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Iranian Maghsoodloo Wins Double Speed Chess Grand Prix 06 Aug 2020

Iranian Maghsoodloo Wins Double Speed Chess Grand Prix

Iranian Grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo emerged victorious at the Double Speed Chess Grand Prix.

Iran Ranks 2nd at Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix 09 Jul 2020

Iran Ranks 2nd at Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix

The GM Amin Tabatabaei from Iran finished in second place at the sixth Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix.

Iranian Chess Player Chose as International Referee 09 Jul 2020

Iranian Chess Player Chose as International Referee

Iranian chess player Pedram Oliaei won the title of International Chess Referee from the World Chess Federation, it was announced on July 8.

Six Iranians to Participate at Online Asian Junior Chess C’ship 26 May 2020

Six Iranians to Participate at Online Asian Junior Chess C’ship

Six chess players will represent Iran at online Asian Junior Chess Championship.

Asian Chess Federation Events Postponed 12 Mar 2020

Asian Chess Federation Events Postponed

Asian Chess Federation has postponed all Asian events due to the novel coronavirus.

FIDE Rating Shows Iran Soaring Up 25 Dec 2019

FIDE Rating Shows Iran Soaring Up

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The International Chess Federation, FIDE, has made a rating of the absolute numbers of players and the percentage of active players in different countries. According to the FIDE December data, integrated by chessratings.top, the number of players with a standard rating has surpassed the 350,000 mark (352,234 people to be exact). […]

Iran’s Barad Yeganegi wins gold at World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships 19 Aug 2019

Iran’s Barad Yeganegi wins gold at World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships

Barad Yeganegi from Iran won the gold medal at the 3rd FIDE World Cadets Rapid & Blitz Championships.

Iran chess players top-ranked in Asian Nations Cup 28 Jul 2018

Iran chess players top-ranked in Asian Nations Cup

 Iranian national men’s team (Green) won the title of Asian Nations Cup for Team Championship in Rapid section, for the first time in its history. The 2018 Asian Nations Cup is a team event for Asian chess federations taking place in Hamedan province in Iran since July 27. In Rapid section held on Friday, Iranian […]

Iran lands 3rd at World Youth Chess Olympiad 18 Dec 2017

Iran lands 3rd at World Youth Chess Olympiad

TEHRAN – National Iranian chess squad overcame Belarus to stand in the third place overall at FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2017 in India. World Youth Chess Olympiad-2017 was competed at Karnavati Club in India. Thirty teams from twenty-five countries had taken part at the prestigious event of World Chess Calendar for Under-16 players. […]

Iran chess players win 3 gold medals at Asian Championship for Disabled 23 Sep 2017

Iran chess players win 3 gold medals at Asian Championship for Disabled

Iranian visually-challenged and –impaired chess players have demonstrated impressive talents at the first edition of Asian Championship for Disabled, and managed to collect three gold medals at the continental sporting event. Seddigheh Sargazi participated in the tournament C contests for adults, and lifted the trophy following seven compelling rounds, the Chess Federation of the Islamic […]