Head's Newsletter -7 July 2023

CHESS AT TIFFIN

Tiffin School ’ s 1 st VI travelled to Nottingham for the National School Chess Championships on Thursday and Friday 29 th and 30 th June, staying overnight in the university accommodation After local and regional qualifications involving 147 schools (and 250 teams) Tiffin had qualified for the National Finals beating Kings College School, Wimbledon in the regional finals. Five rounds of standard play, over the board chess, all played on live boards and streamed on the worlds top three chess sites (Lichess, Chess.com and Live Chess Cloud) left Tiffin as the 13 th best school in the country. Feel free to click on the links and follow the games of Ron, Sagnik, Ben, Isaac, Anixton, Samvrit and Cathal, all of whom played brilliantly against some of the top players out there. An added bonus was Tiffin winning the tournament for travelling reserves.