Suffolk Juniors take part in Bayern Munich International

Last Saturday, Suffolk and Essex juniors joined forces to play for a combined East Anglian Junior Chess team, representing the UK, in Bayern Munich’s annual “Checkmate to Racism” international event.

Bayern Munich’s chess club has written a full report about this very special and unique event.

The eventual winners of the team event were the Suriname Chess Academy; Suriname is the smallest country in size and population in South America!

The East Anglian team did brilliantly, finishing in 4th place out of a total of 27 teams worldwide.

In the team event, Suffolk’s juniors performed strongly and above their own Elo ratings:

Also, after the team event there was an individual event where more Suffolk Juniors joined in, including Maxrichbuss and LeoBuss1.

Maxrichbuss managed to finish in 49th place out of a total of 289 competitors, also performing around 200 points above their own rating.