Ayah Moaataz

Ayah Moaataz (born 1997) is an Egyptian chess player,[1] and a Woman International Master.

She came shared second (fourth on tiebreak) with 6.5/9 in the Under 16/18 African Youth Championships in South Africa in 2012.[2]

Moaataz played first board for the Egyptian women's team at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, where her team won the bronze medal and also played board three at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso, scoring 6.5/11.[3][4]

She came second at the African Women's Chess Championship in 2013 scoring 7/9 and qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2014 by winning the Egyptian Women's Championship in Cairo in early 2014.[5]

Moaataz is coached by Egyptian FIDE Trainer and International Arbiter Hassen Khaled [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ayah Moaataz". FIDE. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  2. ↑ African Youth Chess Championships 2012 Chess-Results.com
  3. ↑ Team chess record of Moaataz, Ayah at olimpbase.org
  4. ↑ 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women Chess-results.com
  5. ↑ Egyptian Championship for Women 2014 at fide.com
  6. ↑ Amin, Wafa...2013 African Champions The Chess Drum
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