{"id":11983,"date":"2018-04-18T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=11983"},"modified":"2018-04-18T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:56:55","slug":"young-chess-masters-gather-in-wawa-to-compete-in-the-franco-nord-ouest-chess-tournament-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/18\/young-chess-masters-gather-in-wawa-to-compete-in-the-franco-nord-ouest-chess-tournament-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Young chess masters gather in Wawa to compete in the Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Apr 18, 2018 @ 17:52<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2558\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chess-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-image-2558 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chess-02-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chess-02.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chess-02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chess Masters of the 2017 Tournament<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Some 120 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Thursday, April 19, for the fifth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament.\u00a0The competition, hosted by Wawa\u2019s \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French language Catholic and Public schools: \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph (Wawa), \u00c9cole St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), \u00c9cole Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault Ste.\u00a0Marie), \u00c9cole Saint Nom de J\u00e9sus (Hornepayne), \u00c9cole Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur (Chapleau), \u00c9cole l\u2019Escalade (Wawa), \u00c9cole secondaire l\u2019Or\u00e9e des Bois (Dubreuilville) and \u00c9cole secondaire Cit\u00e9-Sup\u00e9rieure (Marathon).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph (101 Churchill Ave, Wawa). All participants will be entitled to five games. Competing players will be divided in four categories: grades 3 and 4, grades 5 and 6, grades 7 and 8, and secondary school (grades 9 to 12). Prizes will be awarded to winning teams and top students in each category.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students from Wawa\u2019s \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph have acquired a reputation for their passion for chess, a discipline\u00a0that requires considerable strategizing in addition to memory and problem-solving skills. By hosting this friendly francophone tournament, the school is seeking to promote the game and help Northwestern Ontario youth to discover both this discipline and develop their chess skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 18, 2018 @ 17:52 Some 120 young chess masters will meet in Wawa on Thursday, April 19, for the fifth Franco-Nord-Ouest Chess Tournament.\u00a0The competition, hosted by Wawa\u2019s \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph, will attract francophone students from the following Northwestern Ontario French language Catholic and Public schools: \u00c9cole Saint-Joseph (Wawa), \u00c9cole St-Joseph (Dubreuilville), \u00c9cole Notre-Dame-du-Sault (Sault Ste.\u00a0Marie), &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[426],"class_list":["post-11983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-franco-nord-ouest-chess-tournament"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 09:26:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11984,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11983\/revisions\/11984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}