Northwood School’s Arav Jugree in grade 9 recently participated at the South African Junior Closed Chess Championships that took place in Cape Town. This tournament is by invite only, where the top 20 players in the country are invited as per their age groups. Arav, who was 5th in the group at the beginning of the tournament, finished off 2nd in the u.16 Open division.

This places him 2nd in the u.16A division in SA. He can now represent SA in the AfricanYouth, World Youth Chess championships and Commonwealth games this year. Well done Arav on this incredible achievement!