2017 State Champions!

On Saturday, April 8^th, 2017, the Mascenic Chess Club travelled to Pelham to compete in the NH State Team Chess Championships. They played 4 rounds with our top 4 players battling against the top 4 players from other schools around southern New Hampshire. Mascenic entered 3 teams in 3 separate divisions, High School (grades 10-12), Junior High (grades 7-9) and Elementary (Grades 4-6).

The Elementary team placed 5^th, and the High School team placed 4^th in their respective divisions. The Junior High team won its first 3 matches, and needed a draw or a win in their last match to secure 1^st place. On the top 2 boards, the Mascenic freshmen struggled with difficult positions against the Academy for Science and Design, and it looked like they would have to settle for 2^nd place again this year. On boards 3 and 4, however, the team's two 7th graders were slowly but surely grinding out winning positions, securing the draw for the team that ultimately earned them the 1^st place trophy. The junior high team collectively won 12 out of their 16 games, beating out 2^nd place World Academy and 3^rd place Academy for Science and Design. Special recognition went to one of the team's 7th graders for best performance on board 3, winning all 4 of his games.

Congratulations to our State Champs!