Ecole catholique Saint-Michel Grade 6 student Michaélle Jodoin is pictured here warming up her concentration power during a pre-match chess game in the school library. St-Michel hosted a chess tourney November 18 which was attended by well over 200 players from Kindergarten to Grade 12 from across the North
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Kings and Queens
THE QUEEN’S MOVE
Ariane Hearn, a Grade 4 student from École catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury, moves into checkmate position in a game she later said took only four moves to win. Ten schools and 290 students from grades 1-12 participated in the second Conseil scolaire catholique de District des Grandes Rivières Chess
Players have good days and “knights” at Franco Chess tourney
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Ecole catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury made all the right moves when they hosted the Tournoi d’échecs franco-ontarien chess tournament May 8-10.Hundreds of players from French-language schools across Ontario participated in the event.“I am proud to announce that the Ste-Croix team in the Grade
Grandmaster checks in with local chess kids
DISTRICT (Special) – Students from Haileybury to Hearst took part in a chess tournament in Kapuskasing April 2 that was open to all schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières (CSCDGR).There were a total of 314 players, 31 coming from Haileybury’s Ecole catholique Ste-Croix,
Students check their moves at Community Chess tourney
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – Ecole catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury recently held their annual Community Chess Tournament sponsored by the Caisse Populaire du Témiskaming ontarien.A total of 172 players took part from Ecole catholique Assomption in Earlton, English Catholic Central School, Ecole catholique St-Michel, Ecole publique Navigateurs and Ecole
Chess League makes all the right moves
TEMISKAMING SHORES (Special) – All schools from the Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes-Rivières (CSCDGR) participated in a chess league in 2013-14.Almost 500 students from schools ranging from Haileybury to Hearst participated.There were five tournaments in which points were accumulated to determine individual and school team winners
CHESS CHEW
Anne-Marie Boucher, a Grade 1 student at Ecole catholique Ste-Croix in Haileybury, nibbles at the edge of her shirt while concentrating on her next move at the Community Chess Tournament hosted by her school March 26. (Staff photo by Steven Larocque)