SENECA HILL CHESS TEAM

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Another amazing chess year! Our Primary Team (Yueyang, Megan, Richard, Brendan and Benedict) came second in the TDSB finals. Our Junior Team (Derek, Jonathan, Reena, Stefan and Danny) came home with the big Champion trophy for 6 consecutive years.

Toronto Secondary School Chess League, Finals

Congratulations to Jonathan, Stefan, Yue Yang, Jack and Megan on the excellent results in this
Secondary SchoolTournament held on April 3. We played in the junior section (junior of the high school
means grade 10 and under) and came third.

TDSB Chess Championship, City Finals

Both our junior team (Jonathan, Stefan, Jason, Tiffany and Robert) and primary team
(Benedict, Joey, Bill, Patrick and Dylan) came second in the TDSB finals. Good job!

Posted March 9, 2009 We would like to congratulate the primary and junior chess teams. Both teams finished first place and will compete in the TDSB championships at Harbourfront in April. We are proud of the students high level of skill and consistency demonstrated by our students.

TDSB North Qualifier
This tournament was run on March 6.
Both our primary team and junior team came first. We won 46 games out of 50. Good job!

CMA Ontario Team Tournaments
Saturday, March 7
Our Team A came first and our Team B came fourth after the tie-breaks (tied for third to fifth).

Sunday, March 8
Our Team A came fourth after the tie breaks (tied for third to fifth). Congratulations to all the Seneca Hill participants. All the teams did very well in this tournament.

Results of GBG tournament Posted Jan. 26, 2009

Grade 1 1 Bill H 2 Kyle T 3 Eric 3 Isabelle 3 Alina Grade 4 1 Megan C 1 Yue Yang J 1 Brendan Z Grade 2 1 Dylan Z 2 Marvin H 3 Aaron L Grade 5 1 Robert L 2 Jack Z 3 Stefan P Grade 3 1 Joey Z 2 Benedict C 3 Catherine L Grade 6 1 Jonathan L 2 Tiffany W 3 Eric C 3 Jerry X Congratulations to the winners and players. Complete results and crosstables can be found on January 23 at www.chess-math.org

May 22, 2008
6 of our team members participated in the Ontario High School Chess Championship the past weekend.
Stefan, Leo and Richard won the third Beginner Team and Stefan won the the third place individual in the Beginner section.
Danny won the top under Grade 6 in the Intermediate section.
Other two participants were Reena in the Intermediate section and Jonathan in the Championship section.
Good job!

March 28
Five of our chess team members: Jonathan, Derek, Reena, Yue Yang and Stefan played in the Junior Section (for grade 10 and under) of the Toronto Secondary School Chess League Finals on March 28. Seneca Hill was the only Elementary (Under grade 6)  School competing in the tournament. Our players did a good job and won the third place. They have won a medal each and a chess clock for the school. Congratulations!

April 14, 2008
On April 11th, Harbourfront Centre once again hosted our annual TDSB Elementary Chess Finals. In order to earn a spot, schools in all four quadrants of the TDSB had to participate in qualifying tournaments throughout February and March. During the course of the event, all schools had to play every other school thus ensuring that each player played seven games. It was remarkable to observe the ability of our students to maintain their focus and concentration for well over five hours of play! Once again we were very fortunate to have excellent media coverage of the event provided by The Toronto Sun as well as by CBC and Global television.

Typically this event has a number of regular returnees and also a few newcomers. This year saw something remarkable happen however as all three defending champions were able to defend their titles! This has never happened before in the history of this event. What was also remarkable was the fair play put on display by all of our students. It was clearly evident that not only is the game of chess a wonderful tool to use to improve students’problem-solving, it is also a terrific way to build character. It is our sincere hope that once again the event was able to provide our students with opportunities not to only test their skills over the chessboard but also to create build friendships with students from other schools.

