Eric Erbe News Today

EMPORIA — The Chanute High School chess team took home the gold in Class 4A and placed fourth overall in Kansas at the state tournament at Emporia State University Saturday.

The CHS chess team was honored to stay home and participate in Roysters tournament on Saturday. The team finished the regular season with a first place finish as a team

Twenty-seven community members and 13 Chanute High School Blue Comet chess players participated in Saturday’s second annual Comet Community Chess Challenge at CHS.

Blue Comet Eric Erbe earned the top spot and the Chanute High School Blue Comet Chess Team as a whole achieved another first place at a tournament in Parsons this

The Chanute High School chess team brought home third place this past weekend after competing at a Saturday tournament hosted by 6A Washburn Rural High School in Topeka.

FRONTENAC — The Chanute High School varsity chess team brought home first place, securing 20 of 24 points. Frontenac received second place (17.5 points) while Arma (13 points) earned third.

The Chanute High School chess team fell by half a point to first place winner Frontenac at a home tournament last Saturday, earning second place.

ARMA — The chess team at Chanute High School finished in first place with a 19-point victory at its first chess tournament in Arma at Northeast High School on Saturday.

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