12-year old Deborah Quickpen rated 2nd in the world

12-year old Deborah Quickpen from Nigeria is now rated 2nd in the world among girls u12. She has been very active lately with tournaments and a tough blitz match with the founder of Chess in Slums Tunde Onakoya. The match ended in a 4-4 draw.

Deborah who comes from the Chess in Slums project, is in our Cross Culture Girls and Chess 2 Change Program so she will be playing in the next Chess 2 Change tournament on August 25th. But first she is off to the World Cup in Georgia. We wish her god luck!