A brilliant nine year old Nigerian girl has emerged winner of a youth chess championship in Africa.
Nigeria’s youngest gold medallist, Deborah Quickpen, emerged the winner of the just concluded U-10 Africa Youth Chess Championship in Ghana.
The 9-year-old Bayelsa-born chess prodigy, amassed 8.0 points, to defeat Tunisia’s Hasnaoui Abrar in her 9th and final game.
She was crowned champion ahead of nineteen others drawn from other African nations in the competition.
Miss Quickpen has now made history as the youngest female chess player to bag a WOMAN CANDIDATE MASTER title, after her feat. A big congrats to her!
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