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Before you continue reading, please note that this is the FINAL part of a series of posts and it is heavily recommended that you read the first two posts in the series, of course you might just not however this will contain heavy spoilers for the first two days. Now before I continue with the third day, I need to go over some things from the second day, Primarily the reason why it was a "short day" for me yesterday. Yesterday, I only came to school during the morning because yesterday was a "sports day" and since (spoiler alert) me and AJ lost last time I did not have any sports in the afternoon and therefore I could leave early. Now I'm sure you all are tired of me info dumping you every chapter, so let's get on with it! Now, the day started with the Mr. And Ms. Intramural candidates doing their production number and introducing themselves, there were 16 contestants, 8 teams, and 8 people representing each team. After the production number. There was a sports demo, which is basically all of the candidates doing a sport of their choosing, this is worth 2 points. Now, before I continue let me explain the pointing system, when one team wins a sport they get a set amount of points based on how "important" the sport is, for example Basketball is worth 4 points because it is a major sport, while Scrabble is worth 1 point because it's a minor sport. At this point in time both teams were neck and neck with the Lightning Jamz at 16.5 points and the Golden Flames having 16 points. So the Mr. And Ms. Intrams would make or break whichever teams success. But before the awarding ceremony there was the most awaited event. The Cheerdance Competition. This competition is where both teams dance for their team, this was what me and the WHOLE TEAM was working on for the past 2 weeks! Both teams danced beautifully, and in my humble opinion the Golden Flames' dance was better because of their amazing synchronization and teamwork capability, Moreover, during our dance(Lightning Jamz) we had technical difficulties as our speaker had stopped working. However, even through the technical difficulties we had continued dancing which showed our team determination and strength,thus giving us a chance at victory but who knows? We might still lose. Next was the awarding ceremony and it started off normal announcing the winners of sports that were already finished, but the big part was when we reached the announcing of winners in the Mr. And Ms. Intramurals. And out of 8 minor awards, the standing came to Drumroll Please!............ 6 LIGHTNING JAMZ and 2 GOLDEN FLAMES this was where the Lightning Jamz DOMINATED our beautiful candidates had won 6/8 minor awards in the Ms and Mr intrams, however we could still lose if we lost all 4 major Ms Mr Intrams we would lose, so let's get on with it, and now this was the revealing of the Mr and Ms intramurals 2023, DRUMROLL PLEASE!..,.................................... And the winner of 2023 Mr and Ms intramurals, bagging ALL 4 Major Awards.... THE LIGHTNING JAMZ! After was the awarding of the Cheerdance Competition. Drumroll Please! ...... The winner of the Cheerdance Competition IS the LIGHTNING JAMZ, and the winner of the Intramurals 2023 was the, Drumroll Please! ....... LIGHTNING JAMZ! And that ends this blog/series of posts thank you so much for reading this and I hope you all have a Wonderful day!

