Volume 26 Issue 31 03 Nov 2017 14 Heshvan 5778

Chess

Chess news

In the culminating event in the Sydney Academy of Chess Burwood inter-schools’ tournament in Term 3, our Primary School chess team earned an outstanding third place! Sol Biton received a trophy for being the second highest scorer in the entire tournament and Jesse Gothelf received one for placing fourth. Well done to Jesse Gothelf, Sol Biton, Joshua Leslie and Jake Fleischer on this excellent result.

Last weekend, on Sunday 29 October in the annual Knox Grammar Inter School Chess Challenge (involving 164 schools), our Primary School team, composed of Jesse Gothelf, Daniel Zipser and Dan Blecher fared very well, scoring the same as two other schools in fourth place (out of 142 primary schools).

Daniel Melamed, Dan Blecher, Jesse Herdan, Jesse Gothelf, Zac Sidley and Daniel Zipser

In the High School division at the same event, our players Daniel Melamed, Jesse Herdan and Zac Sidley earned second place – a remarkable feat, given that most schools entered students who are in Year 11 or 12.

Jesse Gothelf, Daniel Melamed and Zac Sidley

Congratulations to both teams. We are exceedingly proud of you and inspired by the fact that you would happily dedicate an entire Sunday to represent Emanuel School in a chess competition.

Colleen Elkins

Gifted and Talented Co-Ordinator K-6