'Inspire more girls to play chess': FIDE managers visited Melbourne and held master-classes for girls

Anastasia Sorokina, Belarusian chess player, Women's International Master and FIDE coach, and Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Latvian chess player, former Minister of Finance of Latvia and FIDE Managing Director, are visiting Melbourne. Leonid Sandler, President of the Victorian Chess Federation, said that this visit will help popularise chess, especially among girls.

Credit: Supplied by L. Sandler

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