The Semi-Final Inter-House Chess Match...

After last week’s draw between Blackford House and New House, we held what was supposed to be a final deciding round on Wednesday 6^th March.

• Otto (B) played Fred (N)
• Toby (B) played Ludo (N)
• Jesse (B) played Philipp (N)

The first game to finish was Otto v Fred, which Otto won, giving him a personal score of 4 wins from 4 games. He is undoubtedly our individual School Chess Champion for 2023/2024. Toby and Ludo took a little longer, but Ludo eventually prevailed. This meant that Blackford and New had one win each, leaving the final result in the hands of Jesse and Philipp. After a very long game, Philipp and Jesse achieved a draw, which means that we still do not have a winning boys’ House!

Having failed to achieve a positive outcome the boys went on to play against Harriet and Lucy (Priory House). It was quickly clear that the boys’ teams were stronger, and I can now confirm that Priory will be awarded 3^rd place in the Inter-House Chess Competition.

We still do not know which House is going to win the trophy, and I refuse to let it be sawn in half - thank you for that suggestion, Jesse! So we will hold one final game, to be played between Otto (B) and Ludo (N). Fittingly, Ludo is last year’s individual School Champion.

More news on this next week...

Tomi Owens - Chess Master

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