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Olivia holds her own among world’s best
Olivia Bernstein, 16 years old and in grade 11 at Herzlia High School in Cape Town, was recently awarded National Protea colours for chess and presented South Africa at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, from June 30 until July 9.
VAL BERNSTEIN
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She did very nicely and held her own in a field of Grandmasters and Commonwealth countries’ top-rated players. Herzlia is very proud of her.
Olivia will also represent South Africa at the World Youth Chess Championships in September.
Gary Selikow
July 20, 2014 at 3:05 pm
‘Well done OLivia, we rooting for you all the way , you gonna be the female answer to Garry Kasparov x’