Chess is done! It’s time to Scrabble!!
After 7 days of intense competition the Chess competition has come to an end.
Congratulations Team Dragons! The Chess champions! All the four houses have displayed a lot of enthusiasm throughout the tournament, Hats off to you guys!! In the semifinals, Phoenix displayed commendable sportsmanship allowing Griffins to change their board order in the last minute. Kudos!
Dragons have won the finals comprehensively beating Phoenix 4-0, winning on all the four boards. The board orders were not changed from their previous encounter in the round robin stage. Each player had a chance to perform better against the same opponent and Dragons did it with some style. Kabali daa!!!
Highlights of the finals:
Venkat Reddy winning the game within 10 moves!
Laxmikiran killing his own pawn (I will have my vengeance on your pawn or mine! 😉
Here are the games of finals!
The Standings in Chess are:
1. Dragons
2. Phoenix
3. Centaurs
4. Griffins
Star players of the tournament (wins in all games!):
Harshad Topkar
Sandeep Pariyani
Please find attached a few pictures and the sheet with the scoring for all the rounds.
See you in Scrabble after Dussehra! Until then, Go Bananas!!!