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13-year-old Melika Mohammadi became the Iranian Women’s Chess Champion 2023 after emerging as the sole winner of the Iranian National Championship for Women. The event was played as a 14-player round-robin, from 11-21 May in Kerman, simultaneously with the 56th Iranian Chess Championship for Men.
The youngest participant of the Championship, Melika Mohammadi scored impressive 10/13 points, without a single loss, finishing a full point ahead of Parva Behzad Nazif who claimed silver with 9 points. WFM Mitra Asgharzadeh came third with the score of 8.5 points.
Final results – 33rd Iranian Women’s Chess Championship:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | Mohammadi, Melika | IRI | 1979 | 10 | 0 | 66.3 | 7 | |
| 2 | Behzad Nazif, Parva | IRI | 2094 | 9 | 0 | 52.3 | 6 | |
| 3 | WFM | Asgharzadeh, Mitra | IRI | 2003 | 8.5 | 0 | 46.3 | 4.5 |
| 4 | WFM | Azali, Tannaz | IRI | 2062 | 8 | 0.5 | 45.5 | 4.5 |
| 5 | WFM | Zahedifar, Anahita | IRI | 2053 | 8 | 0.5 | 45.3 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Nadernia, Niki | IRI | 1788 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 41.3 | 4 | |
| 7 | Mahdavi, Mahdis | IRI | 1830 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 38.3 | 3.5 | |
| 8 | WFM | Mahdian, Anousha | IRI | 2061 | 7 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| 9 | Farhadi, Fatemeh | IRI | 1678 | 6.5 | 1 | 32.8 | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Masoumi, Sahar | IRI | 1889 | 6.5 | 0 | 35.3 | 3.5 | |
| 11 | Karimi, Setayesh | IRI | 1770 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sadati, Seyedeh Fatemeh | IRI | 1827 | 5 | 0 | 28.8 | 3.5 | |
| 13 | Kargar Jahromi, Tannaz | IRI | 1356 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Hashemi, Nazanin | IRI | 1456 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 |
