Today Ryan competed in the UK Schools Chess Challenge - Megafinal 2014. This year the competition started with over 50,000 children from 1,500 schools. There are 41 Megafinals with approximately 6,500 who qualified. Ryan won 5 out of 6 chess matches. He tied for first in the U10 (under 10 age group) and was awarded overall first place on sum of progressions. Don't worry about the calculation. The important thing is Ryan won "Supremo" for his age group and also qualified for the Gigafinals. The bad news is that the Gigafinals take place on July 12. We were planning to be in the US on this date. If Ryan competes in the Gigafinals we need to rethink our plans. More to come...
Ryan with his Supremo trophy and Megafinals rosette
I am so proud of Ryan and thrilled for him. Wow, I am going to feel so stupid next time I see him!
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