Tasnim Iranian GM Ehsan Ghaemmaghami claimed the title of the World Open Daily Blitz.
Ghaemmaghami scored eight wins and two draws in the tournament underway in Philadelphia, USA.
Armenian grands masters Zaven Andriasian and Hovhannes Gabuzyan finished in second and third place respectively.
Blitz chess, also known as Speed Chess, is a single,...
IRNA Iranian chess champion Ali-Reza Firouzja refused to play with the Israeli player in Germany's Grenke Classic Chess in a gesture interpreted as a support for the Palestinian people.
Firouzja refused to compete the Israeli rival on Friday evening while he has defeated all his competitors so far.
I was a gesture of solidarity with the Palestinian ...
MNA | Kamal Iranidoost: The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei met with teenage chess player Aryan Gholami on Sunday, praising him for refusing to play against an Israeli opponent.
MNA The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei met with chess player Aryan Gholami on Sunday, praising him refusing to play against the Israeli player.
According to the news website of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Khamenei.ir, Ayatollah Khamenei met with chess playerAryanGholamiand his parents on Sunday, during ...
IRNA - Iranian chess player Sarah Khadem ul-Sharie clinched draws against world champion in Gibraltar Chess Masters 2019 in south of Spain on Saturday and ranked 12nd of the Women's Live Chess Ratings.
In round fourth of the competition, Khadem ul-Sharie earned draw against Armenian chess Grandmaster Levon Aronian with 2,767 rating, which increased ...
IRNA Iranian men and women chess players grabbed four gold, six silver and four bronze medals in 2018 Asian Para Games.
In women's individual standard VI - B1, Malihe Safaei collected a total of six points and pocketed the silver medal. Iran also grabbed the silver medal of the team event of the same category.
In women's individual standard VI ...
MNA The Iranian grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo made history and claimed the title of the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship 2018.
Maghsoodloo won Russias Maxim Vavulin in the 10th round of games, securing his trophy while there are still two more rounds remaining. He could even earn the title by a draw in last game. This is the first ...
Press TV - Junior Iranian chess grandmaster Parham Maghsoodloo has finished first to pick up the trophy at the end of the second edition of Sharjah Masters International Chess Tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
The 17-year-old Iranian athlete clinched the title at the Sharjah Chess & Cultural Club on Thursday evening after he managed ...
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 ...
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 ...
Junior Iranian chess players have impressed the crowd with their well-calculated moves at the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2016 in Slovakia, and regained the crown of the prestigious international tournament.
On Friday, the Iranian team, comprised of 12-year-old Alireza Firouzja, Grandmaster Parham Maqsoudlou and Arash Tahbaz, prevailed over ...
Young Iranian chess players have endedin styletheir campaignat the 12thedition of Asian Schools Chess Championshipsin Tehran, and stood on the topof thepodium in the continental sporting event.
On Sunday evening, the Iranian outfit won the standard form title of thetournament, having clinched 19 (six gold, five silver and eight bronze) medals....
TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) Irans Ehsan Ghaem Maghami prevailed over the Chinese rival in round six of Asian Individual Men Chess Championship 2016 underway in Tashkent.
Iranian Grand Master (GM) Ehsan Ghaem Maghami got the better of Chinas Yi Wei in round six of the Asian tournament to remain its good position near the top place with a total of 4....
Tehran, Dec 16, IRNA Some 38 Iranian chess players will leave Tehran for Al Ain, the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday to take part in the UAE Chess Championship for Age Groups of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year-old , slated for December 17-29.
The Iranian chess players for the categories comprised 17 girls and 21 boys.
By IRNA
The Iran ...