Iranian chess player clinches draws in FIDE Women’s Grand Prix
Iranian International Master and Woman Grandmaster Sarasadat Khademalsharieh has added two more draws to her record at the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) Women’s Grand Prix in Russia.
On Friday, Khademalsharieh gained the initiative as she played White against 29-year-old Georgian chess player Nino Batsiashvili at the sixth round of the tournament’s fifth and final leg at Ugra Chess Academy in the town of Khanty Mansiysk.
Both sportswomen showed steely determination and skill in the middle game, and the match equalized.
Earlier, the 19-year-old Iranian sportswoman had played against Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster Lela Javakhishvili in the fifth round, and the players agreed to a draw on the 40th move.
Khademalsharieh is scheduled to face Ukrainian chess Grandmaster Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova in round 7.
The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, started on November 18 and will conclude on December 2, 2016.
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