Alireza Firouzja to play for France

The French Chess Federation has announced that Alireza Firouzja will be naturalized in France. The current number 1 player in the junior rating list will represent the French Federation in the future. It will take some time for the change of federation to be completed.

Iran's 16-year-old chess grandmaster wants to change nationality to play vs. Israelis –

Alireza Firouzja an Iranian chess player who left iran and started playing as French because they stopped him from playing against a Zionist player, now he refuses to play against a Russian

Alireza Firouzja received his French naturalization Certificate today : France helped me a lot and made me grow : r/chess

Vive la France! Alireza Firouzja latest chess star to be given a Gallic welcome - Washington Times

Alireza Firouzja Grand Chess Tour

Chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja quits Iran team over ban on playing Israelis

Alireza Firouzja – Wikipedia

Mongoose Press - Alireza Firouzja is no longer playing for Iran ! He is now living in France and he'll play under the Fide flag.

Iran's top chess player refuses to play for his country over ban on Israelis, The Independent

Iran's top chess player to change nationality to play against Israelis

Alireza Firouzja Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss

Caruana Stops Firouzja, Joins Lead of FIDE Grand Swiss Entering Weekend Final

chess24.com on X: 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja is now officially the French no. 1! After recently being granted citizenship, his FIDE profile now shows that he plays for France: #c24live /