Muscat,(ONA) - The Asian Chess Training Camp for U-20 Girls, organized by the Asian Chess Federation, was concluded today. The camp was conducted via video conferencing, with the participation of the Sultanate's female players under the supervision of a group of coaches and world champions from the Asian continent, with the aim of developing the technical levels of the participants.

Four players represented the Sultanate in the Asian camp, who were selected by the technical staff of the Oman Chess Committee according to their recent results in the official tournaments: Rawan Al Balushi, Ghaida Al Saeedia, Zaina Al Hanaia and Maryam Al Balushi.

The camp lasted 20 days, at a rate of 3 hours per day, and witnessed different titles and topics concerned with increasing the technical level of the players and benefiting from the international experiences of some lecturers and players with international classification.

The camp witnessed great success through the lectures given by the coaches, which gave the participants a more comprehensive overview of the modes of play, how to defend and attack, how to build openings in chess, learn many rook moves, chess endings, how to calculate changes during matches in addition to other methods, strategies and plans of play, and attack criteria and timings.

(ONA)