Young chessmasters descended on Collège Notre-Dame Dec. 4 for the school’s chess tournament.
The following students stood out in the tournament: 1st, Stéphane Robillard, École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford); 2nd Sébastien Joly, École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse); and 3rd, Luca Chartrand, École Ste-Marie (Azilda).
More than 100 Grade 7 and 8 students took part in the tournament, which took place in the Sudbury high school’s gymnasium.
Students from these Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon elementary schools participate in the event: École Ste Marie (Azilda), École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford), École catholique La Renaissance (Espanola), École Notre-Dame (Hanmer), École St-Paul (Lively), École catholique Félix-Ricard (Sudbury), École St-Pierre (Sudbury), École St-Denis (Sudbury), École Jean-Paul II (Val Caron), École Ste-Thérèse (Val Thérèse) and École St-Thomas (Warren).
Each player had the opportunity to play five matches.
Organized by Collège Notre-Dame teacher André Maillet, the tournament was a great success thanks to the strategic and valuable support of student members of the CND Chess Club.
In addition to visiting several schools before the tournament to share their game strategies with elementary students and prepare them for this friendly competition, members of the CND Chess Club served as judges during the tournament.
Building on this success, Collège Notre-Dame wishes to see the third edition of the Chess Tournament attract a greater number of participants and allow many young chess masters to experience this great activity.
