Inter-School Chess Semi-Finals
Jesse Herdan – Year 7
Sydney Academy of Chess inter-school semi-finals
On Friday, 8 September, two Emanuel chess teams departed for the International French School to participate in the inter-schools’ semi-finals of the Sydney Academy of Chess, for which both the High School and Primary School qualified in a local heat in Term 2.
The competition was split into two divisions, Primary School (K-6) and High School (7-12). Our primary team was mostly in Year 6, however our High School team had to play against students much older than them as it was made up solely of Year 7 students.
Our teams did exceptionally well, with our High School team achieving 4th place and our Primary School tying for 2nd place with two other schools on 20 points, behind Neutral Bay on 21.5 points. Our Primary team has progressed to the finals.
More details about scores can be found at the following link:
Individual prizes
Primary
Sol Biton came 4th scoring 6/7 (second on points and fourth on tie-break)
Jesse Gothelf tied 5th, on 5.5/7
High School
Daniel Melamed came 4th, scoring 5/7
Jesse Herdan placed 3rd, achieving 5.5/7
Ms Elkins: We are exceedingly proud of our team’s performance as well as their support of one another throughout the day.
Jesse Herdan
