Tehran: Iran Names Chess Players For World Youth Meet

IRAN NAMES CHESS PLAYERS FOR WORLD YOUTH MEET

Tehran Times, Iran
Sept 30 2006

TEHRAN – Iran’s Chess Federation here Saturday named four players
for the world youth tournament in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

Atussa Purkashian and Mina Hemmati will represent the country in
women’s event and Seyyed Javad Alavi-Moqaddam and Homayun Tofiqi in
men’s competitions.

According to the schedule, the team will depart for Armenia on Oct. 2
to compete at the Swiss-style 13-round event.