AT just 15 years old, Adi Latileta Masau is a chess Women’s Candidate Master (WCM) after competing at the 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan recently.
The Ekubu, Vatulele, Nadroga lass and St Joseph’s Secondary School student earned the title after scoring five points from nine games and beat players from Bhutan, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros and Liberia in the process.
The Uzbekistan outing marked her debut at an Olympiad competition.
Meanwhile, Yash Krishen Maharaj finished the Olympiad with the new title of Candidate Master (CM).
He scored seven points in 11 games with the Fiji Open Team made up of six wins and two draws.
