Thomas More Prep-Marian

The 2015 All-Girls Nationals in Chicago kicked off with a record 360-plus registered players. This is the annual All-Girls Chess Championships that has been hosted for the last 12 years.

Sheena Zeng from TMP played the under-12 section, competing against approximately 70 other girls. She won four games and drew two games. She got a total of 5/6 points. Four girls who received five points, but because of Sheena’s higher tight break she took the crown for second place in the tournament.

“Sheena has been working hard to prepare for this tournament,” said Michelle Zeng, Sheena’s mother. “She tried to balance between her school work, and she set aside at least 30 minutes to one hour a day to train on chess. She studied chess on her own plus having lesson with a chess grandmaster from Serbia two hours a week. Her hard work paid off. Her quest for next year is to be No. 1 in her section at the All-Girls National.”

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