【14】Indian Chess Player Quits Iran Competition Over Headscarf..

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Indian Chess Player Quits Iran Competition Over Headscarf Law

June 14, 2018

A Facebook photo of Soumya Swaminathan

This is What’s Trending Today…

A chess champion from India has announced she will not take part in a competition next month in Iran.

Soumya Swaminathan is a 29-year-old grand master. She is the number-five ranked chess player in her country.

Chess set pieces are displayed along with flowers on a stand at the RHS Cardiff Flower Show, Cardiff, Wales, April 15, 2018.

In February, Iranian police arrested 29 people following a series of protests in which women removed their headscarves in public.

Many people on social media supported Swaminathan's decision. One Twitter user wrote, “Religious dress codes should not be imposed on players.”

Another said she was proud of Swaminathan for “resisting...gender inequality.”

Swaminathan is not the only female grandmaster who opposes Iran's laws. In October, Iranian national Dorsa Derakhshani was barred from playing in the country -- or for the national team -- after she played in a tournament in Gibraltar without wearing her headscarf.

Iranian chess player Dorsa Derakhshani speaks in an interview in 2016.

Derakhshani later moved to the United States and joined the U.S. national team.

She said, "It feels good and ... peaceful to play for a federation where I am welcomed and supported."

And that’s What’s Trending Today.

I’m Anna Matteo.

VOA News reported this story. Ashley Thompson adapted it for Learning English. Hai Do was the editor.

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Words in This Story

chess - n. a game for two players in which each player moves 16 pieces across a board and tries to place the opponent's king in a position from which it cannot escape

grand master - n. an expert player in chess who has scored very high in international competition

rank - v. to place (someone or something) in a particular position among a group of people or things that are being judged according to quality, ability, size, etc.

tournament - n. a sports competition or series of contests that involves many players or teams and that usually continues for at least several days

headscarf - n. a piece of cloth worn over a woman's or girl's head

circumstance - n. a condition or fact that affects a situation

gender - n. the state of being male or female

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