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The chess tournament featured 56 students. Colin Kneafsy ’23 advanced through four rounds
and ultimately defeated Jake Wiczyk in the tournament’s final match, securing the $50 gift card grand prize.

Prefects host Chess tournament

Alexander Dinh
February 8, 2023

Prefect Council and Chess Club partnered to host a school-wide chess tournament on the quad during the week of Jan. 17. 56 students participated in the tournament, and after the first four rounds, 16 advanced...

Students play chess against each other during Prefect Council and the Chess Club's tournament.

Prefect Council and Chess Club host tournament

Alexander Dinh and Zoe Goor
January 17, 2023

Prefect Council and the Chess Club are partnering to host a chess tournament on the quad starting Tuesday. 56 Upper School students signed up to compete, and after four rounds, the top eight will move...

Queen sweep: student wins chess competition

Lucas Gelfond
June 2, 2017

Tiber Seireeni ’18 won the Harvard-Westlake Chess Championship. The championship ended with a match between Ethan Tam ’19 and Seireeni. Rounds were played between May 1 and May 22, and both finalists...

Queen Sweep: Chess club distributes shirts

Indu Pandey
April 29, 2017

Chess Club distributed shirts to students in the lounge Monday periods three through six. Leaders offered seven base slogans, such as “Trap Queen” and “Rookie Mistake.” They also featured an option...

Checkmate: club holds student tournament

Matthew Yam
February 17, 2017

The HW Chess club is in the midst of their first ever school wide tournament. All students were invited to participate in the single elimination tournament, and 30 players signed up to compete. The participants...

Sharon Chow '16 models her chess club shirt with the most popular phrase: "Wanna rook up?" Credit: Noa Schwartz/Chronicle

Chess Club sells more than 250 shirts

Tiffany Kim
January 13, 2016

The Chess Club has sold more than 250 shirts in the past two months, although it has not officially met as a club yet. While the front of the shirts says "HW Chess," the backs of the shirts display a variety...

Chess Club holds afterschool tournament

March 25, 2011

By Saj Sri-Kumar The Chess Club hosted an intramural chess tournament Friday afternoon. The tournament was intended to include students from North Hollywood High School. However, North Hollywood pulled...

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