The Anglian Learning Chess Academy’s second annual tournament was held at Sawston Village College on Saturday 8 February. The tournament is open to all children and there was a good turnout, including entries as far away as Lincolnshire and north London.
Three tournaments were held: one for Year 3-5 pupils, one for Years 6-7 and one for Years 8-10. Academy players Antonio di Fruscia and Guy Parsons won the Year 5 & Under and Year 6-7 contests respectively, both scoring 4.5/5, with Neel Mishra coming an excellent second in the Year 8-10 group with 4/5.
Remarkably Academy players won the five youngest year group trophies as follows:
Year 3 Minh Nguyen Babraham Primary School
Year 4 Ivan Yu Stephen Perse
Year 5 Antonio di Fruscia Pathfinder, Northstow
Year 6 Guy Parsons Thriplow Primary School
Year 7 Yiqian Zhao Sawston Village College
Academy trophy winners (left to right) Guy Parsons, Minh Nguyen, Antonio di Fruscia, Ivan Yu and Yiqian Zhao
The Chess Academy is sponsored by Sawston Village College and the Linton Chess Club. We meet during term time at Sawston VC on Friday evenings between 6-8pm for a mixture of competitive chess and coaching. For further information and to register go to the Sawston Village College website and click on Parents; Clubs and Activities; Chess Academy.