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Azerbaijan`s chess player wins World Championship

15 May 2015 11:06 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan`s chess player wins World Championship

Leyla Budagova, a young Azerbaijani female chess player from Ganja city, has climbed on to the winner`s rostrum in the World Schools Chess Championships 2015 in Pattaya, Thailand.

She secured the gold after beating her Kazakh rival.

Leyla Budagova also won tournament in the women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2015 in Thailand, AzerTac state news agency reported.

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