Junior School pupils qualify for the National Final of UK Chess Challenge

A great season for chess has resulted in 6 players from the Junior School qualifying for the National Final (Gigafinal) of the Delancey UK Chess Challenge. They qualified by their outstanding performances in the School and County stages of the World’s largest chess tournament, in which 1,200 schools and 40,000 children took part.

The players are: Harry Rafferty (J4S), William Mason (J4S), Tanmay Madhusudhan (J3H), Tom Honey (J2P), Oliver Beverley (J2P) and Dev Varma (J1L).

The National Final will take place in mid-July.

Well done boys and good luck for the final!