12-year-old girl in Kazakhstan seeking chess grandmaster status

    Zhansaya Abdimalik, 12, of Almaty is seeking to become the world’s youngest female chess grandmaster, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported June 27.     The Kazakh Chess Federation (KCF) will apply on her behalf to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) later this week, KCF Vice President Yerkin Israilov said told RFE/RF...