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Dismissed Iranian chess player fights her way back
(MENAFN)Dorsa Derakhshani has been facing a troubled time after being kicked off the Iranian chess team, also starting college in the US left her nervous and losing weight as her world chess ranking went down.
The Iranian chess prodigy however; said in an interview that she was happy to be studying in the US, playing with the US Chess Federation and training for a competition next month to get her ranking back.
"The US Chess Federation took me under their wings. The university helped me a lot. I feel really welcomed," Derakhshani, said in the Marshall Chess Club, a century-old institute in Manhattan. "I want them to feel like they made the right decision."
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has forced women to wear the hijab in public places; accordingly Derakhshani was kicked out of the Iranian chess federation after competing without a hijab at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar in February
The Iranian chess prodigy however; said in an interview that she was happy to be studying in the US, playing with the US Chess Federation and training for a competition next month to get her ranking back.
"The US Chess Federation took me under their wings. The university helped me a lot. I feel really welcomed," Derakhshani, said in the Marshall Chess Club, a century-old institute in Manhattan. "I want them to feel like they made the right decision."
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has forced women to wear the hijab in public places; accordingly Derakhshani was kicked out of the Iranian chess federation after competing without a hijab at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar in February
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