Parham Maghsoodloo leads at Iranian Championship

by André Schulz
4/13/2021 – The Iranian National Championship is currently being held in Tehran. 16 mostly young players are competing in a round-robin and after 13 of 15 rounds Elo-favourite Parham Maghsoodloo is leading the field with 12.0/13. But Pouya Idani (11.5/13) is only half a point behind and still has chances to catch the leader. | Photo: David Llada
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Iranian chess has experienced a remarkable upswing in recent years and has produced many talented players. However, the political and social conditions in the country have hindered the young players from advancing further internationally. For this reason, a number of professionals have left their home country, Alireza Firouzja being the most prominent of them.

Nevertheless, the Iranian National Championship, which is currently played in Tehran, can still has an impressively strong field with many young players.

Top seed and favourite is Former World Junior Champion Parham Maghsoodloo and so far he has more than lived up to this role. In the first 13 rounds Maghsoodloo won 11 games, drew twice, and with two rounds to go he now leads the field with 12.0/13. Half a point behind follows Pouya Idani, runner-up in the World Championship U16 in 2011 and World Junior Champion U18 in 2013.

Actually, one would have expected M.Amin Tabatabaei (Elo 2629) to also be a contender in the race for the title, but the number two seed is not in good form and with 7.5/13 he currently is in fifth place.

Parham Maghsoodloo and Tabatabaei met in round 5 and Maghsoodloo won this crucial encounter convincingly.

 
Maghsoodloo-Tabatabaei

25.h4 White has more space and the more active pieces. Opening the h-file increases the pressure.

25...b5 Maybe fleeing with the king immediately was a better try: 25...Kg8 26.h5 Kf7 27.hxg6+ hxg6 28.Rh3 Rh8.

26.h5 Kg8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rh3 bxc4 29.Bxc4 Rfe8 After 29...Kf7 30.Rgh1 Ke8 White has 31.Qb3; and after 29...Na8 30.Rgh1 Nb6 31.Nc1 White is winning.

30.Rgh1?! Nb5? With ideas such as 31...Nd4 32.Nxd4 Re1 or 31...Rxe2 and 32...Nd4.

But 30...Re3!? offered better chances, e.g. 31.R3h2 (31.Rh6 Bb5; 31.Rh7? also yields nothing after 31...Qxh7 32.Rxh7 Kxh7 33.Nc3=) 31...Rxa3+ 32.Kb1 Rae3 33.Nc1 R8e4 and Black is still in the game.

31.Qd2 Sd4 Or 31...Rxe2 32.Lxe2 Nd4 33.Bd1.

32.Nxd4 cxd4 33.Ka2 Re3 34.Rh6 d3 A last try.

35.Bxd3 Qd4 36.Bb5 White wins a piece because the black queen has to keep an eye on the h8-square. 1–0

Standings

Rk.   Name Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts.  Wtg1 
1 GM Maghsoodloo Parham 2676 * ½   1 1 1   1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12,0 68,00
2 GM Idani Pouya 2588 ½ * ½   1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   1 11,5 68,25
3 GM Gholami Aryan 2507   ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1   1 8,5 50,25
4 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan 2561 0   0 * ½ 0 ½   1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8,0 38,00
5 GM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2629 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½   1 1   1 1 1 0 7,5 40,00
6 IM Mousavi Seyed Khalil 2522 0 ½ 0 1 1 * 0 ½ 1   ½ ½ 0   1 1 7,0 41,50
7 GM Mosadeghpour Masoud 2498   0 ½ ½ 0 1 * 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ½   6,5 40,50
8 GM Darini Pouria 2432 0 0 ½   ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½   1 1 1 0 1 6,5 33,50
9 IM Daneshvar Bardiya 2401 ½ 0 ½ 0   0 0 ½ * ½   1 1 1 ½ 1 6,5 33,50
10   Gholami Orimi Mahdi 2428 0 0 ½ 0 0   1 ½ ½ * ½ ½   1 1 1 6,5 30,75
11 FM Daghli Arash 2431 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0     ½ * 0 1 0 1 1 5,5 28,75
12 FM Atakhan Abtin 2294 0 0 ½ ½   ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 *   1 1 ½ 5,5 27,25
13 FM Hakemi Arman 2316 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0   0   * 1 ½ 1 4,5 20,25
14   Jahedi Mani 2201 0 0 0 0 0   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 * 1   3,0 14,50
15   Veisi Bardia 2273 0     0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 0 2,5 15,25
16   Nikookar Mahdi 2239 0 0 0 0 1 0   0 0 0 0 ½ 0   1 * 2,5 12,75

