Alexandra is chess queen (From Ealing Times)

Alexandra is chess queen

9:11am Monday 23rd August 2004

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A TEN-year-old girl has clinched top prize in a chess competition.

Alexandra Bottemanne, of West Ealing, won the under-ten girls category at the British Chess 2004 Championships in Scarborough on Saturday, 14th August.

She said:"It was really surprising to win as there were lots of girls who were better than me."

The Andre Malraux primary school pupil has been playing chess since she was six-and-a-half years old.

She added:"I like chess a lot and I would like to be a chess teacher when I am older."

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