Atousa Pourkashiyan
| Atousa Pourkashiyan | |
|---|---|
 Pourkashiyan in 2010 | |
| Country |  USA (December 2022-) IRI (Until November 2022) |
| Born | 16 May 1988 Tehran, Iran |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2322 (March 2020) |
| Peak rating | 2374 (May 2011) |
Medal record | |
Atousa Pourkashiyan (Persian: آتوسا پورکاشیان; born 16 May 1988) is an Iranian-American chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded her in 2009.[1] Pourkashiyan is Seven-time Iranian women's champion (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014) and a record holder among Iranian women chess players.
She was born in Tehran.[2] Pourkashiyan won the World Youth Chess Championship of 2000 in the Girls U12 category.
In April 2010 Pourkashiyan won the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Subic Bay.[3] She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2006, 2008, 2012, 2017.
In team competitions, she has played for Iran at eight Women's Chess Olympiads (2000-2014), the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship, and the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad.[4]
Atousa is married to Hikaru Nakamura.
References
- ^ "Titles approved at the 1st Quarter Presidential Board 2009". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board, 5-8 March 2009, Istanbul, TUR". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Asia Continental Chess Championships 2010". Chessdom.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Atousa Pourkashiyan". Olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links
- Atousa Pourkashiyan rating card at FIDE
- Atousa Pourkashiyan chess games at 365Chess.com
- Atousa Pourkashiyan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Atousa Pourkashiyan member profile at the Internet Chess Club
- "روز هفتم: آتوسا پورکاشان قهرمان شطرنج نوجوانان آسيا و جهان" [Day 7: Atousa Pourkashiyan, Asian and world youth chess champion]. BBC Persian (in Persian). 11 June 2004. English translation.
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