Congratulations to the Ninja Rabbits team, lead by Samuel Taplin (team captain), for winning the 3rd Fantasy League tournament!
It was a keenly contested match with 4 teams tying for first place. However the Ninja Rabbits were declared the champions having the highest number of points. (16 wins /25 games).
Ninja Rabbits team: Samuel Taplin, Ryan Wang, Artin Hajihosseinlou, Owen Tan, Anais Bonnis
They entered the tournament as the weakest team by cumulative rating, but managed to beat their nearest rivals by 1.5 points, emphasizing the importance of team spirit, and morale boosting team meetings in between rounds.
It was a fun filled event, followed by a blitz round robin championships. Players got to face off with opponents on their corresponding boards, which produced 5 blitz champions.
Board 1 Andy Zhang
Board 2 Sophia Yu
Board 3 Richard Chen
Board 4 Ray Zhang
Board 5 Venkata Kodali
This was followed by a bughouse knockout that was won by Gyan Awatramani and Alex Sabaratnam!
