On Monday 27th October, 5 of us from X G, Oakridge
International School, went to Saint Andrews High School for attending the 10th
annual Fr. Devasia chess tournament.
After an opening ceremony we started off with the
first Round and ended up with a tie. That was the end of Day 1.
Day 2 started off with Round 2. We were matched up
against Secunderabad Public School; even though Varun - a team member had
played exceptionally the team ended up with a draw. After a short lunch break
we had Round 3 against Saint Patrick’s High School; yet another time we had a
draw.
Day 3: Our final day, we were determined to win
today. Round 4 commenced with a slow running game on two boards, the other two
boards tasted victory really fast giving us the upper hand in terms of points
and confidence.
Round 5 was again a tie but we managed to grab the
5th spot out of 19 other teams.
For our disciplined
behaviour and other sportive
qualities our players have shown, our team was awarded with the Fair Play Award.
Although we felt bad about not winning the
tournament, I would say we had loads of fun those three days and will be surely
eager to go to many more tournaments like this one.
-Reflections by Arun Kumar, X G, IGCSE
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