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 ...

October 4, The Iran Project - The next years Womens World Chess Championship due to be held in Iran has been subject to controversy in light of the dress code issue. The Islamic Republic of Iran was awarded the hosting rights for the women's World Chess Championship during the FIDE General Assembly in Baku in September this year. By the way, ...

The world chess body, FIDE, has ruled out moving next year's women's World Championship out of Iran. While the two Indian players - Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli - who have qualified for the event don't mind adhering to the mandatory Islamic dress code, some of the world's top players have expressed their consternation. Tehran, the country's capital,...

Leading player urges contenders to look beyond hijab law, to the boost contest would give womens sport in country One of Irans most respected chess players has hit back at calls to boycott next years womens world championship in Tehran over rules about the wearing of the hijab. A number of chess players, including the US womens champion, Naz ...