Eman Sawan – Chessdom https://www.chessdom.com Chess, chess news, live chess games Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:22:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Eman Sawan is perfect after 5 rounds at the Chess Olympiad 2024 https://www.chessdom.com/eman-sawan-is-perfect-after-5-rounds-at-the-chess-olympiad-2024/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:19:53 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=93748 16-year-old Eman Sawan is currently 5/5 on Palestine’s board 1. Her Gofundme page raised $3500. “We lost many of our family and friends in Gaza. Many times I almost lost my faith in myself and my dreams, but my passion for the game and my mother’s support is what drives me.”

Emilia Castelao, CEO of Women In Chess Foundation, summed it up, “This Eman Sawan girl from Palestine is CRAZY good”

More: Eman Sawan made a video appearance in the 2022 Olympiad as well / Eman Sawan wins her WFM title

]]> Interview with Randa Seder – the youngest participant of the 2022 Chess Olympiad https://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-randa-seder-the-youngest-participant-of-the-2022-chess-olympiad/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:34:12 +0000 https://www.chessdom.com/?p=80493 8-year-old Randa Seder is the youngest participant of the 2022 Chess Olympiad and plays for Palestine’s Women’s National team. She today won her first olympiad game, and Palestine’s Women’s team won the match against Comoros with the maximum 4/4 score. Eman Sawan, Taqwa Hamouri and Randa Seder were excited to win their match today and gave a short post-game interview which can be found below.

Replay the Round 2 games here / Round 2 results (women’s section) / Round 3 pairings (Open and Women’s sections)

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