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 ...

IRNA| Amir Hossein Bandi:  

Tehran Times- FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov thanked the Iranian officials for hosting the Women's World Chess Championship. The Women's World Chess Championship 2017 was a 64-player knock-out tournament, to decide the women's world chess champion. The final was won by Tan Zhongyi over Anna Muzychuk in the rapid tie-breaks. The competition took ...

IRNA| Mohammad Reza Ali Maddadi:

IRNA Iranian chess player Mitra Hejazi Pour overpowered Russian rival in the first round of Women's World Chess Championship which is underway in Tehran. The first round of Women's World Chess Championship kicked off with the attendance of 63 world top players including three Iranian ones on Saturday in Tehran. Iranian Grandmaster Sarasadat ...

IRNA| Mohammad Reza Ali Madadi: The 2017 Women�s World Championship starts in Tehran on Saturday. Among the 64 participants are�former world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anna Ushenina,�Antoaneta Stefanova�and�Zhu Chen.�The top seed is world number two Ju Wenjun.  

IRNA| Amir Hossein Bandi: The 2017 Women�s World Championship starts in Tehran on Saturday. Among the 64 participants are�former world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anna Ushenina,�Antoaneta Stefanova�and�Zhu Chen.�The top seed is world number two Ju Wenjun.  

Tasnim- Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), says that he has become very happy after Iran requested to host Women's World Chess Championship 2017 since chess is popular in the country. The Women's World Chess Championship 2017 started on Friday in Tehran and will run until March 5. The knock-out tournament ...

Chess.com- The 2017 Women's World Championship will start in Tehran on Saturday. Among the 64 participants areformer world champions Alexandra Kosteniuk, Anna Ushenina,Antoaneta StefanovaandZhu Chen.The top seed is world number two Ju Wenjun. We're a day away from an importanttournament that's been controversial from the moment it was announced....

Al Jazeera|Faras Ghani: Sara Khadem, who won her first major title aged 12, talks of a sport gaining popularity among young people in Iran. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, better known as Sara Khadem, is a 19-year-old chess player from Iran who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. Like most other chess players, Khadem ...

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 ...

Tasnim- Sara Sadat Khademalsharieh from Iran finished in fourth place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The Iranian chess player came fourth with six points after a draw with Bela Khotenashvili in the final round of the FIDE Grand Prix. Ju Wenjun from China and Russian Natalija Pogonina made a rather quiet draw, and the Chinese ...

Tasnim - A senior World Chess Federation (FIDE) official will travel to Iran next week for final review of Tehran as host of 2017 Women's World Championships. Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Borg had already traveled to Tehran last month to finalize the place of the tournament. Borg will once again come to Tehran on behalf of the World Chess ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:     FIDE supports Iran to host womens world championship: President FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov says that the international federation will support Iran as host of the womens World Championship. UNESCO passes anti-Israel resolution despite Tel Aviv brickbats TheUnited ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov says that the international federation will support Iran as host of the women's World Championship. In the FIDEs General Assembly at a meeting held in Baku, Iran was chosen as host of world championship but some well known players namely Nazi Paikidze said that they will not participate in the ...

Female Iranian chess players have hit back at calls by opponents of the country's Islamic dress code for a boycott of February's world championships in Tehran, saying the campaign hurts Iranian women. Since the Islamic revolution of 1979, Iran has required women to wear the Islamic headscarf in public places and US chess champion Nazi Paikidze-Barnes ...

When the World Chess Federation designated Iran host of the 2017 Womens World Chess Championship games, Mitra Hejazipour was thrilled. She is awomens grandmaster. She learned chess at 6, played in her first formal championship at age 9, and, now 23, she has spent her life traveling the world for chess tournaments and returning to the Islamic Republic ...

Iranianfemale chess player Mobina Alinasab has put on admirable performances at the Fdration Internationale des checs (FIDE) World Youth U14, U16, U18 Championships 2016 in Russia, and finished in the second place. On Tuesday, the international master accumulated 8.5 points from eleven games to snatch a silver medal in the girls U16 division ...