Iran's under-16 Chess team managed to defeat the Kazakhstan and advance to the third place of the World Olympiad.
Iran NOC; Tehran: During the
Under-16 World Chess Olympiad, Iranian National team faced Kazakhstan as the
first chance to win the championship and won by 3-1. In this competition, all
Iranian chess players except one won against their opponents. With this
victory, Iran ranked third until the end of the sixth round. The teams of Turkey
and India are in the first and second ranks of this tournament, respectively. In
the next round of this tournament (seventh round), Iranian Chess must face the
leading team, Turkey. This game will be followed very sensitively for the
national chess players of Iran. The U16 World Olympiad is a Chess tournament
that will be held from October 2 to 10, 2022 in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.