INTRODUCTION TO HIVE

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·@madchess64·
20.349 HBD
INTRODUCTION TO HIVE
Hello Hive Community! My name is Joy and I’m new here.
I would like to appreciate @samostically who encouraged, motivated and for introducing me to this great platform. I know this is a great opportunity to grow, meet new people and interact with the Hive Community.

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### About My Chess Journey 
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I found about the game of chess in 2008. I went for my first ever national sport festival in 2011 when I was only 7 with the help of my uncle who was also my coach and the state coach, I played on board one and won a bronze medal.
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Here is a photo of me with GM Nigel in 2012.
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I played my first ever rated game in 2020 at the national chess championship in Iwo, ibandan, where I played a lot of the top players and finished strong.

Here is a picture from the event 
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My chess journey continued in 2021 when Danhypro started hosting junior tournaments and also sponsoring. I was able to train and play without having to think about sponsorship issues, I easily became one of the top ranked females in Nigeria.

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Then in 2022 I played my first ever international event, Fide Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India 
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Here is a photo of my team
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Me in Chennai, India, in my first olympiad.
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I played the national sports festival in 2022, finished with two gold and one bronze medal.
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### OTHER ENGAGEMENTS 
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I recently started learning cyber security about 4 months ago, it has been interesting so far.
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### CONCLUSION 
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I look forward to playing chess, collaborating and meeting people from the Hive community. My lichess handle is Madchess64 incase you want to challenge me!

Also i would like to thank @stayoutoftherz for helping me create my account and @aliento for delegating the resources credits to publish this post. 

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