WIMMelika Mohammadi

Melika Mohammadi developed her chess in Qazvin, where she trained with the Mehdi Bouyeh Chess Foundation. At thirteen, she won the 2023 Iranian Women's Championship without losing a game, finishing a full point clear of the field. She became a Woman FIDE Master that year and a Woman International Master in 2025. At the 2025 U15 Gymnasiade in Serbia, she won the girls' rapid gold medal and took silver in blitz. Alongside competition, she attended Daneshpazhohan School in Qazvin, studying in its mathematics stream. Her 2026 Olympiad performance brought a second Woman Grandmaster norm after she scored eight points while playing all eleven rounds for Iran.