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Dorsa and Borna were born in Tehran, Iran. Dorsa learnt the moves at the age of two and played in her first tournament when she was seven, winning her first national championship (U-8 girls). By the age of fourteen she was winning international titles such as Asian Youth Champion three times. She gained her WIM, WGM and IM titles by the age of eighteen. She became a FIDE Trainer in 2016, and is still the youngest FT in the world. She now lives in and represents the USA, and won bronze in the US Women's Championship in 2020. She is studying biology at St Louis University, playing for the SLU chess team and teaching at St Louis Chess Club. Borna also learnt chess at a young age and was the youngest participant in the World Youth Championship in 2007. He won multiple national championships in Iran and silver medal twice in the Asian Youth Championship. He has also won several youth opens such as Biel, Abu Dhabi and Gibraltar. He now lives in the UK. He has won the British U-16 and U-18 championships, taken silver in the British U-21 championship and represented the UK national team in the 2019 European Team Youth Championship where he took silver on board two. He is now an FM and plays for Wood Green in the 4NCL.
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