We had 107 participants from more than 25 schools all around Cyprus.  The event occurred at the  Study Centre, and the players competed in a series of chess games from 11 am until 4 pm.

The English School came first in the Juniors Division (Years 1-3) and the Seniors Division (Years 4-7).  Moreover, our student Pavlos Chrysostomou (Year 4) came first in the individual players' standings, having won all seven matches against his opponents.

We want to congratulate all 107 students who participated in the event, from kindergarten, primary and secondary school students.  They all showed tremendous courage and sportsmanship!

We are incredibly proud of our students who represented the school and look forward to welcoming more students to future tournaments. 

In this event, the members of The English School Chess Team were:
Seniors:
Pavlos Chrysostomou, Zacharias Ioannou, Orestis Hadjicostis, Evangelos Lioudakis, Elias Kirmizis, Constantinos Zambas, Eleni Christodoulou and Panayiotis Stavrou 

Juniors:
Andreas Kyriakides, Mikhail Kiselev, Giorgos Lioudakis, Sotiris Cleanthous, Angelos Prastitis, Kyriakos Zapitis, Georgios Patsalosavvis, Olympia Xenofontos, Katerina 
Christodoulou, Christina Damianou, George Constantinou and Constantinos Kalloniatis.

Special thanks to the event sponsor Tornaritis Law Firm, Mark Bryan of SIMBA Trainers and the parent arbiters who took care of all the tournament details, George Venizelos and Kyriacos Spyrou, for helping with the logistics as everyone else who contributed to making this a successful event.

Enjoy below some photos from the event.

Christos Symeonides
(Teacher in charge)

Well done to the following ES students for the places won:

Panayiotis Adamou (Year 4)
3rd place Single U17

Efi Zanou (Year 3)
1st place Double U15 
3rd place Single U15

Nicolas Maroudias (Year 3)
1st place Mixed Double U15 
2nd place Single U15

Three Year 1 girls, Lia Petrou 1R, Melina Angelides 1W and Juliana Hills 1W performed songs for their classmates in celebration of talent and the arts in our lives. 
Lia sang an emotional version of ‘True Colors’ followed by an exciting performance of the song ‘Valerie” by Melina. The assembly closed with  Juliana’s moving performance of Bohemian Rhapsody. 

The girls were accompanied on the piano by Mr Andreas Pantelis, the jazz/pop piano instructor at the school’s instrumental programme. 

There was a short presentation by the Music Department which focused on the importance of a growth mindset and how perseverance, hard work and dedication strengthen our talents. 
We look forward to seeing many more performances by our talented year 1 student in upcoming shows. As Einstein once said, “ I have no special talents. I am just passionately curious.” 

Eleonora, who is currently studying Music at Oxford University, shared with our students tips and advice on how to get started with their own composition, where to look for inspiration and practical approaches to developing ideas. We are looking forward to hearing the compositions from our budding composers, and we thank Eleonora for her enthusiasm!

Eleonora who is currently studying Music at Oxford University shared with our students tips and advice on how to get started with their own composition, where to look for inspiration and practical approaches to developing ideas. We are looking forward to hearing the compositions from our budding composers and we thank Eleonora for her enthusiasm!

Our team played a good game, with spirit and heart.  Our girls and their coach will continue the hard work and dedication.
No matter what the result will be at the end of the season, the team is bonding well, and the true essence of sportsmanship is evident.
Well done!  We are proud of you.

Our team: 

• Andrea Iacovou
• Victoria Georgopoulou
• Nikoletta Christophorou
• Maria Leandrou
• Agathi Christodoulou
• Nayia Stefanou
• Kyvelli Matsis
• Elia Vassiliou 
• Anna Maria Hatjantona
• Andrea Christodoulidou
• Irene Yianna 
• Miranda Zangoulou
• Andreana Epifaniou

Both the Junior and the Senior teams did really well. 
We are very proud of our Boys and Girls.

Members of the teams:
Junior Girls:
Nathanael Sophia (5th place)
Matsis Kyveli (9th place)
Leandrou Maria (31st place)

Junior Boys:
Alexandrou Taliotis Nikos (7th place)
Michael Christos (50th place)
Serrurier Timothee Alkis (55th place)

Senior Boys & Girls:
Rokopou Chrysanthi (15th place)
Achilleos Pavlos (11th place)