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4th Annual separate platform advanced as well. This left a total of eight pairs

Chinese Chess Competition of contestants to compete in the octofinals on the next day.

Jointly reported by: During the second day, 13 contestants stayed on the main
Khoo Xin Yi Jr3Z(6) platform while the other three were placed in a separate
Grace Low Shing Wei Sr1ScA
Foo Xin Yu Sr1ScI one. A total of three rounds were held, and the matches were
much easier to moderate with PlayOK automatically matching
On the 7th, 8th and 10th of June, the Chess Club of Kuen contestants together for their matches. The 16 contestants were

Cheng High School organised their 4th Annual Chinese Chess then rounded off to just eight, allowing them to proceed onto the

Competition. In order to create a platform for showcasing the quarterfinals.

enthusiasm and talents of students regarding their Chinese Chess
skills, this time all students were allowed to participate in the On the third and final day, the competition was broadcasted live

competition. on Facebook for all to view. It started off with the quarterfinals

where four pairs of contestants played their best to enter the
The competition started at 2.30pm on all three days, ending at semifinals. Between each round, both contestants and audience

5pm on the first two and 4.30pm for the final day, Using an online were given short breaks before the competition continued. As

chess platform called PlayOK, contestants were automatically the finals commenced, the audience watched in anticipation as

matched with their opponents. This way, they didn’t have to finalists Neo Jun Wei from Sr1ScK and Lim Zhen Kit from Sr1ScE

worry about entering the wrong matches. Contestants were also both played strategically. With contestant Lim Zhen Kit coming
required to use two cameras at the same time, one showing their out as the winner, the competition came to an end, closing off the

face, and another showing their screen from a side view.

Despite there being 30 people signed up for the competition, only

a total of 26 people showed up on the first day. 23 contestants
competed on the main platform of the competition through

a three-round battle. The other three contestants had their

preliminary rounds held on a separate platform due to technical
issues. After all three rounds in the main room ended, the 14

contestants from the main platform with the highest scores

advanced to the quarter-finals; 2 of the 3 contestants on the
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