Azerbaijani chess player wins local US school tournament
Wed 27 January 2010 13:59 GMT
Young Azerbaijani chess player Ayshan Aliyeva has won in her category at the Winterfest Scholastic contest in the US city of Spokane.
A tally of 4.5 points was enough for Ayshan to take first place amongst the under-12s.
In 2009 Ayshan came fourth in the Azerbaijani championship for under-10s in Baku.
Ayshan will return from the United States in March. She is staying in US with her parents who are on a business trip.
Elmir AliyevNews.Az
Source: http://www.news.az
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice job!
It was wonderful to have Ayshan at my Winterfest Scholastic tournament, and great to see her again yesterday when she won Spokane’s Groundhog Gambit with a perfect 5.0!