Dorsa Derakhshani

As a teenager IM Derakhshani placed first in 2012, 2013 and 2014 at the Asian Youth Chess Championships. Derakhshani officially changed her federation from Iran to the United States in 2017 after a controversy arose about her refusal to wear a hijab while she played for the Iranian national team under the Iranian Chess Federation. Currently, Derakhshani is a student at Saint Louis University where she studies biology, and is an accredited journalist for FIDE.