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Dorsa Derakhshani

@dorsadchess

Medical Student at Mizzou Med, Bio Major at SLU. WGM/IM Chess player. curious to know how long my hair will grow 😊

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Katie Glass (@katieglassst) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Chess is a very beautiful psychological battle. I get to dance with my pieces and torture the opponent!”. I interviewed the brilliant Dorsa Derakhshani for The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/women/life/che…

“Chess is a very beautiful psychological battle. I get to dance with my pieces and torture the opponent!”.
I interviewed the brilliant <a href="/DorsaDchess/">Dorsa Derakhshani</a> for <a href="/Telegraph/">The Telegraph</a>  telegraph.co.uk/women/life/che…
The Current on CBC Radio (@thecurrentcbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At age 8, Dorsa Derakhshani won a national chess championship, against kids who had been training privately with coaches “I was just playing it because it kind of sounded fun, and I ended up winning it,” she told Matt Galloway in an invu about The Queen’s Gambit 👑♟️👩🏻‍🦰 cbc.ca/1.5808075

Dorsa Derakhshani (@dorsadchess) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy Halloween! 👻 😈 ❤️ Wanted to be an angel, couldn’t find my wings lol so tried to be Red Riding Hood, lacked basket so added some devil horns 😮‍💨😂🤪 How was your costume? ⬇️ #cwe #redridinghood #halloween instagram.com/p/CVspJCerJyb/…

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Hey you! Have you gotten and read my (and @borna_derakhshani 💞) book yet? It’s also available on Amazon! #chess&psychology @ 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 instagram.com/p/CXhZip1sUy8x…

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Welcome back to another segment of “Dorsa visits her family abroad” 🥰 Please show some love for immigration in my fundraiser for @immigrationequality 🤩 @ Kensington Palace instagram.com/p/CYzyzJiPExlm…

Saint Louis Chess Club (@stlchessclub) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The #FIDECandidates tournament continues today with Round 10. Follow all the action live with our #TodayinChess commentators Yasser Seirawan, Alejandro and IM Dorsa Derakhshani on uschesschamps.com.

The #FIDECandidates tournament continues today with Round 10. Follow all the action live with our #TodayinChess commentators Yasser Seirawan, <a href="/GMLittlePeasant/">Alejandro</a> and IM <a href="/DorsaDchess/">Dorsa Derakhshani</a> on uschesschamps.com.
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Yasser Seirawan: Garry what did you properly predict about this event? Garry Kasparov: Nothing! Watch the full interview with the World Champion➡️ youtu.be/8475mH1UhFo #FIDECandidates #TodayinChess Garry Kasparov

Yasser Seirawan: Garry what did you properly predict about this event?
Garry Kasparov: Nothing!
Watch the full interview with the World Champion➡️
youtu.be/8475mH1UhFo
#FIDECandidates #TodayinChess <a href="/Kasparov63/">Garry Kasparov</a>
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We had a special guest in our studio today — the 13th world chess champion Garry Kasparov himself, offering his thoughts on the tournament as well as a potential Carlsen–Nepomniachtchi rematch he believes is due. youtube.com/watch?v=v_q8Su… #FIDECandidates #TodayinChess

We had a special guest in our studio today — the 13th world chess champion Garry Kasparov himself, offering his thoughts on the tournament as well as a potential Carlsen–Nepomniachtchi rematch he believes is due.
youtube.com/watch?v=v_q8Su…
#FIDECandidates #TodayinChess
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Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony! 🤩💛🤩 #mizzoumed #mizzou #classof2026 @ Mizzou Arena instagram.com/p/CgroIm2OEaI/…

Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realmaalouf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Iranian chess player Dorsa Derakhshani was given an ultimatum by the Islamic regime: wear the hijab or you won’t be allowed to compete. Not only she refused to wear the hijab, she joined the USA team and became a world champion. Queen behavior if you ask me. 👑

Iranian chess player Dorsa Derakhshani was given an ultimatum by the Islamic regime: wear the hijab or you won’t be allowed to compete.

Not only she refused to wear the hijab, she joined the USA team and became a world champion.

Queen behavior if you ask me. 👑
Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@alinejadmasih) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her “improper” hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping to her underwear and marching through campus—defying a regime that constantly controls women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful

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Update: The authorities in Iran are now claiming that a young woman, who courageously removed her clothes in protest against harassment by the morality, police at her university, suffers from psychological illness and has been admitted to a mental health hospital. This

Update:
The authorities in Iran are now claiming that a young woman, who courageously removed her clothes in protest against harassment by the morality, police at her university, suffers from psychological illness and has been admitted to a mental health hospital.

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theSTL (@in_thestl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Woman grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani came to St. Louis to attend SLU. “[Chess] gave me all the opportunities that I don't know if I would have had [otherwise]." St. Louis Public Radio stlpr.org/show/st-louis-… #STLMade

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"Chess helps you think critically," says Dorsa Derakhshani. "If there's a dictatorship, they don't want thinkers." Diaa Hadid ضياء حديد and Fariba Akbari report on the Taliban's chess ban. npr.org/sections/goats…