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Crescent Girls' School

International Chess

Join Crescent Chess Club to sharpen your skills under expert coaching and compete in national tournaments.

Last updated 19 May 2026

INTERNATIONAL CHESS

"EVERY PAWN IS A POTENTIAL QUEEN"

Crescent Chess club is a Co-Curricular Activity where we come together to share our deep passion for chess. Chess is akin to a form of art — a canvas of sixty-four squares where each move and strategy can be refined and perfected with endless possibilities. During these sessions, our professional chess coach, Woman Fide Master (WFM) Thandar Aye Win, teaches us the spotting of tactics and game strategies. We then engage in thrilling chess games that puts our knowledge and skills we have learned to the test. Alongside our matches, our coach challenges us with intricate chess puzzles that train our problem-solving skills and develop our ability to spot similar patterns in our games. Chess Club members are encouraged to interact with each other in the form of chess variants like bughouse, four-player chess, and simuls.

In Chess Club, a strong bond among the club members is forged through playing the game with one another and getting to know them better in the process. With warm and embracing coach and club members, there will always be others to seek guidance from. There are also many opportunities to gain experience such as in inter-school and external competitions. Some of these include the National School Individuals (NSI) and the National School Team Championship (NST).

Achievements

2024

  • Under-14 Alyssa Ng attained 1st in National and South Zone Inter-School Individual Chess Championship.

  • Under -14 Team 1 attained 2nd place in National and 1st place in South Zone Inter-School Team Chess Championship.

  • Under-16 Team 1 attained 3rd place in National and 2nd place in South Zone Inter-School Team Chess Championship.

  • Under-16 Team 2 attained 3rd place in South Zone Inter-School Team Chess Championship.

  • Under-20 Team 1 attained 3rd place in South Zone Inter-School Team Chess Championship.

2023

  • Under-14 Team 1 attained 2nd place in Nationals and South Zone championships

  • Under-16 Team 1 attained 3rd place in the South Zone championship

  • Under-20 Team 1 secured 2nd place in the National championship

2022

  • Under-14 Teams 1 and 2 attained 2nd and 3rd place respectively in the NST championship

  • Under-16 Teams 1 and 2 clinched 2nd and 3rd place respectively in the NST championship

Teachers-In-charge:

OIC:

  • Mdm Lim Hong Geok

Other Teachers I/Cs

  • Ms Saifa Ashraf

PHOTOS

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