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1.e4 0 e5 0 2.Nf3 19 Nc6 0 3.Bb5 33 a6 3 4.Ba4 0 Nf6 13 5.0-0 13 Be7 24 6.Re1 39 b5 2:31 7.Bb3 27 0-0 1:50 8.h3 d6 2:15 9.c3 1:59 Nb8 1:08 10.d3 1:08 Nbd7 6 11.Nbd2 11 Bb7 0 12.Nf1 55 Nc5 51 13.Bc2 49 Re8 46 14.Ng3 2:04 Bf8 15.Be3 10:15 g6 16:43 16.Qd2 10:56 Bg7 4:20 17.Nh2 0 Ne6 4:57 18.d4 exd4 31:41 19.cxd4 0 c5 1 20.d5 2:13 Nd4 5 21.Bxd4 1:30 cxd4 7 22.Nf3 1:48 Nd7 0 23.Nxd4 3:03 Qb6 1:56 24.Rad1 5:02 Rac8 25.Bb1 5:37 Rc4 3:37 26.Nge2 a5 0 27.b3 9:13 Rc7 3:07 28.Qd3 12:39 Ba6 2:38 29.Nc6 b4 30.Qg3 7:27 Bxe2 47 31.Rxe2 8 Ne5 32.Bd3 Nxc6 3:03 33.dxc6 0 Qxc6 3:11 34.Bc4 1:30 Be5 35.Qd3 1:23 Qb6 46 36.g3 31 Kg7 4:38 37.Kg2 31 Rd8 38.f4 6:08 Bf6 10 39.Qf3 12 a4 2:25 40.Rd5 1:05 axb3 0 41.axb3 30 Bc3 42.e5 5:46 Ra7 2:57 43.Rb5 4:28 Qd4 45 44.Rd5 1:39 Qb6 1 45.e6 1:35 fxe6 8 46.Rxe6 59 Ra2+ 5 47.Re2 9 Qa7 0 48.h4 35 Re8 1:17 49.Rxa2 7 Qxa2+ 6 50.Kh3 3:12 Qb1 51.Rd1 Qf5+ 0 52.Kg2 45 Qc2+ 53.Kh3 38 Qf5+ 0 54.Qg4 37 Re3 55.Qxf5 32 gxf5 0 56.Rxd6 5 Be1 34 57.Rd7+ 1 Kg6 42 58.h5+ 45 Kxh5 1:07 59.Rg7 9 Kh6 17 60.Rg5 27 Rf3 0 61.Be6 1:27 Re3 22 62.Bc4 26 Rf3 2 63.Bf7 38 Re3 32 64.Kg2 29 Re7 21 65.Rxf5 20 Kg7 0 66.Bc4 43 Re3 67.g4 1 Rg3+ 1:29 68.Kf1 Bd2 12 69.Rg5+ 54 Kf6 70.Kf2 0 Rh3 40 71.Rf5+ Kg7 72.Rg5+ 1:27 Kf6 0 73.Rd5 1 Bc3 74.Rd7 h5 1:13 75.g5+ 1:52 Kf5 3 76.Rf7+ 27 Ke4 0 77.g6 Bd4+ 8 78.Kg2 55 Rh4 79.Be2 38 Rxf4 1:05 80.Bf3+ 23 Ke3 0 81.Re7+ 17 Kd3 34 82.g7 10 Bxg7 47 83.Rxg7 0 Kc3 19 84.Bd5 32 h4 36 85.Rf7 1:19 Rd4 0 86.Rf3+ 21 Kb2 8 87.Bc4 22 Kc2 2 88.Kf2 32 Kd2 1:08 89.Kf1 1:02 Rg4 40 90.Be6 29 Re4 0 91.Bc4 31 Rg4 7 92.Kf2 24 Rd4 1:10 93.Rf5 24 Re4 33 94.Kf3 35 Re3+ 24 95.Kg4 34 h3 0 96.Rh5 15 Re4+ 9 97.Kxh3 33 Kc3 4 98.Kg2 30 Rf4 99.Rh3+ 19 Kb2 36 100.Rf3 Re4 0 101.Kf2 36 Ka3 102.Re3 10 Rh4 38 103.Ke2 Rh2+ 18 104.Kd3 36 Rh1 0 105.Kd4 18 Rd1+ 22 106.Kc5 21 Rd8 107.Re6 5 Rc8+ 41 108.Kb5 Rb8+ 41 109.Rb6 32 1–0
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Ghaem Maghami,E2561Tabatabaei,M2629½–½2021D82Iran-ch Final 20213.2
Veisi,B2273Atakhan,A22940–12021D85Iran-ch Final 20213.3
Maghsoodloo,P2676Daneshvar,B2401½–½2021B12Iran-ch Final 20213.4
Nikookar,M2239Darini,P24320–12021D85Iran-ch Final 20213.5
Mousavi,S2522Idani,P2588½–½2021C47Iran-ch Final 20213.6
