Good luck to Iraqi (above), Laos (below) and New Zealand women’s teams to the Chennai Olympiad. Standing at center is Iraqi Chess Federation president Dhafer Al Madhloum.
The New Zealand women’s team, from left, Weiyang (Cadence) Yu, WCM Yixuan ( Isabelle) Ning, Anya Thurner, WFM Vyanla Punsalan, WIM Jasmine Zhang