May 7th - 9th
National Elementary School
National Chess Championship
in Atlanta
Isaac and Orly are both on their school chess team
Deer Isle school won the Maine State chess championship and therefore came to the
national championship which happened to be in Atlanta this year
This is Orly and Isaac's first national tournament and each of them won 4 of 7 matches
Their team came in 15th and they took a large trophy home
Over 2,000 students (6th grade and younger) participated
We hosted a dinner for the team on the night they arrived |
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This was one of several rooms filled with students playing matches Once the match started, no one was standing and you could have heard a pin drop it was so quiet |
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Orly signals her match has ended |
A proud win !!! |
Another proud win !!! |
After each match, their coach goes over every move with each of the 10 students on his team
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