Twenty-three pupils from The King’s School entered the Cheshire and North Wales Chess Championships this weekend. Around 145 children from the region competed in the County Competition which was hosted by King’s. King’s had an exceptional day, winning many individual trophies and gaining the accolade of Schools’ Champions for receiving the highest score of any school. Even though King’s also dominated the Senior School competition, the rules state that one school cannot win two trophies. King’s was placed third on the Junior School competition. Sixth Former and King’s Chess captain, Davin Menon (L6NH) won the U21 County Champion. Davin currently plays for the Welsh National team and their scout was at the competition. Individual honours were won by:

• U21 Tournament Champion - Davin  Menon   
• Winner - U17 School and Club - Matthew Temple
• Winner - U16 County - Susan Gorman
• Winner - U16 School and Club - Sam Arshad-Roberts
• Runner Up - U16 School and Club - Oscar Lloyd Williams
• Third Place - U16 School and Club - Henry Thompson
• Third Place - U15 School and Club - Animesh Anand
• Third Place - U14 School and Club - Fergus Davidson
• Runner Up - U14 School and Club - Haran Makwana
• Winner - U14 School and Club - Patrick Hudson
• Third Place - U12 County - Owen Edwards
• Third Place - U12 School and Club - Ally Bibby
• Winner - U9 School and Club - Nithilan Sivanand