As far as the results are concerned the top three finishers in each age group are as follows:

Primary (Grades 1-3)
Champion: John Fisher
2nd: Seneca Hill
3rd: Gledhill
Junior: (Grades 4-6)
Champion: Seneca Hill
2nd: Palmerston
3rd: Bowmore
Middle School (Grades 7 & 8)
Champion: Deer Park
2nd: Islington
3rd: John Buchan

Congratulations go out to all participating teams! Our thanks also go out to all the coaches, parents and administrators who supported us throughout the season. Finally our gratitude go out to the organizing committee of Dale Davis, David Daly & Ted Winick for ensuring the smooth running of the event and for Harbourfront Centre for hosting the finals. See you in 2009!

March 25, 2008

SCHOLASTIC TEAM

Congratulations to our team 3A. The team came third in the Scholastic Team Tournament held on March 1. Well done, Yueyang, Megan, Richard and Brendan.

Although CMA had sent me the confirmation before the tournament, they had omitted our two K-3 teams. Sorry for the confusion on that day.

I have paid the entry fee for all the Seneca Hill teams. What you have to pay me back is to work hard in chess.

 

TDSB CHESS NORTH QUALIFIER

The G.4-6 team came first in the qualifier. Good Job.

The K-3 team qualified automatically to finals because there were only two teams entered. We are now trying to arrange a tournament with another qualified team. We presently don’t have any information of the Finals.

TORONTO SECONDARY SCHOOL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

This tournament will be held on March 28 at Northview Heights Secondary School. Seneca Hill is invited to participate in the Junior Division (Under Grade 10). Derek, Jonathan, Reena, Danny and Stefan will represent the school.

RATING UPDATE

Please visit the website: www.chess-math.org for your rating updates.

All tournaments, including the Thursday after school Program, Scholastic Team and Sunday Oriole Tournaments are rated.

Please note that ratings go up and down and it reflects only your approximate chess level. I suggest you not to worry too much about it.

THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

Session 3 will continue on April 3 to June 5. There are 10 lessons, each from 3:45 to 5:45. Please submit a cheque of $150 payable to “Seneca Hill Chess Club” to me on March 20 or 27.

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Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to play in the Scholastic Team Tournament on March 2 for Seneca Hill. Each team is composed of four players. We are sending four teams.

Team 6A Jedral Derek 6 Lai Jonathan 5 Zhan Reena 6 Liu Danny 5	Team 6B Pirvu Stefan 4 Zhou Jason 4 Zhou Jack 4 Xu Jerry 5
Team 6C Qin Gallen 4 Li Robert 4 Wong Tiffany 5 Wong Allison 4	Team 6D Depa Harshith 4 Ding Don 5 Wong Amanda 6 Ng Shirley 5

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to play in the Scholastic Team Tournament on March 1 for Seneca Hill. See attached for tournament details.

Each team is composed of four players. We are sending two teams.

	Team 3A		Team 3B
J C Z G	Yue Yang 3 Megan 3 Brendan 3 Richard 3	Z L C Z	Dylan 1 Patrick 2 Benedict 2 Joey 2

SENECA HILL Chess tournament

On January 10, 2008 the students of Seneca Hill P.S put on their thinking caps as they competed in the fifth annual Chess tournament. Each grade had its own separate players of separate skill levels. The tournament was from 11:00 to 3:30 at the school gym. Every participant received a souvenir, and the top 3 players of each grade received medals.

by Sepehr

Posted Jan. 11, 2008
The Seneca Hill Grade-by-grade tournament was held yesterday. We had 43 players competing in seven sections. The results were as following:
K
1st-Eric S
2nd-Joseph W
G.1
1st-Dylan Z
2nd-Marvin H
3rd-Jessica J
G.2
Tied 1st-Catherine L and Patrick L
3rd-Diane Gabriella P
G.3
1st- Yueyang J
Tied 2nd Megan C and Brendan Z
G.4
Tied 1st-Stefan P and Jack Z
Tied 3rd-Jason Z and Robert L
G.5
1st-Jonathan L
2nd-Jerry X
3rd Danny L
G.6
1st-Derek J
2nd-Reena Z
3rd Sepehr R
Complete crosstables and rating updates, please see
http://www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub/scr/tournois.php?no=3877 (www.chess-math.org - Rating)