News
Tuesday
March 20, 2012
NYPS Breaks New Record @ 64th National Inter-Schools Individuals
85 Nanyang pupils took part in the 64th National Inter-Schools Individuals Chess Championships (March 14-16, 2012). Held at Northand Primary School, the championships gathered more than 1100 top junior players from over 120 Singapore schools. After three days of intense competition in girls and boys age categories, Nanyang Primary scored 4 Gold medals, 3 silver medals and a consistent number of top-10 positions.This performance was unmatched by any other school in the competition. Interestingly, this year's Gold was won with a 100% percentage score (7 points out of 7 games) by the following newly crowned national chess champions: Sunshine Kong Uham (Girls U7), Edith San (Girls U9), Tin Ruiqi (Girls U10), Tin Jingyao (Boys U12). Tin Jinghsun(Boys U8), Nathan Mar (Boys U11) and Tin Jingyao (Open) also won a Silver medal.
The NYPS Chess Club wishes to thank all our pupils for their dedication, their parents for support and the NYPS teachers for their supportive role prior to and throughout the event.
Tuesday
March 11, 2012
WFM Jeslin Tay vs NYPS Girls: Simultaneous Exhibition
On March 10, as preparation for the National Inter-Schools individuals, NYPS Chess Club invited WFM Jeslin Tay, former Singapore Women champion and member of the Singapore Olympic team for a 9-board simultaneous exhibition. Jeslin Tay scored 9-0 the best resistance being offered by Edith San and Tin Ruiqi. We thank Mrs Judy for hosting the event in the library.
Tuesday
January 18, 2012
NYPS Chess Club Helps with Food Drive - CNY 2012
On Tuesday, 18 January, members of the NYPS Chess Club offered their help with sorting out various food items donated by NYPS pupils and assisted with preparing CNY packages. The latter will be delivered to Singapore elderly with the occasion of the Chinese New Year.
Thursday
January 5, 2012
Edith San, Nanyang Pupil, Bags Singapore's Only Gold @ SICF
Playing in the Girls U8 section of the 2nd Singapore Youth Age-Group Chess Championships (25-31 Dec 2011), Nanyang pupil Edith San scored a remarkable performance by finishing first (with 8 out of 9). Furthermore, Edith's gold was Singapore's only gold medal in the several chess events of the Singapore International Chess Festival 2011 organized by the 8th Singapore Chess Federation at Jurong East Sports Hall at the end of December last. The event gathered nearly 400 players from 30 different countries. NYPS Chess Club congratulates Edith for her fine performance.
Thursday
January 5, 2012
FM Tin Jingyao and Tin Ruiqi, Nanyang Pupils, Win Cairnhill 2011
On December 3-4, 2011, Cairnhill Community Club organized a new edition of the Cairnhill International Open. The Open section was won by FIDE Master Tin Jingyao, ahead of a strong group of Elo 2200+ players. In the Blitz tournament, Jingyao finished second. Tin Ruiqi, Jingyao's sister, won the Major section of the event. NYPS Chess Club and teachers congratulate them both for an excellent performance.
Thursday
January 5, 2012
NYPS Finished 4th in NUS Chess Invitational
On December 10, 2011, a five-man NYPS team took part in the 3rd NUS Chess Invitational at National University of Singapore. The Nanyang team comprised CM Derek Lim, Sean Masci, Shannon CHan, Jerome Chan and Keven Chua. The event, organized by the NUS Intellectual Games Club, had two sections: International Chess and Chinese Chess. NYPS team competed in the International Chess section and after 7 rounds they finished fourth, behind NTU (champion team), NUS and ACS Independent. CM Derek Lim finished 8th in overall individual standings keeping his own against university level players. We congratulate our pupils (and their parents who helped throughout the event) for picking up a tough challenge.
Monday
September 12, 2011
On Saturday, September 10, fifty-five NYPS players took part in the 52nd National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships held at Rulang Primary School. With quite a number of top Nanyang players missing, NYPS teams managed to collect four top medals (two Silver and two Bronze) in overall standings (more than any other primary school), in addition to several Gold and Silver medals as zonal prizes. NYPS Chess Club wishes to thank all our players for a remarkable effort, their parents and teachers for support. Full results and statistics may be viewed here. In addition, a photo gallery has been prepared.
Thursday
August 11, 2011
Nanyang Chess Challenge 2011: The Winners
On August 6, 2011, NYPS Chess Club organized the Nanyang Chess Challenge 2011. The Upper Primary section was won by FM Tin Jingyao (7/7), followed by Nicholas Ang (6/7), and Nathan Mar (5.5/7). The Lower Primary section was won by Krystal Soh (7/7), followed by Keven Chua (6/7) and Gerlyn Wong (6/7). There were also top girls prizes awarded to the following: Krystal Soh, Geryln Wong and Edith San (Lower Primary), Tin Ruiqi, Estelle Lee and Elizabeth Fam (Upper Primary). Tin Ruiqi and Keven Chua won the Brilliancy Prize and Isobel Woo and Royce Tan were awarded the Fair Play trophies. Congratulations to all participants! NYPS Chess Club thanks Mrs Principal Lee Hui Feng, Mdm Vice-Principal Lim Jocelyn and to all Nanyang teachers and parents involved with the competition.
Monday
July 24, 2011/ Update: August 5
Nanyang Chess Challenge 2011 - Online Registration Open
NYPS invites all interested Nanyang pupils to take part in the Nanyang Chess Challenge 2011 to be held on August 6, 2011 in school canteen. Please find further details in the attached PDF. Players who signed up should be present in the school canteen at 8:30 AM on Saturday, August 6.
