Anahita Zahedifar

Anahita Zahedifar (Persian: آناهیتا زاهدی‌فر; born January 16, 2003) is an Iranian chess player. She is a Woman FIDE Master (WFM) since 2015. She is ranked best female U18 in Iran, 8th female U18 in Asia, and 32nd female U18 in the world.^[1] Her highest rating was 2213 (in January 2020).^[2]

Anahita Zahedifar
Country	Iran
Born	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22)
Title	Woman International Master (2025)
Peak rating	2213 (January 2020)

She won the Women Iranian Chess Championship in 2019, with 8.5 points out of 11 rounds.^[3][4]

She won the

• Iran U-12 Girls Championship in 2014 with score of 8/9.^[5]
• Asian Nations Cup U-14 Chess Team Championship and won 1st place alongside Arash Daghli, Mehdi Gholami, Seyed Kian Pourmousavai and Borna Derakhshani.^[6]
• 2016 World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad and won 1st place playing Board 5 alongside Parham Maghsoodloo, Alireza Firouzja, FM Aryan Gholami, Arash Tahbaz, and team captain Khosro Harandi.^[7]

She played in the women chess olympiad in 2018.^[8]