This U.S. chess champion is missing the world contest in Iran to protest hijab policy
 

This U.S. chess champion is missing the world contest in Iran to protest hijab policy
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One female chess player is protesting Iran's hijab laws by missing the world tournament.

Nazi Paikidze-Barnes is the reigning U.S. women's chess champion. But she won't be going to the Women's World Championship being held there in February.*

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She explained her decision on Friday in a Facebook post in which she called the World Chess Federation's decision to have the contest in Tehran "unacceptable."

"I think it's unacceptable to host a WOMEN'S World Championship in a place where women do **t have basic fundamental rights and are treated as second-class citizens," she wrote on Facebook. Read more...

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