Ghazal Hakimifard
{{short description|Iranian-Swiss chess player (born 1994)}}
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| country = Iran (until May 2020)
Switzerland (since June 2020)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|14|df=y}}
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| title = Woman Grandmaster (2016)
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| peakrating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/12506540 2308] (September 2016)
| FideID = 12506540
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Ghazal Hakimifard ({{langx|fa|غزل حکیمیفرد}}; born 14 April 1994) is an Iranian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2016). She is an Iranian Women's Chess Championship winner (2010).
Biography
In 2007, Hakimifard won bronze medal in Asian Youth Chess Championship in U14 girl's age group.{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr7673.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 |title=Asian Youth Championship - Girls U14 |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=1 November 2019}} She is multiple medalist of Iranian Women's Chess Championship: gold (2010),{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/iranian-chess-championships |title=Iranian Chess Championships |website=Chessdom.com |date=14 March 2010 |access-date=1 November 2019}} silver (2012){{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr52535.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |title=Asian Zonal 3.1 Women Championship 2011 |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=1 November 2019}} and bronze (2011).{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr86250.aspx?lan=1&art=4 |title=Iran Women Championship 2012 |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=1 November 2019}}
She played for Iran in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web |url=https://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/rlhzr5bi.html |title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ghazal Hakimifard |first=Wojciech |last=Bartelski |website=OlimpBase.org |access-date=1 November 2019}}
- In 2010, at reserve board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in Khanty-Mansiysk (+5, =0, -2),
- In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+6, =2, -0),
- In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø (+5, =0, -2),
- In 2016, at fourth board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+5, =4, -1).{{Cite web |url=http://chess-results.com/tnr232876.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=IRI&flag=30 |title=42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women |website=Chess-Results.com |access-date=1 November 2019}}
Hakimifard played for Iran and Iran 2 teams in the Women's Asian Team Chess Championships:{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/rlhzr5bi.html |title=Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Ghazal Hakimifard |first=Wojciech |last=Bartelski |website=OlimpBase.org |access-date=1 November 2019}}
- In 2005, at first reserve board in the 4th Asian Team Chess Championship (women) in Isfahan (+2, =1, -1) and won team bronze medal,
- In 2014, at fourth board in the 8th Asian Women's Nations Chess Cup in Tabriz (+0, =2, -1) and won team bronze medal.
She played for Iran in the Asian Games:{{cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersav/rlhzr5bi.html |title=Asian Games (chess - women) :: Ghazal Hakimifard |first=Wojciech |last=Bartelski |website=OlimpBase.org |access-date=1 November 2019}}
- In 2010, at fourth board in the 16th Asian Games (chess - women) in Guangzhou (+2, =2, -1).
In 2011, Hakimifard received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title,{{Cite web |url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=12506540&title=WIM&pb=30 |title=Title Applications (WIM) |website=ratings.FIDE.com |access-date=1 November 2019}} and in 2016, she received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title.{{Cite web |url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=12506540&title=WGM&pb=46 |title=Title Applications (WGM) |website=ratings.FIDE.com |access-date=1 November 2019}}
References
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External links
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- {{Instagram|ghazalhkmf}}
{{List of Iranian refugee and immigrant athletes}}
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Category:Iranian female chess players
Category:21st-century Iranian chess players
Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Chess players at the 2010 Asian Games
Category:21st-century chess players
Category:Asian Games competitors for Iran
Category:Sportspeople of Iranian descent
Category:21st-century Iranian sportswomen
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