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A pilot chess in schools project, supported by Aberdeen City Council, is again producing excellent results as end of season finals get under way. Smithfield Primary School Chess Team has won the North East Primary Schools Chess Championship, held at Northfield Academy on Saturday. The team, Gail Rennie, Samantha George, Lewis Sharp, and Dylan Cameron, were the only team to remain unbeaten during the competition. The event was closely contested throughout, with the decisive final match of the tournament giving Smithfield the championship for the first time. Last year's winners Quarryhill and Muirfield finished second equal. Smithfield, Quarryhill, and Muirfield, had previously qualified for the teams final of the Scottish Junior Chess Primary Championship. The final takes place in Dunkeld this Sunday. Middlefield, Westerton, and Muirfield have also qualified for the Scottish P5 & Under Teams Final at the same venue this weekend. Several players have qualified or been selected for prestigious individual finals and Invitational events. Scottish Junior Chess have chosen Hampden Park, Glasgow, to stage the Scottish Individual Grand Finals for the Primary 5 and Under, Primary 6/7, and Secondary categories on May 22, while the Chess Scotland Primary Individual, a two-day invitational event for Scotland’s top chess players, takes place in Pitlochry on the weekend of June 4-5. Primary pupils from Smithfield, Quarryhill, Sunnybank, Muirfield, and Cults play at Hampden, and five players, from Smithfield, Quarryhill, and Sunnybank have been invited to Pitlochry.
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