Chess Olympiad 2023 - Our participants
Chess Olympiad 2023 - Our participants

Raumberger at the Youth Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad 2023 - Our participants

Raumberger at the Youth Chess Olympiad

Over 800 chess players participated in the two days of competition, setting an absolute participation record in Gratwein. Apparently, many young people took advantage of the numerous online resources available during the difficult COVID-19 pandemic to learn chess. Since autumn, chess has also been played very frequently at our boarding school, and Erwin Schinnerl is supporting this renewed interest in chess and the many newcomers with tips and materials.

In the individual competition on Wednesday, February 15th, Valerie Buchegger, Christina Reschreiter, Marie Tuttner, Leo Berger, Jakob Hassler and Georg Planitzer (all 1U) were reinforced by Paul Baier and Bastian Steinegger from 2U.

Although many only learned chess a few months ago, they all managed to win several matches. Of course, the previous training sessions with Werner Michor only covered the most essential details of competition, but these initial successes are encouraging. In the team competition on Thursday, four players from Raumberg formed each team, and Jakob Hernach, Alexander Lubensky (1U), and Fabian Perchtold (2ALG) joined the five participants from the previous day! The second day of the tournament also saw numerous successes, but naturally, some lessons had to be learned due to a lack of experience. The positive atmosphere and the continued enthusiasm for chess give hope for the future, and perhaps chess will once again be offered as an elective course where students can work diligently on their chess skills and the enjoyment of the sport!

Results with all details can be found at "chessresults.com" or "jugendschach.at" (including a photo gallery).

Project leader

Team

Ing. Schinnerl Erwin, MA BEd. BEd.

Ing. BB. Ed. Erwin Schinnerl

Student residence, teaching