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Equatorial Guinea: Individual chess championship is Taking Place in Malabo and its Youngest Contestant is 8 Years Old.

The International Chess Federation, commonly known by its French acronym FIDE, is holding a zone 4.3. individual championship from 20 to 27 January.

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The regional chess tournament involving contestants from Gabon, Cameroon, Burundi, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad and Equatorial Guinea is taking place at the Bisila Palace Hotel in the capital, Malabo, in what is shaping up to be a 9 round match spread over 7 days.

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Monday 23rd was a rest day dedicated to the training of trainers, so the sixth round continued on Tuesday 24th January.
Although 8 countries from zone 4.3. were expected to participate, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa were not represented.

Equatorial Guinea: The Individual chess championship is Taking Place in Malabo and its Youngest Contestant is 8 Years Old.
In this culturally diverse tournament, in which players develop skills such as self-control, creativity, concentration, critical and reflective thinking, also analytical skills, the participation of a fourth grade student has caught our attention.

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Mayra Candida Okomo Pereira, 8 years old, is the youngest in the championship. Since the implementation of chess a couple of years ago in her school, first as an optional subject, and now as part of the school’s curriculum, the young girl has been in contact with this discipline.

Equatorial Guinea: The Individual chess championship is Taking Place in Malabo and its Youngest Contestant is 8 Years Old.
Mayra Candida Okomo Pereira

According to the experts, the youngster, although she seems to be at a certain disadvantage compared to the older contestants, is a great promise and a rival that some of the participants cannot underestimate. So far, she has won one game, which is a great achievement for her age.

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It must be said that for this tournament each national team can present up to five male and female players, while Equatorial Guinea, the host country, participates with ten of each.The National Chess Federation is represented by six clubs: Malabo Chess Club, María Cano Ajedrez, San Fernando, Liceo Francés, Cervantes Bata and E-Genius Club.

Mayra Candida Okomo Pereira

The latter recently embraced a strategic collaboration with the technology, entrepreneurship, research and innovation centre Dreams Hub, the project by hashtag #ChessYourDreams aims to train those interested in this sport, in particular girls and boys from 7 years old, using this art as a tool to ignite the entrepreneurship mind at an early age, combining ICTs and design thinking.

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Kids at Dreams Hub receving chess lessons from E-Genius trainers

 

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