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Naomi Bashkansky

Naomi Bashkansky is a third-grade student at Audubon Elementary School; she participated in the 2011 North American Youth Chess Championship, June 25-29,2011, where she finished in second place, winning the North American vice-champion title in the Girls U8 category. That tournament served as good preparation for the World Youth Championships in Brazil, November 17-27, 2011. There she won 6 out of her 9 games to finish in a strong 13th place. Her father’s illustrated account of that tournament and journey includes Naomi’s annotations to her best game. Be sure to click over to that site so that you don’t miss her sharply tactical 29…Qb5!! in her win over a girl from Turkey. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tMSNA5hHpxJjOMusjGvQDkN_q6xEjjO4aIDVMupFS6I/edit (If this link does not work, please copy and paste it into your browser's URL box.)

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