The Iranian Chess Championship is the yearly national

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championship of

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. Below is the gallery of champions, notice the gap between 1980 and 1990 (1359 and 1369 according to the

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), when chess was forbidden in Iran. There is also a gap between 1978 and 1980 (1356 and 1358) because of the

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Champions

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Women

References

* Results from

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* Results from iranchess.com

* Results from ChessBase
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* Results of Women's Championship from Chess-Results
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