Daniel B, Dean C & Max S receive their prizes.

Daniel B, Dean C & Max S reveive their prizes.

Congratulations to Dean C for winning the 2023 Chess Champion Trophy. A tight race between Dean C & Daniel B has been going on all year, and the Championship wasn’t decided until the last Quad games of the year this December! Daniel & Dean were tied on 42 points going into the last round, but by the time they played their games Daniel needed to win both to get through.

It was a brilliant race, but 2024 already looks like a different story, with Zach C & Andrew M well established to compete for the title.

Daniel B didn’t go home empty-handed, though - his performance throughout the year was consistent enough to win the 2023 Grand-Prix Mug. He has quite a collection of mugs already! Max S narrowly missed out, scoring 98.5 points next to Daniel’s 100 for the year. Better luck next-time Max!

Max S’s performance made one choice very clear, and I’m sure the club will agree that he deserves the title of 2023 Junior of the Year. Max was presented with the famous Polgar Chess manual for his efforts!