Borna Derakhshani, the 15-year-old Iranian chess master, will compete for England, not Iran. And his sister Dorsa will play for America.
Iran's Chess Federation has banned Borna after he played against an Israeli in 2017. After the ban was announced, Borna, who is at boarding school in Kent, appealed to the English Chess Federation.
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