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Elementary students go head-to-head in annual UGDSB chess tournament

April 6, 2017

ABERFOYLE, Ontario – More than 160 students from across the Upper Grand District School Board were in Aberfoyle on Thursday, going head-to-head in the board’s annual chess tournament.

2017 UGDSB chess tournament 1

The students, in grades 1 through 8, represented 14 schools across the Upper Grand.

2017 UGDSB chess tournament 2

Students played five rounds of chess throughout the day to determine the winning teams per grade and the overall winning school.

2017 UGDSB chess tournament 3

Local chess expert, Hal Bond, served as the official adjudicator and pairing master, matching up players in the same grade or one grade above or below.

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