Chess Tournament September 2009

School Tournament

We have started the school tournament. This is to find out who gets the trophy this year. Each week we will play a few more games. Good luck to all the children playing.

Chess 09

Zone Chess

It was a fun filled, packed day at the zone chess. We competed at Mt Roskill
Primary. Marshall Laing stood proudly as we competed in the first ever zone chess competition. We entered five teams.
Marshall Laing got 1st and 2nd for year 5/6. We got 3rd for the year 3/4 team.
Good job team!
Jason

2008 Auckland Chess Championship

It was a day of chess, chess and more chess for Marshall Laing Team A. Mrs Jacobson drove Prashant, Sean, Jin Kyu and I to the Auckland Chess Centre for our tournament. The place had two buildings, a tournament room and a between tournament room. There were 10 schools, 5 Intermediate and 5 Primary, we played everyone in the Primary section, that means 4 games. There was a total of 40 children, I was surprised only 3 were girls, 2 Intermediate and I was the only Primary.

We played well finishing 4th place with 10.5 points and 3rd place had 12.5 points.

I enjoyed the day, the games, the people, and the travel uniforms were comfortable.

Anna

Chess Club

Our chess club meets every Friday from 1.30 - 3.00. Some of us know how to play but some of us are just beginners. We take turns learning new moves and strategies. We play games against each other. Each year we have a school tournament as well. We are very lucky to have Mr Steiner and Mrs Jacobson to teach us but we also have to practise in our spare time and at home.

Tournament

Marshall Laing had the honour of hosting the Central Auckland Primary Schools Chess Tournament on Wednesday 25 June. Marshall Laing Team A was placed first and Marshall Laing Team B was placed third. Congratulations!
Team A: Sean, Jin Kyu, Anna, Prashant
Team B: Jaeyoung, Arian, Simon, Jason
Well done to Prashant for winning the most games on the day for the number 3 player.