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Schools2 Challenge Tournament Summary – 6 more enter Super Finals. 5 from Schools and 1 from University ________________________________________________________________________________ Schools2 : Praveen, Tejaasree a student of EM and Bright Minds Academy was exceptional in winning the Schools2 Challenge
After 5 Rounds, the highest point was 4 and with 7 students competing and a rating between 1000 to 1300, it was tough. Unluckily no one scored 5/5 for the Big prizes
Praveen, Tejaasree is my Advanced student who made me proud today along with 5 of my other students who became finalists. For last few months, her progress, commitment to Homework, solving problems in class, questions being asked was instrumental in the success. Her rise is meteoric and she didn’t disappoint. Champion: Praveen, Tejaasree (Grade 5 - 6 ) and Scored (6/7) Teju, one of my favourite student showed her class. She had her reversal from Ali Khan of LCS but came back strongly to win the rest of the games to lift the Gold.
Runner-up: Agrawal, Ahaan (Grade 5–6) and scored (4.5/7) Ahaan is one of my other Advanced student who had every chance to Tie for 1st place but unable to keep calm and rashness with movs with quite a bit of time in hand caused his downfall and to be content with Silver
Third Place - Tie: scored (4/5)
Suresh, Raksha (Grade 3 – 4 )
Pasko, Nina (Grade 5 – 6) and
Karthick, Nishant (Grade 9 – 10)
Both Raksha and Nishant are Beginner students of EM. Raksha caught me by surprise with her high level of play and taking down Nina, one of my favourites and Top seed in the Tournament shows the giant strides Raksha made in last couple of months.
Well, Nina is yet to conquer her speed and that has been her nemesis and she has to strive to slow down.
Nishant who already became a finalist from Aug 9th Schools challenge could do a lot better and has lots of potential. _______________________________________________________________________________
The others who made the cut to the finals were Khan Ali (Grade 5 – 6) from LCS with 3.5 out of 4 Rounds and lost his last 3 games to get an Out of Podium finish Jeremiah Mathews (Grade 7 or 8 ), one of my beginner EM student who qualified from Aug 9th Schools Challenge, played below his level and had a bad day to have an Out of podium finish ________________________________________________________________________________ Special Mention While the tournament was filled with great games and young talent, the competition could reach greater heights with stronger participation. We call upon sponsors to help elevate the level of competition by supporting the upcoming Super GrandPri Finals on November 22nd—a chance to bring in elite players and inspire the next generation. Check our Sponsorship request here
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10 students from University and 6 from Schools2 become finalists for Super GP on Nov 22nd
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