The Point View A team won the East Auckland Primary Interschools Chess Competition hosted at Point View Primary School last Tuesday.
Willowbank Primary School A took second place with Pigeon Mountain A third ahead of Sunnyhills A and Star of the Sea A in fourth and fifth respectively.
The top three teams will go to the New Zealand Interschools Championships on September 23.
The East Auckland tournament was the biggest held in New Zealand.
The National Interschools final for intermediate and secondary schools will be held at the same time.
The venue is yet to be finalised but could possibly be at a local school.
Meanwhile, Olivia Li was the top board (Board 1) for the winning team, Point View A.
They won all their six matches and Olivia won all her six games to claim two gold medals.
Another chess event is coming to town next month.
On July 8 (Saturday) at 10.30am is the Poppies Chess Challenge, to be opened by Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown, between Luna Xu (Oceania Girl’s u10 Champion) and Luna Lu (Oceania Girl’s u12 Champion).
From September 25-28, the Women’s Chess Championships will tentatively be held in the Howick Information Centre.
