The 34th National Age Group Chess Championship 2017 was held from 22 - 26 November at Singapore Expo. This standard chess championship is a prestigious annual event conducted by the Singapore Chess Federation, with eight games played over five consecutive days. Like every year, this year's tournament attracted all top players from Singapore as well as numerous other Chess Federations like Malaysia, Philippines, China, India, England and USA – including players traveling to Singapore to participate.

Aditya put in an excellent performance winning five out of eight games, ranking an impressive 23rd out of 90 participants in the Open Under-10 age category and qualifying to join the Singapore High Performance Intermediate Squad. He also played an impressive game on table one against the top rated player. Great job Aditya!

The tournaments Aditya participated this year

4th Toa Payoh East CC WEC Junior Chess Championship 2017

• Date: 12-Nov-17
• Category: Under 12 (9,10,11,12)
• Achievement: Aditya won a trophy for standing 6th among boys under 10. He won 4 out of 7 rounds.

Northland Primary School Rapid Chess Tournament 2017 Term 4

• Date: 11-Nov-17
• Category: Open Category (9+ to adults)
• Achievement: Aditya won a medal for standing 8th among unrated players in the open category (age 9+ to adults).

GIIS Open Chess Tournament 2017

• Date: 21-Oct-17
• Category: Under 10
• Achievement: Aditya won the first runner up trophy for coming in second in the under-10 category. He won 4 out of 5 rounds.

58th National Inter-School Team Chess Championships 2017

• Date: 4-Sep-17
• Category: Under 11
• Achievement: Aditya was the captain of CIS Chess Team. He won 4 out of 6 rounds.

Northland Primary School Rapid Chess Tournament 2017 Term 3

• Date: 26-Aug-17
• Category: Open Category (9+ to adults)
• Achievement: Aditya won a medal for standing 10th among unrated players in the open category (age 9+ to adults). He won 4 out of 7 round.