Notizie e Aggiornamenti su Dorsa Derakhshani

Dorsa Derakhshani, Iranian Chess Master, Switches To US Team Over Headscarf Rule

An Iranian chess player who was removed from the national chess team for allegedly attending an inte...

Oct 03, 2017 • International Business Times

Chess player banned by Iran over hijab switches over to US

TEHRAN, Iran — A young woman banned from the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending ...

Oct 02, 2017 • The Times of Israel

Chess Master Dorsa Derakhshani Left Iranian Oppression for the U.S.

The origins of chess are not 100% known. Historians believe it was invented in India or China but ei...

Dec 28, 2017 • TMCnet

Dorsa Derakhshani, Chess Player, Banned by Iran Over Hijab Switches Over to US

Tehran: A young woman banned from the Iranian national chess team, allegedly for attending an intern...

Oct 02, 2017 • India.com

Banned At Home For Not Wearing Hijab, Chess Player, 19, Will Play For US

Derakhshani will now compete as an official United States chess player New York: A leading Iranian c...

Oct 05, 2017 • NDTV

A chess grandmaster takes on 30 opponents in a simultaneous exhibition

Today in Saint Louis, Mo., one woman will take on 30 opponents in a simultaneous chess exhibition. D...

Apr 16, 2022 • LAist

Chess player banned by Iran gets a new start in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old Iranian woman banned from competing in the name of her country after att...

Oct 06, 2017 • The Times of Israel

Even from Missouri, an Iranian American feels the toll of war and oppression

Dorsa Derakhshani shares how growing up under the Iranian regime influences her perspective on the c...

Apr 14, 2026 • KCUR 89.3 FM

Teenage Iranian chess master banned from national team for not wearing a hijab during competition in Spain

Both Dorsa Derakhshani and her brother have been kicked off of Iran's chess team, her for wearing a ...

Feb 21, 2017 • National Post

Iranian chess player Dorsa Derakhshani banned for refusing Islamic headscarf takes game to U.S.

ST. LOUIS — A 19-year-old Iranian woman banned from competing in the name of her country after att...

Oct 06, 2017 • Toronto Sun

Real Life 'Queen's Gambit' ! Female Chess Grandmaster Says It's 'Not Just a Man's Game'

"I could relate to Beth a lot," says 22-year-old female chess Grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani of The Q...

Dec 18, 2020 • People

Iranian chess champion banned for refusing head scarf gets a new start at SLU

Dorsa Derakhshani, 19, a freshman at St. Louis University, poses for a portrait on campus on Thursda...

Oct 05, 2017 • St. Louis Post-Dispatch