WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan is 2014 Iranian champion (courtesy of Iranian Chess Federation)
The 2014 Iranian National Chess Championship for women was organized by the Tehran Chess Association on 7-16th December 2014 in Tehran, the capital and largest city of Iran.
The event was an 11-round Swiss tournament with tempo of play 90′ + 30″.
WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan and WIM Mitra Hejazipour tied for the first with 9.5/11 points, but Pourkashiyan prevailed in the direct encounter and lifted the trophy on a superior tie-break score.
20-year-old Hanieh Khalaji finished clear third with 8/11 points, leaving the nearest followers 1.5 point behind. Khalaji had a great tournament, adding 52 Elo points to her rating and drawing against the new Iranian champion. You can see the full standings below.
Final standings:
1 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa 2312 9,5
2 WIM Hejazipour Mitra 2297 9,5
3 Khalaji Hanieh 1944 8
4 Hakimifard Raana 2001 6,5
5 Zahedifar Anahita 1952 6,5
6 WFM Derakhshani Dorsa 2188 6
7 Alinasab Mobina 1881 6
8 Alavi Homa 1933 6
9 Alijanzadeh Mohadeseh 1886 6
10 Karimi Yeganeh 1856 6
11 WFM Asadi Motahare 1824 5,5
12 Khachatourians Teni 1698 5,5
13 Hashemi Seyed Fatemeh 1777 5
14 WFM Kalantari Sedigheh 1895 5
15 Ghazizadeh Asana 1865 5
16 Hamedi Nia Vesal 1742 4,5
17 Asghari Mitra 1759 4,5
18 Majidi Kimia 1813 4,5
19 Mobarhani Nazanin 1864 4
20 Jafari Golnaz 1882 4
21 Vagoohian Ramila 1770 4
22 Khalili Atieh 1740 4
23 Ghaderi Farzaneh 1758 3,5
24 Ansari Fateme 1747 2
