NEWS & IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday
January 28, 2010
SCF announced the selected players for the traditional Singapore vs Malaysia annual match which will take place in Kuala Lumpur between 15 and 17 February 2010. We note that 6 Nanyang pupils have been selected to be part of Team Singapore: Michelle Ho, Ethan Isaak Soh, Rachel Soh, Gerlyn Wong, Krystal Soh and Derek Lim. The match, played on 38 boards for each side, will consist of two separate trials: classic and rapid chess. We wish all selected players all the best for this traditional chess competition between the two countries.
January 26, 2010
On January 24, a number of NYPS chess players took part in the Inaugural Inter-Constituency Chess Championships (2010) organized by SCF. After 7 rounds, Tin Jingyao (4L) won the Gold U10 and Silver - overall standings; Michelle Ho (6I) - Gold GU12; Bronze - overall standings; San Yong Elliot (3J) - Silver U10; 5th - overall standings; San Ying Edith (1J) - Gold GU8 and
Wong Gerlyn (2B) - Silver GU8; Nathan Mar (3K) deserves high praise for playing in Men's Section (finished 29th). NYPS Chess Club congratulates all winners and participants.
Saturday
January 23, 2010
NYPS Alumni Daniel Chan Yi-Ren
FM Daniel Chan (Anglo-Chinese School - Independent) has won the National Chess Championships for Dr. Wong Yip Chong Cup held at SCF in mid-January 2010 with 6.5 pts out of 9 rounds. Daniel left behind a number of strong International Masters and one Grandmaster. Winner of Asian Dragons (2007), former U-15 champion of the World Schools Chess Championships (2008), and an Olympic team member (2008), FM Daniel Chan is a former pupil of Nanyang Primary School. NYPS Chess Club congratulates him for his outstanding performance.
Tuesday
January 19, 2010
Sing!Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games - a song composing competition to honor the Youth Olympic Games - features an entry from a Nanyang pupil: "What it takes" by Tierney Lee (6D). The Nanyang's team leader is Ms Mavis Tan. Listen to the song here.
Vote for Tierney's song and tell your hundreds of other chess friends to vote for it, too! Nanyang needs every vote to make a real difference. The song & the video can be played in the clip on the next column. Click on to the links above and please vote for it!
Thursday
January 19, 2010
NYPS Chess Club was featured this week on the widely popular sport website RedSports.sg. Read here the full essay.
Thursday
January 14, 2010
Updated: 15 Jan, 17:00 [v. 09]
(P1 & P2/P3)
There are 5 classes: 3D, 3H, 3I, Class "Chess" (level 3)
The chess lesson is from 14:00 to 15:45pm starting Thursday, 14 January.
Some assessments will be conducted on that day.
(P3 to P6)
There are 4 classes: 3D, 3G, 3I, 3H.
Chess lessons start Friday, 15 January, 14:00 to 15:45.
Further assessments will be conducted by chess trainers.
Fresh P1s and P2s (new to chess) are to meet up with teachers at the meeting point at 13:45. The rest of pupils may proceed to their respective classes.
Wednesday
January 6, 2010
28th National Age-Group Chess Championships were held at Northland Primary School between 28 Dec 2009 and 2 Jan 2010. NYPS pupils collected 6 top medals: Girls U8 - Sheryl-Lynn Tan tied for 1st-2nd (Gold or Silver medal); Shae-Lynn Tan took the Bronze; Girls U12 - Michelle Ho won the Gold; Open U12 - Derek Lim won the Silver and Isaak Soh won the Bronze; Girls U14 - Yuan Weiting (graduated 2009) earned the Gold. Other remarkable top-10 performances by NYPS pupils: Girls U8 - Krystal Soh (4th), Gerlyn Wong (5th), San Ying Edith (6th); Open U8 - Hu Yifeng (6th), Dillon Hoon (7th); Girls U10 - Natania Ng (7th); Open U12 - Nicholas Ho (8th), Shannon Chan (9th), Chew Jia Ming Jed (10th); Girls U12 - Rachel Soh (5th); Open U12 - Gerald Chan (6th), Sean Toh (9th), Nicholas Ang (10th); Open U14 - Wu Muyu (graduated 2009 - 7th).
Thus NYPS collected 6 top medals and 14 top-ten prizes in this national competition. Congratulations to all NYPS players.
Saturday
January 2, 2010
The January 2010 US edition of TIME Magazine, contains a profile and interview with the 20-year-old chess genius Magnus Carlsen. At the age 13, Carlsen became the youngest Grandmaster in history, and at the age 18 he was ranked as number 1 player in the world.
Read here the full profile and interview.
Thursday
December 9, 2009
Two Top Trophies for NYPS @ Cairnhill International Chess Festival
Sheryln-Lynn Tan & Shae-Lynn Tan participated in the Minor Rapid of the Cairnhill International Chess Festival (5-6 Dec, 2009) held at Cairnhill Community Club. The NYPS twin sisters won the Gold and Silver trophies in G-U8 section with 4.5 pts out of 6 rounds. Congratulations!
Monday
November 30, 2009
Nearly 300 children island-wide took part in the 10th New Generation Chess Tournament (Civil Service Club, 29 Nov) organized by ASEAN Chess Academy. Some NYPS pupils did well in several categories: Diamond & Pearl Category (the toughest one) - Isaak Ethan Soh took the Silver and Gerald Chan Hiang Yong took the Bronze; Soo Kai Jie finished 9th and earned a top-10 trophy; Newcomers U12 - Natania Ng clinched the 10th place; Newcomers U10 - William Guo Shi Yu won the Silver trophy and Jonathan Chee Yong Li won the Bronze trophy.The chess club thanks also those who fought in the toughest section although qualified for the lower rated ones. Players like Jonathan & John Cheong, Rachel Soh, Shannon Chan, Elliot San, Krystal Soh, Gerald Wong, Gabriel Tan, Sze Shao Hong, Sheryl-Lynn & Shae-Lynn Tan, Bruce Xu, Gerlyn Wong should be all commended for their efforts.
Friday
November 27, 2009
Garry Kasparov - Speaker at
Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, was one of the key speakers during the Youth Engagement Summit (16-17 Nov, 2009) held in Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the summit was change and Kasparov spoke of how the skills developed through a study of chess can be used for success in life and help young people to continuously adapt to the permanent change that dominates today's world. Here is a brief report on Kasparov's speech.
Tuesday
November 20, 2009
Michelle Ho (Nanyang Primary) was one of the 13 Singapore junior players selected to represent Singapore at World Youth Chess Championships 2009 held in Turkey between 12 and 21 November. Michelle played in Girls U-12 category and faces tough opposition from 108 players from more than 60 countries. The official website offers excellent information, videos, pictures and games. NYPS Chess Club congratulates Michelle for a good fight.
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