Samantha Edithso Steals World Attention
Young Indonesian chess player, Samantha Edithso, 10, accompanied by Kristianus Liem, head of the performance development section of the Indonesian Chess Association (Percasi), shows her medal and cup after winning the U-10 2018 World Cadet Chess Championship in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on Friday (16/11/2018). Samantha is the second Indonesian chess player to win a world chess champion title in the cadet category. In 1989, Irwin Irnandi was world chess champion in the U-10 open category.
SANTIAGO, THURSDAY — Young Indonesian chess player, Samantha Edithso, 10, stole the attention of the international chess world when she won the title in the U-10 2018 World Cadet Chess Championship in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Friday (16/11/2018), early morning Indonesian time. The classic chess champion title Samantha picked up this time added to the fast chess champion title she won last June.
Samantha becomes the second Indonesian chess player to win a world chess championship title in the cadet category. In 1989, Irwin Irnandi won a world chess champion title in the U-10 open category.