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MNA Iranian chess grandmaster Sarasadat Khademalsharieh put in a dazzling performance by finishing runner-up in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Competition 2018, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from Dec. 29-31. Khademalsharieh snatched the second place, winning the $25,000 prize, in a heated rivalry among 204 female chess grandmasters. Chinese ...

MNA Iranian woman chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, also known as Khadem, has moved 11 spots up in the latest FIDE (World Chess Federation) ratings, sitting in the 19th place. With 2470 points, Iranian grandmaster gained the rank of 19th in the standard womens section in the December ratings of FIDE. Yifan Hou and Wnjun Ju of China sit atop ...

Press TV - Iranian chess player Sarasadat Khademalsharieh has featured sparkling performances at the 2017 Asian Individual Championship (Men and Women) in China to scoop a silver medal in the prestigious continental event. On Sunday, a representative from India landed in the first position of the chart at the end of womens blitz event in the ...

MNA International Fair Play Committee has nominated Iranian female chess IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh for the 2016 World Fair Play Awards. During the final of the FIDE Womens Grand Prix in Russia's Khanty-Mansiyska in November 2016, International Master and Woman Grandmaster of Iran Khademalsharieh performed heroically chivalric conduct in agreeing ...

Tasnim- Iranian International Grandmaster Sarasadat Khademalsharieh says that chess gains popularity among young people in Iran. Chess is actually developing in Iran and I've been hearing good things from people who are not chess players, but have been following my matches and progress. The great thing is that a lot of girls are also interested ...

Press TV- Iranian International Master and Woman Grandmaster Sarasadat Khademalsharieh has seen her standing jump nearly a dozen spots in the January edition of the global rankings of the World Chess Federation (FIDE), now sitting among the worlds top thirty chess players. According to the latest monthly rankings released by the governing body of ...

MNA KhademalshariehIran's representative atthe final leg of the FIDE Womens GP drew against Georgia's'sBatsiashvili, the top athlete so far into the event.The sixth round of the final anddecisiveleg ofFIDE Womens Grand Prix 2015/2016 on Friday sawIrans International Master Sarasadat Khademalsharieh tying with the tough Georgian rivalNinoBatsiashvili....