The two sisters, Hour Nasser Al-Nuaimi and Sheikha Nasser Al-Nuaimi, (8 and 9 years old) caught the attention in the Sharjah International Chess Championship for Girls, which concluded the day before yesterday, and was held under the patronage of Sheikha Aisha bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, member of the Consultative Committee of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs in Sharjah, as the youngest Two players in the tournament are competing in defiance of dozens of highly ranked players in the world.

More than 100 players from 35 countries participated in the tenth edition, with a total prize money of 70,000 dirhams.

Hour and Sheikha play in the Ras Al Khaimah Girls Club, as they prepared for the championship through intensive training for 18 weeks to appear strongly against the world champions, according to their Algerian coach Lotfi Awalalen.

Oalalan told «Emirates Today»: “Hour and Sheikha are among the players we expect for a great future in the game of smart people, because of their passion and keenness to train for long hours to develop their level and achieve distinguished results, whether in international or local championships.”

He stressed that the technical staff at Ras Al Khaimah Club sets up a weekly training program for players up to three hours a day, while on Saturday they train for a full six hours to develop the level of players at this early age, to reach the global stage, especially as chess is a sport that is developing Always, intensification of training doses will be required.

And by asking about the ability of players at this age to withstand training three hours a day, he explained that “players in countries interested in chess are training this daily period from the age of four years, and maybe less, and this advanced stage of the age of players needs long hours of training and development, and you can To train more than that also, it depends only on the coach and his ability not to get bored by the players from the long training periods, so we try to enter on the training day entertaining things and play other games to break the state of boredom they have ».

On the reasons that prevent girls from continuing to play chess despite their beginning at an early age, Algerian coach Lotfi Oualalen answered: “Often girls and their families are more interested in the educational aspect, and this is the main reason that most of them abandon the game despite the majority of them enjoying levels that qualify them for advanced results. In the sport of smart people ».

And who is more intelligent in the game of chess, girls or young men, he said: «Certainly men are the best in this sport, whether in the stages of buds or the stage of men, and they are more intelligent than girls, and this is proven by studies in that game as well as numbers».

And on the extent of the influence of mobile phones and "PlayStation" games on chess players and players, coach Lotfi Awalalen said: "Certainly the PlayStation games are among the most affecting the sport of chess and the focus of players and players, so we always advise parents to keep their children away from those games that destroy The focus they have and affects their thinking, whether in championships or training, in addition to the fact that exaggerating the use of mobile phones on a daily basis affects the concentration of children, and we are working to educate children at an early age about the danger of those things to their professional future ».

The technical staff at Ras Al Khaimah Club sets up a weekly training program for players up to three hours a day, while they train on Saturday for a full six hours.

Amal Fadel, the best female player, is Wafaa Darwish, the first Arab

Romanian Plomaga is the international champion of Sharjah Chess

Romanian Irina Blumaga crowned the Sharjah International Chess Cup for girls, and Indonesian Sukandra Jarizma came in second and Italian Olga Zimina in third place, and Shania Mishra won the award for the best participating player in the tournament from the Sharjah Chess Club, and the player Amal Fadel won the award for the best female player, Wafia Darwish won the award for the best Arab player, while the player Koshika won the award for the best player under 14 years, and Maryam Mohamed won the award for the best player under 12 years, and the award for the best player of determination for Alia Radwan went.

The organizing committee held a party after the end of the last round of the championship, to distribute the prizes to the winners, attended by Sheikh Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Mualla, head of the Arab Chess Federation, head of the Sharjah Cultural Chess Club, and the Secretary-General of the Sharjah Sports Council, Issa Hilal, and the Assistant Secretary-General of the General Authority for Sports, Khaled Al-Midfa, and the president Board of Directors of Sharjah Girls Chess Club Najla Al Shamsi, Secretary General of the Chess Federation Hussein Al Shamsi, and Director General of Sharjah Women’s Sports Foundation Nada Askar Al Naqbi.

Najla Al Shamsi confirmed that the championship achieved great success in terms of turnout and the distinguished participation of a large number of countries and participating players, which gave the opportunity for Emirati players to interact with strong schools.

She said in a press statement: "We are happy with the success of the tournament, which has achieved its goals. We have received praise from the participating players for the perfect organization, and this is a good thing for us. The tournament represented a good opportunity for our players, as it will contribute to improving their international rankings."

She added: “Among the positives that emerged from the tournament was the organization of the random chess championship for the first time in the region, and it found a great turnout, which expanded the circle of participation after the door was opened for the participation of men in that tournament.”

She continued: «We are in the Sharjah Girls Club’s board of directors working very hard to develop the game and qualify the players who represent the club, and in this regard we contracted with good coaches and learned about the restructuring of the club, and we establish a league for female players and employees as we work to involve parents in this process so that we contribute All in raising the levels of players.

She concluded: "We are currently working with a human development institute to organize courses for women players, and we have distributed a questionnaire to measure satisfaction during the tournament, in which players, referees and administrators participate in analyzing the results and the level of performance to improve their quality in the future."

For her part, Nada Askar confirmed that the participation of more than 100 players from 35 countries confirms the organizational success and prestige that the championship enjoys on the international chessboard.

She said: "We are happy with the success of the championship and the many gains it attains annually."