"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.”

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚.” For Bibisara Assaubayeva, the Global Chess League is the perfect preparation for the 2026 Chess Olympiad that begins three days after the GCL ends. In a chat with Jayantho Sengupta, she speaks about her journey so far, the road ahead and more. Read full story: shorturl.at/9bmlS