Wednesday, May 26, 2010

TEAM MANITOBA PLACES 5th AT NATIONALS IN MONTREAL ON MAY LONG WEEKEND

A determined team Manitoba beat Team New Brunswick , in the last round, to clinch 5th at the 22nd Scholastic National Chess Championship . With the score tied at 5 1/2 -- 5 1/2 it all came down to the two grade 12 players who were playing in their last scholastic chess tournament ever. In the end , 5 time grade champion; Daniel Oberton sealed the deal with a gutsy win . Congratulations to all our worthy grade champions who represented Manitoba with honour and great sportsmanship . Special mention goes to grade 9 champ Devon Li for finishing third in Canada for his grade .
For complete details please go to http://www.chess.nl.ca/year/2009+2010/ccc/national/results/english/index.html