Day 3: Grand Slam Tournament

INDIVIDUAL EVENT The final day of the PwC Chess4Change Grand Slam Tournament was also the final day for the individual tournaments. The final three rounds were to take place as the top three chess masters across twenty-two schools and forty-two individual competitors were set to be determined. The final three rounds were very interesting as…

Day 2: Grand Slam Tournament

The schools came early and prepared with strategies to secure victories. The coaches were seen discussing tactical maneuvers with their players who were listening attentively. Only four straight wins across the three rounds in day two of the PWC Chess for Change Tournament were recorded. At this stage, the boys were being separated from the…

Grand Slam Tournament

The fourth edition of Pwc Chess4Change Grand Slam kicked-off at Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos on Wednesday May 16, 2018 featuring 18 participating secondary schools in Lagos. The event started at 10:00 am, has schools and their coaches trickled into the venue, buzzing to be the next big name in grassroots Chess.  The following dignitaries were…

Quarterfinals Results

The quarterfinals of GTBank Masters Cup took place on the 8 and 9 of May, 2018  at the Agege Stadium, featuring several superlative performances from secondary schools that made the cut into the last eight. DAY ONE  ANSAR-UD-DEEN GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL  (7 – 0) GREENSPRING SCHOOLS The quarterfinals began on a spectacular note which saw…

Goalscorers Chart

MALE CATEGORY SN NAME SCHOOL  GOALS 1 CHWANG CELESTINE KINGS COLLEGE, LAGOS 6 2 AUGUSTINE IKECHUKWU ST. FINBARRS’S COLLEGE AKOKA 5 3 ERNEST PROMISE ANWAR- UL- ISLAM, MODEL COLLEGE 5 4 YUSUF ROHEEM ANWAR-UL-ISLAM MODEL COLLEGE, AGEGE 5 5 ONYIA AUGUSTINE ATLANTIC HALL, EPE 3 6 BANIRE FUAD CHRISLAND SCHOOL, IKEJA 3 7 LAOLU JOSEPH…

Group Stage Results – Male

 Qualification Procedure  PROCESS NO. OF TEAMS ·         Top 3 teams qualify automatically from Group A 3 ·         Top 2 teams qualify automatically from Groups B – F 10 ·         1 Best Loser each qualify from Groups A, E & F 3 TOTAL 16   Table Reference ACRONYMS MEANING AQ Automatic Qualification BL Best Loser  …