Mid-Del elementary school students battle for chess supremacy

The tournament drew 100 elementary school students from the Midwest City-Del City district.

 
FROM STAFF REPORTS | Modified: February 11, 2013 at 3:58 pm | Published: February 12, 2013    Comment on this article Leave a comment

MIDWEST CITY — Students in the Midwest City-Del City School District matched wits and strategy with each other during the district's annual elementary school chess tournament Saturday at Carl Albert High School.

photo - William Guesby, a second-grader at Highland Park Elementary School, waits for his opponent to make a move Saturday as more than 100 students from the elementary schools in the Midwest City-Del City School District competed against each other in a chess tournament, held in the gymnasium at Carl Albert High School. PHOTOS BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
William Guesby, a second-grader at Highland Park Elementary School, waits for his opponent to make a move Saturday as more than 100 students from the elementary schools in the Midwest City-Del City School District competed against each other in a chess tournament, held in the gymnasium at Carl Albert High School. PHOTOS BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

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More than 100 students competed in the event. Some players were as young as 6 years old.



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