[Hwan Cho] This article discusses how another female Iranian player, Ghazal Hakimi was expelled from the chess national team and will compete under the Swiss Chess Federation. The article further describes how other Iranian female chess players in the past have been expelled for not complying with the compulsory Islamic dress code (hijab), or simply wishing not to do so.
Grand Chess Master and member of Iran’s national chess team Ghazal Hakimi has forsaken her Iranian nationality and will compete under the Swiss flag in international chess tournaments. The twenty-six-year-old chess champion who is currently a student in Zurich, Switzerland, achieved the rank of Grand Master (WGM) in 2016. […]
