This year’s Poppies Chess Challenge features a battle of the Lunas – Luna Xu, 9, versus Luna Lu, 9. Both were gold medal winners at the recent Oceania Youth Chess Championships. Xu and another local chess star, Olivia Li, both finished first equal in the recent Auckland Schoolgirls tournament, under 10 section. There were 174 girls playing overall.
Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown will be at the Poppies Chess Challenge for the 10.30am start on Saturday, July 8 to say a few words and open the match.
National Arbiter Tony Booth of Howick will officiate on the day.
