Amazing Chess Achievement for Layla

Last week Raroa's very own Layla Timergazi played in the 2014 Chess Olympiad competition in Tromso, Norway as one of the five players representing her country in the NZ Women's Team. While the team finished a respectable 61st out of 136 teams, Layla herself has qualified as a Women's FIDE (World Chess Federation) Master, the youngest ever New Zealander to achieve this and only the fifth woman in New Zealand to reach this high level.

Layla is the youngest person to represent New Zealand in an international chess tournament. What an amazing feat Layla. Well done.

Here's the link to the article in the Dominion Post and another link to the Olympiad website.