Young Azerbaijani chess player wins contest in US again

Mon 08 February 2010 18:01 GMT | 23:01 Local Time

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Ayshan Aliyeva

Young Azerbaijani chess player Ayshan Aliyeva has become a winner of one more contest held in US Spokane.

According to News.Az, this time she won the annual Groundhog Gambit contest that involved 96 participants. In five rounds she gained maximally possible number of points and took the first place. The top three involved US Shay Hutyler and Shea Bryan who gained 4 points each. Earlier, ten-year-old Ayshan Aliyeva won Winterfest.

Ayshan is staying in Pullman for a month while her mother completes work on a Fulbright Fellowship.

Elmir Aliyev
News.Az


 

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