Shohreh Bayat, the chess referee defies Compulsory Hijab

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shohreh Bayat, 32, who is Asia’s first and only female Grade-A arbiter and an international arbiter since 2014 has been appointed as the Chief Arbiter of the Women’s World Chess Championship match between the reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) which will start on Sunday in Shanghai.