Before you continue reading, please note that this is the second part in a series of posts, and the first post provides crucial information for this post. Now, this is a short day for me in the intramurals for reasons I will explain later, however this day is the most important day for ME in the whole of our intramurals. Note that this day may seem "boring" to the non chess player, however I will try to simplify the games as much as possible. Anyway, enough boring context! May the story begin! The major event during this day was the High School Chess Tournament, a tournament for the best high school chess players in the school... and me an elementary chess player, however this does NOT mean I was underestimated, in fact I was the "scariest" player there, I was famous(infamous) for being good at chess and criticizing others for making bad moves, and in the first round I had no opponents as there was an odd number of contestants and I was delegated to the sidelines, however this did not mean I was doing nothing, I was, First, explaining the rules to the contestants as my opponents had never played in a chess tournament before, and, Second, I was playing a friendly match with the elementary chess champion, Player K(I will be abbreviating contestants name for privacy reasons). In round 2 I was playing against Player T and I will summarize the game in a brief and quick manner. *clears throat* For the first 20 moves of the game both sides were equal neither side losing ground, however I, playing the black side seized control of the center leading a desperate charge to the enemy's territory, however, the opponent had underestimated the danger of the charge thinking "its just one pawn, right?". My opponent decided to counterattack on the left flank but it was already too late! I traded queens and pushed the pawn with VICTORY in my eyes! Player T tried to stop it but it was too late and my cavalry(knight) had taken control of the enemy's territory and it was over, I had made a queen and the black side had won! For the third round I had played against Player M, the best high school player in our school, and THIS was my fight against him. Unlike the second round this battle was violent from the beginning it was pretty standard for the first ten moves but my opponent would get double attacked (a "fork" in chess terms) and lost a pawn on the left flank of the board leaving it easy for my queen to infiltrate and a few moves later, once again was my opponent forked leaving him no choice but to sacrifice his knight, however this was NOT a one sided battle my opponent had become desperate and threw every. single. one. of his pieces against my king putting me under a lot of pressure. The clock was ticking it was my move and I was struggling trying to find any move that could defend. and.... my eyes lit up as I found a way to defend. The gavel was swung and the "judge" has made a decision. I have won the High School Chess Tournament! However, this was not the final chess match of the day I had one final match. The High School Champion VS the Elementary Champion. Who would win lets find out! In this match I did not take it seriously at first I thought that this was just a friendly game between Player K and I however I was proven wrong as a sense of motivation surged through me as " motivation" was given to me through the smell of JOLLIBEE, and so let me describe the match. The match started with me not going very serious so I had lost some pieces as I had overlooked certain moves, however as soon as the "motivation" was delivered I had gone serious. he had used his pair of rooks to control the movement of my army from a distance however I had done what I do best. CHARGE THROUGH THE CENTER. and this method proved successful as my pawns marched through the board and when JUST when I was about to queen my opponent had put his rooks in the middle trapping my king in an immovable cage realizing I had been doomed I pushed my pawns thinking I would lose. BUT, HE had.. SACRIFICED HIS ROOK THINKING IT WAS FORKED. And in this moment he lost.

I am Alvin Augustine Tenchavez, a Kepler student in Danao City, and THIS was my first REAL intramurals. My school follows a three-day format for its intramurals. So I will make a corresponding 3 posts to explain the events of our three day intramurals! The first day consisted of a parade, an opening ceremony, and a lot of sports. But before that let me tell you the two competing teams for this intramurals. *clears throat* In the first corner we have the Golden Flames known for their teamwork and impressive sychronization. And in the second corner we have the Lightning Jamz, who have impressive individuality and beauty. Place your bets now and see who will be revealed as the winner on the third day! I myself was a proud member of the Lightning Jamz! The parade was a short one as the venue for the sorts and opening ceremony was very close, however despite that both teams had made it a loud and inspiring parade. After the parade was the opening ceremony and it was about the singing of the national anthem, taking the oath of an athlete, and so on and so forth. Things you as a reader would not bat an eye to, However I have one MAJOR complaint for our intramurals, the heat was UNBEARABLE, of course this cannot be helped as most sports require a big and open space, and the tropical climate of the Philippines is usually raining, which is not fit for most sports, and extreme heat which is what the weather decided to portray. However there was one event that was very important to the intrams it was the banner racing. This event involved the racing of the banners between the two teams. Whichever team that won, would get 2 points. And after a neck and neck race, the Lightning Jamz won because the other team had dropped their banner. After this there were no more important events until the afternoon. Now, before I start the Afternoon Segment, let me announce the two sports I had joined and my level of experience with them, my first was chess , which I was the best in the school in, as I am equal to a 1600 rated player. The second however was badminton a sport which I had only started playing 2 weeks before. So it would come as no surprise as to why me and my doubles(AJ) lost to one of the best elementary player of our school. To me this defeat was predictable and I was mostly unfazed as I had tasted defeat many times before in chess, however to my partner, AJ this was a soul crushing defeat. At the end of the day failure is just a stepping stone to become better, and even though it can be hard to accept, life never waits and so me and AJ continued as friends and the first day of the intramurals would come to a close.