events is strong, so if you’d like to participate next year, please make sure you get practising! Mr Duffield hosts a Chess Club in his room every Wednesday lunchtime so you have no excuse not to play!
Well done team. I’m very proud of you and I hope we can do better next year.
Miss Delgado
