Saheti Primary School learber Joshua Engelbrecht was one of 10 players selected to represent the Johannesburg Metro Club at the South African Junior Chess Championship held in January.
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The tournament lasted five days, with seven rounds scheduled for three hours each.
Joshua went into the championship with a rating of 49th out of 75 children in SA in the u-10 age group.
He won six of the seven matches played, moving his rating from 49th to 9th in the u-10 category across SA.
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