On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆโ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ in the Tony Burrell Union.
The evening provided an opportunity for the schoolโs chess players โ from prep school through to matric โ to compete against their parents in a game of chess.
[ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด-๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ]
As the event commenced, the ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ.
Throughout the evening, across the floor, participants could be seen crowded close to the chessboards, nervously assessing the game, with the opportunity of beating their opponents cause for much excitement and it was quite heart-warming to see the younger children playing their moves like stalwarts with rapt concentration and a collected demeanour.
In the end, whether a match was won, lost or drawn, a ton of fun was had by all!
After conclusion of the matches, all those who attended could help themselves to a delicious selection of soups and breads.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅรฉ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ.