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Who's up for a game of chess?

You might want to think twice before challenging this rising star.

Meet Samantha Dolly, the teenage sensation who just made history, becoming the first female to win the Southern Chess Club's Under-20 overall title.

It's a major milestone, and one she's extremely proud of.
Transcript
00:00Teenager Samantha Dolly continues to set the records in chess.
00:04She became the first female to grab the Southern Chess Club's inaugural Emancipation Day Under-20 crown.
00:10Dolly is fine-tuning her skills for the World Under-16 Olympiad held in Colombia on August 16th.
00:15It's a team event. She was happy for the win.
00:18I felt the performance was actually really good for the fine-tune.
00:22Although I do feel that I would need to have a few tweaks here and there,
00:27I felt that for the first rapid tournament I'm coming back out in, I did really well.
00:34She is the first female to win the Under-20 title from the Southern Chess Club,
00:38which started in 1940, even defeating National Junior Male Champion Tyrese Gill along the way.
00:44Well, it is its first time holding something like this.
00:49So I do feel really happy, but at the same time, I know how there are stronger people ahead of me.
00:56So I want to become strong enough to either draw or beat them.
01:01What were the reactions like when you won?
01:04Well, I think everyone was really supportive and it was like a remarkable thing that a girl won this
01:10because usually it's separated by male and female, well, absolute and female.
01:15But in this case, since that's an open and anyone can play and a woman won, it was really spectacular.
01:24How do you rate this performance compared to your other top achievements?
01:29I think this would be maybe fourth or third on the list of my achievements.
01:35Dolly thanked the sponsors of the event, her coach, Quinn Cabrales, and her father, Mark Dolly, for their support.
01:42A total of 98 participants took part in the competition.
01:46I feel very proud of her.
01:49It's been a combination of constant progress and hard work.
01:54It augurs well for the upcoming trip to Colombia.
02:02I know she's working hard with the other members of the quartet and I wish the team best of luck in Colombia
02:12and I know that they'll make the country proud.
02:14Success runs in the family as her brother, Nicholas Dolly, finished second in the under-12 competition
02:20and he was one of the top recipients in the country for the secondary entrance exam recently.
02:26Sergio Duvore, TV6 Sport.
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