2023 | ISSUE 5 | SJC Newsletter

Chess Tournament Report

St Joseph’s College Chess squad travelled to St Michael’s Grammar School for a regional tournament on the final day of March. Students from nearly all year levels, including some Year 7 students making their inter school chess debut. Nearly every student was able to improve their rating, and every student finished the day with at least one win against challenging opposition.

In particular, the Year 9 representatives were the standouts, with Jack Kemp achieving the best performance for the school with 5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, including a notable upset win against number 1 seed Theo Ritter from Richmond High. Luada-Kadahl Mooney also finished with 5 wins, with narrow losses to Daniel Brand and Christopher Burton, both of St Michael’s, who finished in 1^st and 3^rd place respectively.

Other notable performances were from Muhammet Jawish, 5-2 while only being a Year 8 student; Ruairi Brennan O’Shea, Gabriel Egan, Jake Wojcik and Julian Castillo, all of whom are Year 11 students, and all finished with an identical 4.5; and Alex McLaughlin, who recorded a winning record as a Year 7 student.

In the end St Joseph’s was one of 3three schools finishing with 20 points, placing third on tiebreak. For full individual and team results go to https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/interschool/events/interschool-zonal-competition-face-to-face---2/standings/section/secondary

The next interschool tournament will be taking place at St Joseph’s College, on Friday 19 May and we’re looking forward to seeing how well our students can perform with home ground advantage.

Andrew Branchflower
Chess Coach