Celebrating our Learners

Congratulations to Daniel in Year 11 who recently attended an international chess competition in Malaysia.

Here he shares some thoughts on his experience of playing chess and what he learned from the tournament he attended:

Hi “Nexus News”. I am Daniel from year 11. It is really pleasant for me to have the chance to share my thoughts from a chess tournament that recently happened in Malaysia. I began playing chess at the age of 8 but stopped after a few years. Last year I decided to join a chess club in Singapore, and that was when I picked up chess once again. This “17th Malaysian Chess Festival” was one of the large-scale competitions in Asia with 280 players contributing. My thought when I first signed up for the competition was to receive some achievement and experiences from playing games with more advanced competitors from different countries, and even different continents. I played against dozens of players who are older than me, and who have more experience and I was proud to win many of my matches. Some competitors had an ability to overcome me, but many lost due to the pressure on them. This equally applies to exams, some learners are able to do brilliantly in their coursework but do badly in the exam. Grades don't represent the ability of a learner, the only solution is to not freak out when facing any exam and do your best performance, just like in chess.