Is this the woman who went against some sort of dress code and quit the Iranian team because of it? I slightly recall reading a news story about it. Could be totally wrong though.
Edit: looks like she was banned from playing by the Iranian government. Damn.
To add to this, her brother Borna is going to play for England.
An Iranian teenage chess player banned by the authorities in his homeland for playing an Israeli has been accepted to play under the English flag.
Borna Derakhshani, 15, will now be able to play in international events after making a personal appeal to the English Chess Federation.
His acceptance comes after his older sister, Dorsa, who was banned by Iran for attending an international competition without wearing an Islamic headscarf, became affiliated to the US Chess Federation.
kfinny99 on December 16th, 2017 at 13:47 UTC »
Is this the woman who went against some sort of dress code and quit the Iranian team because of it? I slightly recall reading a news story about it. Could be totally wrong though.
Edit: looks like she was banned from playing by the Iranian government. Damn.
CrimsonPig on December 16th, 2017 at 14:22 UTC »
Damn, I didn't know chess could have such high stakes.
Sumit316 on December 16th, 2017 at 15:06 UTC »
To add to this, her brother Borna is going to play for England.
Happy for them.