Eight Year Old Becomes World Chess Champion in Under-8 Category

ASTANA – Eight-year-old Aisha Zakirova has become the world chess champion in the under-8 category based on the results of the World Cadets Chess Championship that ended recently in Batumi, Georgia, reported the press service of the Aceademic Shakhmardan Yessenov Science and Education Foundation.

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