2016 Iranian Championship: Two kids and the no. 1

by Albert Silver
1/24/2016 – The Iranian Men’s championship, held in Tehran, Iran, has reached its midway point with a few surprises. At the top of the pecking order is Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, currently second, who has even held the world simul record, but leading is Alireza Firouzja, 12 years old, and in third is Aryan Gholami, 14 years old. At stake are spots on the Olympic team.
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Running from 30 January to 7 February, and hosted by the Tehran Chess Association, the
event is conducted by organizer Henry K. M. Daneshfar who also serves as the chief arbiter.

Opening the tournament is Garshasbi HR, Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports and
the General Director of Youth and Sports in Tehran

14-year-old Aryan Gholami is hardly an unknown, having won the Bronze in the World Youth
championship held a few months ago. At stake here is more than honor but a spot on the
Olympic team in Baku. The top five finishers will represent their nation. Currently ranked third
with 4.0/6, he beat...

... Masoud Mosadeghpour, who won the World Youth Under-18 championship last year as
well with a huge score. Masooud is currently on 50% with 3.0/6.

Aryan Gholami - Omid Noroozi

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1.e4 0 c5 8 2.Nf3 60 d6 9 3.c3 0 Nf6 12 4.Be2 0 g6 27 5.0-0 0 Bg7 7 6.Bb5+ 77 Bd7 599 7.Bxd7+ 19 Qxd7 137 8.Re1 18 Nc6 348 9.d4 37 cxd4 531 10.cxd4 8 d5 5 11.e5 136 Ne4 38 12.Nc3 62 Nxc3 257 13.bxc3 7 0-0 90 14.h4 144 Rfc8 1477 15.h5 559 Nd8 113 16.Bd2 157 Rc6 286 17.g3 500 Qg4 269 18.hxg6 178 fxg6 507 19.Kg2 107 Nf7 375 20.Qb3 113 Qd7 24
21.e6! 80 Rxe6 7 22.Rxe6 6 Qxe6 2 23.Qxb7 10 Rf8 23 Already in depseration mode, Black plays for counterplay on the f-file. Unfortunately he will never have the time to make use of it. 24.Re1 507 Qf5 177 25.Rxe7 94 Kh8 574 26.Qd7 102 Qf6 1 27.Bf4 456 g5 261 28.Nxg5 141 Nxg5 2
29.Rxg7! 10 Ne6 3 If 29...Qxg7? 30.Be5 Rf6 is mate after 31.Qc8+ Qg8 32.Bxf6# 30.Rg4 1–0
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Gholami,A2398Noroozi,O23991–02016B50IRI-ch Men Final 20151.2

In first place, is 12 year-old Alireza Firouzja, who not only shone in the World Youth, but came
within a hair of a GM norm at the recent Qatar Masters. He showed this was no fluke when he
stormed to an incredible 3.5/4 start and is now at 4.5/6, edging out...

...top seed GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, the outright favorite, and who has held the world
record for a simul, when he took on a grand total of 604 boards!

Elvis Presley eat your heart out

Current standings after six rounds

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Born in the US, he grew up in Paris, France, where he completed his Baccalaureat, and after college moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had a peak rating of 2240 FIDE, and was a key designer of Chess Assistant 6. In 2010 he joined the ChessBase family as an editor and writer at ChessBase News. He is also a passionate photographer with work appearing in numerous publications, and the content creator of the YouTube channel, Chess & Tech.

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