by John Bain | Oct 5, 2021 | Women Chess Players, Women World Champs 2020
Aleksandra Goryachkina On October 8-21, 2021, all eyes in the chess world will be on 23-year-old Aleksandra Goryachkina, who will be the only woman competing in the Open Section of the 74th annual Russian Chess Championships taking place in Ufa, Russia. Aleksandra... Read more 
by John Bain | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter*2020 Women’s World Chess Championship According to an Opinion piece written by Shohreh herself and published by The Washington Post in February 2020, she defected from Iran and found asylum in Britain. After... Read more by John Bain | Oct 13, 2020 | Chess Improves Lives, Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter*2020 Women’s World Chess Championship According to an Opinion piece written by Shohreh herself and published by The Washington Post in February 2020, she defected from Iran and found asylum in Britain. After... Read more 
by John Bain | Mar 4, 2020 | Chess Improves Lives, Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter2020 Women’s World Chess Championship After the last game of the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship match, Shohreh found herself in Russia with an Iranian passport fearing for her life, a lashing or imprisonment if she... Read more by John Bain | Feb 24, 2020 | Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter2020 Women’s World Chess Championship After the last game of the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship match, Shohreh found herself in Russia with an Iranian passport fearing for her life, a lashing or imprisonment if she... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 30, 2020 | Women World Champs 2020
Shohreh Bayat Chief Arbiter2020 Women’s World Chess Championship At 32 years old, Shohreh Bayat rose to the top of the International Chess Federation – FIDE arbiters.Being the Chief Arbiter at the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship match is... Read more 
