Below is a list of our school's most significant achievements in chess:
2001
Two gold medals at the 53rd National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Two silver medals at the 19th National Age-Group Chess Championships
2002
One bronze medal at ASEAN Age Group Chess Championships
Two gold medals during the 54th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Two silver medals during the National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Two bronze medals at the 20th National Age Group Chess Championshops
Nanyang representative finished top-30 at World Youth Chess Championships (Greece)
2003
One gold medal at the 4th ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships (Brunei)
Several Nanyang representatives took part in World Youth Chess Championships and finished top-50
One gold, two silver and one bronze during the 21st National Age-Group Chess Championships
Three gold medals during the 55th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
2004
One gold, silver and bronze at the 56th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Two gold, two silver and one bronze medals during the 56th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Two gold, one silver and one bronze medals during the 22nd National Age-Group Chess Championships
Nanyang representatives at Asian Youth Chess Championships finished top-10
One gold and two bronze medals during the ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships (Vietnam)
2005
Two gold, two silver and one bronze medals during the 57th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Three gold, one silver and one bronze during the 57th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Two gold and one bronze medals during the 23rd National Age-Group Chess Championships
Nanyang representatives at Asian Schools Chess Championships finished top-10
Nanyang representatives at World Youth Chess Championships finished top-50
2006
Four silver medals at 24th National Age-Group Chess Championships
Two gold and one silver medals at 58th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Two gold and two silver medals at the 58th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Three gold medals, one silver during the Asian Schools Chess championships
Nanyang representatives at World Youth Chess Championships finished top-20
One gold and one bronze medal at the 2nd World Schools Chess Championships
2007
Three gold, two silver and two bronze medals at the 25th National Age-Group Chess Championships
One gold, two silver and one bronze during the 58th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Three gold, one silver, and one bronze at the 58th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
Three Nanyang students - recipients of chess scholarships from ASEAN Chess Academy
One silver medal at the 8th ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships (Thailand)
Nanyang representatives at the 3rd World Schools Chess Championships finished top-10
Two silver medals during the 1st ASEAN Youth Team Chess Championships (Malaysia)
Launch of Nanyang Chess Challenge
2008
Three gold, one silver, one bronze medals during the 26th National Age-Group Chess Championships
One gold, one silver and two bronze medals during the 60th National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Four gold and one bronze medals during the 60th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
One silver medal and a top-10 position during the 9th ASEAN Age-Group Chess Championships (Vietnam)
Nanyang representatives at World Youth Chess Championships finished top-10 and won a silver medal
2009
NYPS Chess Club launched its own website, a first for a Singapore primary school
One gold, three silver, and two bronze medals during the 61st National Schools Individual Chess Championships
Three gold medals at the Public Service Schools Invitational
One gold at the May Day FIDE Rated Tournament
NYPS Chess Club declares open its own chess library
Five Nanyang representatives at the 10th ASEAN Age+ Groups Chess Championships (Vietnam)
Three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the National Junior Blitz Chess Championships
NYPS - keeper of the Ho Peng Kee Chess Challenge Cup
Two gold and one bronze medals at the National Rapid Chess Championships
One gold and silver during the National Inter-Clubs Chess Championships (Divison II)
Four gold and one silver medals during the 50th National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
NYPS awarded " Best Primary School" Challenge Cup by the Singapore Chess Federation
A bronze medal by the Nanyang representative for TEAM Singapore at 4th ASEAN Primary Schools Sport Olympiad
Nanyang representative at the World Youth Chess Championships (Turkey)
2010
Two silver, one bronze and three top-10 prizes during the 10th New Generation Tournament
Two gold, two silver, and two bronze medals during the 28th National Age-Group Chess Championships
FIDE Master Daniel Chan, a Nanyang alumni, became National Champion
A silver and a bronze medal [and a presence in the Masters Section] at the Inaugural Inter-Constituency Chess Championships
Six Nanyang pupils selected to be part of TEAM Singapore in the annual match against Malaysia
NYPS teaching staff in the MOE team winning the Gold in Public Star Games Chess Championships
Two gold, one silver and one bronze at the 62nd National Inter-Schools Individual Chess Championships
Gold in 5th Mind Games Olympiad (two chess players among the 7 GEP Nanyang pupils members of the Nanyang team)
One gold and one bronze medals during the 11th ASEAN Age+ Group Chess Championships (Philippines)
Two Nanyang pupils (Tin Jingyao and Derek Lim) awarded FIDE Master and Candidate Master titles by FIDE
One gold and championship title at the 2nd National Junior Blitz Chess Championships (Mind Sports Festival)
Two Nanyang pupils - the first two entrants in the Singapore Chess Federation's Wall of Fame
Six gold, three silver and two bronze medals during the Inaugural Singapore Schools Zone Team Chess Championships
A master-level Nanyang pupil invited to play against A.Karpov and G. Kasparov exhibitions in Singapore
Two silver, one bronze medals and a top-10 position in Masters section during the 22nd National Rapid Chess Championships
Four gold, one silver medals in the 51st National Inter-Schools Team Chess Championships
NYPS awarded for a second year in a row the " Best Primary School" Challenge Cup by the Singapore Chess Federation
Nanyang representative at World Youth Chess Championships finished top-30
Two Nanyang pupils selected to be part of TEAM Singapore playing in the 4th ASEAN Primary Schools Sports Olympiad
The Nanyang representative at World Youth Chess Championships finished top-30
One gold, one silver and seveal top-10 positions during the Singapore Youth Chess Championships
Nanyang representatives selected to play in the annual Singapore vs. Malaysia match
Source:
Nanyang Primary School Chess Club archives
Nanyang Primary School records
