Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School won the Estonian inter-school online chess competition

The first Estonian inter-school online chess championships took place in November 2011. 21 schools and 105 students registered for the competition. There were two semi-finals, with the top 5 schools from each advancing to the final. The first semi-final took place on 10.11. 11 schools and 50 students participated (number of students in brackets): Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (13) Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium (3) Lähte Ühisgymnasium (5) Lustivere Basic School (2) Muhu Basic School (8) Oru School (2) Paikuse Basic School (3) Pärnu Old Town Basic School (6) Põlva Ühisgymnasium (2) Rakvere Gymnasium (4) Tallinn French Lyceum (2) The results of the first semi-final were: 1) Hugo Treffner Gymnasium 125 points 2) Pärnu Old Town Basic School 77 points 3) Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium 62 points 4) Muhu Basic School 44 points 5) Lustivere Basic School 43 points 6) Lähte Ühisgymnasium 36 points 7) Tallinn French Lyceum 28 points 8) Rakvere Gymnasium 27 points 9) Paikuse Primary School 22 points The tournament table can be seen here. The second semi-final took place on 14.11. 9 schools and 39 students participated (number of students in brackets): Jõgeva Gymnasium (5) Kambja Basic School (10) Kohtla Basic School (1) Liivalaia Gymnasium (4) Osula Basic School (5) Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Basic School (4) Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School (4) Tartu Descartes Lyceum (3) Võhma Gymnasium (3) The results of the 2nd Semi-Final were: 1) Jõgeva Gymnasium: 115 points 2) Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Basic School: 107 points 3) Kambja Basic School: 83 points 4) Liivalaia Gymnasium: 74 points 5) Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School: 63 points 6) Tartu Descartes Lyceum: 40 points 7) Osula Basic School: 26 points 8) Kohtla Basic School: 17 points The tournament table can be seen here. The final took place on 17.11. 10 schools and 68 students participated (number of students in brackets): Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (11) Jõgeva Gymnasium (5) Kambja Basic School (11) Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium (3) Liivalaia Gymnasium (4) Lustivere Basic School (2) Muhu Basic School (7) Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Basic School (4) Pärnu Old Town Basic School (6) Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School (15) The best individual in the final was Moorits Mihkel Muru, who represented Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, the results in the schools were: 1) Tallinn Tõnismäe Science School: 130 points 2) Hugo Treffner Gymnasium: 91 points 3) Pärnu Kuninga Tänava Basic School: 52 points 4) Pärnu Old Town Basic School: 44 points 5) Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium: 43 points 6) Liivalaia Gymnasium: 33 points 7) Lustivere Primary School: 30 points 8) Kambja Primary School: 17 points 9) Jõgeva Gymnasium: 16 points 10) Muhu Primary School The tournament table can be seen here . The results of the semi-finals and finals can be seen here. The Vint.ee team and organizers thank all participants!

A brief overview of the tournament: There were about ten strong chess players at the tournament, who sometimes play in tournaments in real life, and they came relatively close to the top of the table. I would have liked to see more participants, but that will probably be for next year. The level of the games at the tournament was relatively "good". One game stood out, where there was a super good fight, followed by a checkmating attack, I remember that the rook and knight did the main work and finally checkmated (I don't remember exactly what move it was because I watched it for a few seconds) - I can't find that checkmate either. Overall, the tournament went relatively well, until one small incident: [IMG]http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/503/555666.jpg[/IMG] It seemed that one user left and his schoolmate played in his place. I guess this won't happen next year. Finally, I would like to congratulate everyone who bothered to play chess for 5 hours at school and best wishes to Muru ("Hydra") and Tõnismäe Secondary School.

A few clarifications: The tournament lasted 3 hours and RomanHolv was recorded as having lost that game.