Battersea junior Denis Dupuis is into the prestigious UK Schools Chess Challenge Terafinal.

The ice hockey-playing hot-shot, whose dad Rejean hails from Canada, scored 5/6 to scoop the Ultimo title at yesterday’s Southern Gigafinal in Sandown Racecourse.

Denis was competing in the Under 10 Boys A section and – as the highest-scoring boy – qualifies automatically for September’s Terafinal.

Check out Denis’s results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr456975.aspx?lan=1&art=4