MADRID The Iranian chess player, Atousa Pourkashian, in the under-10 category of the 14th World Youth Chess Championship in Castellon, Spain, jointly ranked third with her Georgian counterpart. Shadi Paridar, another chess player of Iran participating in under-12 age group, stood at 7th place among 84 players. Javad Alavi Moqaddam, the reigning under-10 world champion but competing in under-12 category this year, also ranked 13th among 99 participants.

Some 800 chess players from 90 countries attended the 16-day contests which concluded Friday evening. (IRNA)