Dorsa Derakhshani to Speak on "Power of Preparation" in August 27th Girls Club Class

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IM Dorsa Derakhshani

IM Dorsa Derakshani will speak to our ZOOM girls club on August 27th at 6 PM EDT about the "Power of Preparation." 

Dorsa wrote an article about her journey from Iran to becoming a US player in the New York Times and she has also given a TED talk. She is now a student at SLU and you can learn even more about her on the award-winning Ladies Knight podcast.

Sign up for Dorsa's class using this Google Form. 

https://forms.gle/RCNghGfs2VeDNJ2J9 

The classes are free but please check if you have an active US Chess membership. 

We also have a special workshop on Friday August 28th at 12 EDT that will introduce US chess to Kenya chess girls. Find out more here and sign up here. 

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