Monday
April 4, 2011
NYPS Chess Club Celebrates International Friendship Day 2011
Nanyang pupils involved with International Chess in our school celebrated today the International Friendship Day (IFD). Chess serves as a powerful bridge between various cultures, traditions, people and lands. Through our chess dialogues (locally, regionally and globally), we get a first-hand opportunity to learn new things about other peoples' cultural backgrounds and make new friends.
Monday
April 4, 2011
Nanyang Primary Wins 6th Mind Games Olympiad
On March 30, 2011 ACS Independent hosted the 6th Mind Games Olympiad, with teams from nine strong Primary Schools taking part in trials involving chess, IQ, Risk and Scrabble. NYPS team, who won the fifth edition of the competition in 2010, came on top in the overall score (1st in Chess, 1st in IQ questions, 3rd in Risk and 6th in Scrabble). NYPS Chess Club congratulates the Nanyang team players in all trials: Chess: Derek Lim, Tin Jingyao; Scrabble: Gan Chongjing, Liu En Qi; IQ: Seah Fengyu, Dylon Toh, Jovi Koh; Risk: Tan Juan Gee, Loh Wiesiek.
Friday
March 25, 2011
Jerome Chan Yung Kang (4J) - Winner of Total Defence Day - Chess/Creative Writing/Art Contest
Nanyang pupil Jerome Chan Yung Kang (4J) has been declared winner of the Total Defence Day - Chess/Creative Writing/Art Contest 2011. Jerome has submitted the above artwork featuring a Singapore map designed as a chessboard with the usual characters (including some Singapore symbolic landmarks). He has also authored this essay [Word Doc] with this year's "I Will" theme. NYPS Chess Club congratulates Jerome for his outstanding effort.
Wednesday
March 22, 2011
Nanyang's Staying Powers @ 63rd National Schools Individual Chess Championships
On March 16, 2011, a squad of 87 Nanyang pupils took part in the 63rd edition of the National Schools Individual Chess Championships (over a 1000 pupils island-wide), one of the biggest school tournaments of the year. At the end of a 7-round play at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Nanyang Primary finished on top in terms of top medals collected. This year it was Nanyang girls' turn to support the overall performance while the boys were slightly off-form. The strong show of our girls in all age categories saved the day however: Lee Jia Claire and Neo Chloe earned the Silver and Bronze in GirlsU7; Lam Hui Xin and Edith San tied for Gold/Silver and won the Bronze in Girls U8; Krystal Soh won the Gold, followed by 4th-7th prizes won by Nanyang pupils in GirlsU9; Anna Ng and Elizabeth Fam finished 6th and 9th in GirlsU10; Lim Xiao Hui won the 10th prize in GirlsU11 and Rachel Soh tied for Gold/Silver in Girls U12 with Abigal Ng finishing 5th and Joanne Chan 8th in the same category.
Among the boys playing in the open section, best was Tin Jingyao's performance in the Open (Masters) as he finished 8th in a field of 100 competitors - all from Junior Colleges, Secondary Schools and Singapore-based Universities. The Nanyang pupil was the only primary school pupil who played in this tough section. In addition, Derek Lim won a Silver medal with Sean Masci winning the 8th position in the same category (OpenU12); Nathan Mar won the Gold and Jerome Chan finished 6th in OpenU10 with the 8th place being won by Chew Jia Ming Jed; Finally, in OpenU10, Ethan Tam secured the 10th spot for himself [prize photo attached].
The final medal tally indicates Nanyang's staying powers at the top of the ladder in Singapore's scholastic chess and a re-birth of Nanyang girls' high prestige with the game.
NYPS Chess Club wishes to thank the following for their impeccable support: teachers Mr Amos Lum, Mrs Peck Hoon Cynthia, Mdm Urvi, Mdm Joyce Lim, and Mrs Euodia Tay for their excellent arrangements for this tournament; Mrs Sabrina Tan & Miss Eng Li Li for overall guidance; Mdm Vice-Principal Lim for briefly being there with our pupils and offering them a lively encouragement; parent volunteers and other NYPS teachers who helped in every possible way and - last but not the least - to Mrs Principal Hui Feng Lee for her continuous support for mind-sports in NYPS despite her busy schedule.
Monday
February 14, 2011
Indian Pupils from New Dehli @ NYPS Chess Club
Between 10 and 14 February, Nanyang Primary School played host for a group of visiting Indian pupils from New Delhi. In addition to attending various school programs, the Indian visitors attended a special chess lecture (Heroes of Indian Chess) in Interaction Room on 11 February and inter-acted with NYPS Chess Club members during the CCA (Chess) session in the Banding Room. Among the visiting pupils, NYPS Chess Club members were pleased to greet the New Delhi junior girl state champion.
Friday
January 28, 2011
Mr Luc Chatel, French Minister of Higher Education & Research, Visits NYPS Chess Club
On January 28, Mr. Luc Chatel, French Minister of Higher Education and Research, paid a visit to Nanyang Primary School. Accompanied by staffers of the French Embassy and Nanyang's VIPs, Mr. Chatel toured the school, observed several ongoing lessons and was introduced to Nanyang Primary's modus operandi. Mr. Chatel also paid a brief visit to our Chess Club, observed an ongoing lecture ["Philidor and the Power of Pawns"] and - during the tea and discussion meeting that followed - enquired about the relationship between studying chess and overall academic performance.
