13-year-old Melika Mohamaddi is Iranian Women’s Chess Champion 2023

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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