Atousa Pourkashiyan (Persian: آتوسا پورکاشیان; born 16 May 1988) is an Iranian chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded her in 2009.[1] Pourkashiyan is six-time Iranian women's champion (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014).
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Country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-05-16) 16 May 1988 (age 34) Tehran, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIDE rating | 2322 (March 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peak rating | 2374 (May 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She was born in Tehran.[2] Pourkashiyan won the World Youth Chess Championship of 2000 in the Girls U12 category.
In April 2010 Pourkashiyan won the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Subic Bay.[3] She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2017.
In team competitions, she has played for Iran at eight Women's Chess Olympiads (2000-2014), the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship, and the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad.[4]
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Preceded by | Women's Asian Chess Champion 2010 |
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