TEHRAN – Iran’s visually impaired chess team will compete at 2026 Asian Individual Championships in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Iranian delegation includes athletes Kiarash Irannejad, Alireza Qourchi-Beigi, and Zahra Rabie-Pour, led by coach Mona Salman-Mahini.
The team is scheduled to depart Tehran for Karachi on Monday, Azar 2, 1405 (November 24, 2026), at 15:10, arriving in the city at 19:40 local time that same day.
The tournament is organized in collaboration with the Pakistan Blind Sports Federation, the Christian Foundation of Pakistan, and the International Braille Chess Association (IBCA).
The event will be conducted over nine rounds using the Swiss system, in accordance with the official regulations of the IBCA and the International Chess Federation (FIDE). One round will be played each day, with a time control of 120 minutes per player, plus an increment of 30 seconds per move.
Furthermore, all matches will be played using Braille chess sets, and the hosts will provide participants with “Echo DGT” model chess clocks.