Wickham Elementary won the 3rd K-6 place at the Weber chess tournament 2012

Wickham Elementary won the 3^rd K-6 place at the Weber chess

As predicted, Wickham school achieved a major recognition at the Weber chess tournament.

Wickham team got a total of 10 trophies and the 3^rd place for K-6 team. There was a total of 118 players. This document gives you a closer look at the details and the amplitude of this achievement.

First, for those of you who do not know our competitors, Lincoln and Weber have the 1^st and 2^nd ranking state wide! ( http://www.press-citizen.com/article/D5/20120214/NEWS01/120214004

: Iowa City schools finish 1-2 in state chess championships )

At Weber tournament, Weber came 1^st with 15 points, Lincoln came 2^nd with 12.5 points and Wickham came 3^rd with 12 points.

However, looking at the age group of each school, Wickham's win came from a younger age group. The tournament rule was to pick the top 3 players of a team.

Team scores : Player Grade Score out of 5 Anish 1st 4 ( Top contributor ) Emmett 3rd 3 Rudy 4th 4 ( Top contributor ) Dillon 4th 4 ( Top contributor ) Austen 5th 3 Chirag 6th 3.5 Evan 6th 3.5 Ralph 6th 3 Nick 6th 3 Cole and Akash were also present but left early. I could not get their final results.

Individual trophies for the grade : Player Grade Trophy Anish 1st 1st place Rudy 4th 2nd place Dillon 4th 3rd place Emmett 3rd 3rd place Austen 5th 3rd place Chirag 6th 3rd place Evan 6th 4th place

These results above are consistent with the ICPL tournament of November 2011 where Anish, Rudy and Dillon won also the same prizes too.

Wickham Chess Club has a bright future ahead! Congratulations to our team!

Tony Nahra