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Chiang Mai chess prodigy set to represent Thailand aged just ten

 

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Picture: Thai Rath

 

CHIANG MAI: -- A ten year old Chiang Mai girl has been chosen to represent Thailand in an upcoming major chess championships.

 

Araya Phrommuang - or Nong Euy - started playing the game when she was in the first year of primary school said her mum Orathai, 39.

 

"She was a bit of a crybaby," said Orathai,"and we were looking for something to attract her interest. She didn't like the game much at first but within a month of starting to learn it she was hooked".

 

In just her second year of playing she won a school prize and was proud to receive an award in front of her friends by the national flag at Montfort Withaya school.

 

Nong Euy - now in P4 - started taking the game more and more seriously even going to get training from masters in Bangkok several days a week and has now been chosen to represent the national team at an Asian festival in Turkmenistan.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 
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