Three East Middle School students short-handedly won the State of Michigan Chess Championship last week. The Michigan School State Chess Championship Tournament involves teams of four students from middle schools across the state. On the night before the competition, one of the team members from East Middle School was unexpectedly forced to withdraw from the tournament. The remaining competitors, Dron Das (grade 8) Anthony Chen (grade 8) and Druheen Das (grade 6), went on to post an undefeated 4.5 score in five games. This made up for the zero score the team received on the fourth board in each round for the missing player. Despite the enormous disadvantage, the students swept the remaining matches to take the championship and bring the huge trophy back to Canton.
