Trinidad & Tobago Women's National Chess Champion Aditi Soondarsingh: Live, Love, Learn

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Hi everyone,

We found this interesting chess interview with Trinidad & Tobago National Women's Chess Champion Aditi Soondarsingh. The interview was conducted by Naseer Khan. Aditi has some interesting things to say like "No mountain high enough. Live, Love, Learn!" Aditi also said, of all your accolades, prizes and awards the ones she rates extremely special are the five nominations of the First Citizens Sports Foundation sports personality of the year. "I have been nominated on five occasions for chess." An aspiring entrepreneur, Aditi is focusing on her chess career as well. Here is the full interview.

She is the seven-time and current women’s national chess champion, having won her first title at the age of 14. The charming and outgoing 24-year-old Aditi Soondarsingh from Barataria is a force to be reckoned with in the world of chess. She recently outmaneuvered Iraq’s Women International Master (WIM) Iman Al-Rufaye at the World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey, becoming the first T&T female chess player to defeat a WIM in an international tournament.

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