Courtesy Dorsa Derakhshani Dorsa Derakhshani with her family in 2003. Courtesy Dorsa Derakhshani “Having that freedom to wear what I want, and just be who I want, was a big thing,” Derakhshani ...

I don’t want to live there.” After turning 18, Derakhshani moved to Barcelona, Spain, where she was recruited by a chess club and lived alone without her family, although her mother visited often.

Chess champion Dorsa Derakhshani, 19, of Iran studies chemistry in the Grand Hall dining area at Saint Louis University on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2015. She was banned from playing for Iran after ...

To most observers, nothing stood out about Dorsa Derakhshani last month when she competed at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. The 18-year-old female grand master fared fine on the board, twi… ...

Dorsa Derakhshani was thrown off the Iranian national chess team not because of the mind in her head, but what she was wearing on that head. The 18-year-old female grand master, competing at the Tr… ...

Dorsa Derakhshani, 18, wore a simple headband in her long hair, instead of a hijab, Iran's traditional headscarf, which became a compulsory accessory for women after the 1979 revolution. As a ...

Here’s an example of what is happening in today’s Iran: Dorsa Derakhshani, a 19-year-old female member of the Iranian national chess team, was removed from the team for performing an ...

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.