President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev extended his
congratulations to the Kazakh women's chess team on winning silver medals at
the 2024 World Chess Olympiad. In his X account, the Head of State wrote: «This
is an outstanding achievement of Kazakhstan’s chess school and its remarkable
representatives. I wish our athletes new successes!» According to the
Kazakhstan Chess Federation, at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary, the team
outperformed the strongest opponents from the U.S. and Poland, losing one point
to the team from India. Notably, this silver medal is historic, as the national
team managed to rise from the fifth place taken in 2022 in Chennai, India. Bibisara
Assaubayeva, Meruert Kamalidenova, Xeniya Balabayeva, Amina Kairbekova and Alua
Nurman represented the young team, which successfully overcame 11 rounds and
beat representatives from 169 countries.
«In my opinion, this reflects the incredible intellectual
potential that we have, which is now being revealed. We not only secured second
place, which we shared with top leaders throughout almost the entire Olympiad, but
we were consistently between first and second place. Our team is one of the
youngest in the Olympiad, with an average age of 19. For many chess players, it
is the first or second Olympiad in their lives. They will have many more
Olympiads in the future and gain much experience. I have no doubts that our
team will win gold medals in the next Olympiad. This indicates that we are
becoming a country with a bright future, particularly in terms of intellectual
potential,» said Timur
Turlov, President of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation.
Web-editor: Әсел Бақытқызы
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