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Boys win Regional Final in Chess Championship
James Logan playing on Board 1 against MGS. At 50 up we had already sealed the victory, but their top player was still hanging on for pride’s sake. Unfortunately for MGS, James was on good form yet again, and after a tight endgame, he completed our 6 - 0 clean sweep.
Well done to our ‘A’ team, who beat Manchester Grammar School in the Regional Final of the ECF National Schools Chess Championship on Tuesday 14th March. If you remember, we narrowly beat MGS at the same stage last year – the first time we had beaten them in well over a decade. And what a difference a year can make – having played in the National Finals last year and competing regularly with schools from all around the country in an online league, the team is even stronger. This year’s result, a clean sweep, 6 - 0 to Bolton! Congratulations to James Logan (Captain), Marcus Fung, Marlon Wen, Amrit Mishra, Laurence Britton and Leon McGuigan-Lazo on a well deserved victory. The team has now qualified for the National Finals in Nottingham at the end of June.
