57 pupils from 8 different schools in the Crailsheim area competed against each other in rapid chess for a whole morning. Each player had 4 minutes in which to decide the winner. At the end of the available time and if the outcome of the game had not yet been decided, the chess player whose time had expired was the loser. An additional, highly concentrated and emotional challenge for the highly motivated pupils.
After a total of 9 intense and gripping games, which each student had to complete, the following winners emerged at the end:
Team ranking:
- Johannes Brenz Community School
- Gymnasium Schloss-Schule Kirchberg
- Gerabronn Grammar School
- Rot am See Community School
- Hermann Merz School Ilshofen
- Lise Meitner Grammar School Crailsheim
- Leonhard Sachs School Crailsheim
- Albrecht Schweitzer Grammar School Crailsheim
Individual winners:
Class 5:
1st Lennard N., Schloss-Schule Kirchberg
2nd David M., Johannes-Brenz-Gemeinschaftsschule
3rd Anton S., Johannes-Brenz-Gemeinschaftsschule
Class 6:
1st Paul B., Gymnasium Gerabronn
2nd Lenny A., Schloss-Schule Kirchberg
3rd Leon R., Gymnasium Gerabronn
Year 7:
1st Denys H., Johannes-Brenz-Gemeinschaftsschule
2nd Moritz R., Schloss-Schule Kirchberg
3rd Emil H., Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium Crailsheim
Year 8:
1st Sean B., Schloss-Schule Kirchberg
2nd Azra B., Rot am See Community School
3rd Jonathan H., Gymnasium Gerabronn
Class 9:
1st Julian H., Johannes-Brenz-Gemeinschaftsschule
2nd Moses R., Hermann-Merz-Schule Ilshofen
3rd Imran B., Rot am See Community School
At the final award ceremony, all pupils received a certificate of participation from headmaster Alexander Franz and tournament organiser Bernd Zugck, and the top 3 players in each class received a special chess trophy.
As last year, the Johannes-Brenz-Gemeinschaftsschule was allowed to take the challenge cup back to Schwäbisch Hall and bring it back safe and sound to Kirchberg for the next Christmas tournament.
