A-Grade Finals
The A-Grade Finals were won convincingly by University High School who drew away from the field in the early rounds. It appeared that their depth combined with the power of their Board 1 player was unbeatable, although a surprise upset in round one saw David Lau (Haileybury) win against Denis Bourmistrov (Uni High).

The future looks
bright for Uni High as 3 of their players
are in year 7 and one in year 9!
Second place was the real battle with a
host of schools able to snatch 2nd in the
last round. Haileybury College and
Springvale Secondary both finished on
16.5 points. The first countback (sum of
opponents scores) resulted in a tie so a
second system was employed
(progressive score) with Haileybury
winning by 66 to 62.5. Special mention of
David Lau from Haileybury for scoring
6.5 / 7 against a very strong field.
University High will be travelling to
Sydney in December to compete in the
first National Schools Championships.
Winning Team: University High
School
Denis Bourmistrov
Gordon Lindberg
Andjelija Zivanovic
James Doidge

B-Grade Finals
Northcote High lead the B-Grade Finals
from the start of the day. A late push from
Gleneagles and Xavier didn’t bother them
and they cruised into another finals
victory.
Monash Secondary did particularly well
as they only had 3 of their 4 players
present on the day. Perhaps they could
have been a real challenge had everyone
been available.
Xavier nosed in front of Gleneagles in the
penultimate round and was able to hang
onto second place.
Winning Team: Northcote High
School
Chris Wong
Zimin Tan
Peter Lim
Jerry Zhao
Shun Xu
Liang Fang
It was great to see a number of
people who play interschool
becoming involved in other ,
individual, tournaments. Some even
made the effort to join their local
chess club. See elsewhere in this
magazine for the club closest to you.