Kieran Lyons (born 1989) is

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's top female chess player. She started playing in 2004 and became Woman's

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Master in 2005 when she participated at the 36th Chess Olympiad. Kieran Lyons is also part of the World Chess Federation. In addition to being a member of ''The Gap Chess Club'' in

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, Australia She took part in the 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2014 in

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

for Fiji and won 32.5 points in 56 games.

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Fijian chess players 1989 births Living people Fijian people of Irish descent Chess Woman FIDE Masters {{Fiji-chess-bio-stub