Mauricio, an international chess player with a current Elo rating of 2200, played an impressive simultaneous exhibition against 12 pupils on Wednesday lunchtime.

It was a thrilling lunchtime for the chess club, with spectators filling the room and crowding around the windows of D6 to watch the matches unfold.

Congratulations to our top three players:

🥇 Ralf J (U6)
🥈 Louis D (L6)
🥉 Ollie B (L6)

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