the essential
The championship continues and the little chess players continue to put up a fierce fight. The icing on the board this Wednesday, April 17, the entire French adult women’s team is present at the Agora. On the program, meeting with the young stars of the discipline and a look back at their international performances.
Sophie Milliet, Pauline Guichard, Anastasia Savina, Deimante Daulyte-Cornette, Mitra Hejazipour, Natacha Benmesbah and Silvia Alexieva. These women are our Blues. All eight of them defend the honor of France in the discipline at each competition. Very different life paths but none will have escaped the very young spell of chess. A youthful love more than a hobby for our champions, bronze medalists at the last European Championship. In an area where France often resides as the Outsider, facing monsters like China or India. The chess players surprised themselves by ousting big contenders for the title, expresses Silvia, the captain: “Our goal is always to have fun and play for the title but when we eliminated Georgia at the world championships, it” was strong.”
A fight for equality
Les Bleues are the ideal spokesperson for shaking up morals. The subject of diversity in the discipline was raised with them, essential questions when we know that 80% of licensees are men. The mixed category exists, in addition to the women’s category, for Pauline Guichard, “The mixed category is good for the little ones”. The entire team, however, agrees to give more encouragement to little girls who are sometimes frightened or limited. “Perhaps the girls are putting a glass ceiling on themselves” underlines Natacha. Serious problems that future little prodigies face. “Coaches must be aware of this and be vigilant about this” underlines Sophie Miliiet.
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