Gholami Orimi,M2428Gholami,A2507½–½2021A40Iran-ch Final 20213.7
Jahedi,M2201Mosadeghpour,M24981–02021C43Iran-ch Final 20213.8
Hakemi,A2316Mosadeghpour,M24981–02021D97Iran-ch Final 20214.1
Gholami,A2507Jahedi,M22011–02021E22Iran-ch Final 20214.2
Idani,P2588Gholami Orimi,M24281–02021C72Iran-ch Final 20214.3
Darini,P2432Mousavi,S2522½–½2021C45Iran-ch Final 20214.4
Daneshvar,B2401Nikookar,M22391–02021A04Iran-ch Final 20214.5
Atakhan,A2294Maghsoodloo,P26760–12021E06Iran-ch Final 20214.6
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Veisi,B2273Daghli,A24310–12021A42Iran-ch Final 20215.2
Maghsoodloo,P2676Tabatabaei,M26291–02021E46Iran-ch Final 20215.3
Nikookar,M2239Atakhan,A2294½–½2021D85Iran-ch Final 20215.4
Mousavi,S2522Daneshvar,B24011–02021B13Iran-ch Final 20215.5
Gholami Orimi,M2428Darini,P2432½–½2021D70Iran-ch Final 20215.6
Jahedi,M2201Idani,P25880–12021B47Iran-ch Final 20215.7
Mosadeghpour,M2498Gholami,A2507½–½2021A04Iran-ch Final 20215.8
Hakemi,A2316Gholami,A25070–12021E06Iran-ch Final 20216.1
Idani,P2588Mosadeghpour,M24981–02021C84Iran-ch Final 20216.2
Darini,P2432Jahedi,M22011–02021B27Iran-ch Final 20216.3
Daneshvar,B2401Gholami Orimi,M2428½–½2021A13Iran-ch Final 20216.4
Atakhan,A2294Mousavi,S2522½–½2021A46Iran-ch Final 20216.5
Tabatabaei,M2629Nikookar,M22390–12021A81Iran-ch Final 20216.6
Daghli,A2431Maghsoodloo,P26760–12021B32Iran-ch Final 20216.7
Ghaem Maghami,E2561Veisi,B22731–02021A46Iran-ch Final 20216.8
Veisi,B2273Hakemi,A2316½–½2021A17Iran-ch Final 20217.1
Maghsoodloo,P2676Ghaem Maghami,E25611–02021E42Iran-ch Final 20217.2
Nikookar,M2239Daghli,A24310–12021A67Iran-ch Final 20217.3
Mousavi,S2522Tabatabaei,M26291–02021A13Iran-ch Final 20217.4
Gholami Orimi,M2428Atakhan,A22942021D12Iran-ch Final 20217.5
Jahedi,M2201Daneshvar,B24010–12021B10Iran-ch Final 20217.6
Mosadeghpour,M2498Darini,P24321–02021B13Iran-ch Final 20217.7
Gholami,A2507Idani,P2588½–½2021B40Iran-ch Final 20217.8
Hakemi,A2316Idani,P25880–12021A56Iran-ch Final 20218.1
Darini,P2432Gholami,A2507½–½2021B31Iran-ch Final 20218.2
Daneshvar,B2401Mosadeghpour,M24980–12021A05Iran-ch Final 20218.3
Atakhan,A2294Jahedi,M22011–02021B12Iran-ch Final 20218.4
Tabatabaei,M2629Gholami Orimi,M24281–02021C65Iran-ch Final 20218.5
Daghli,A2431Mousavi,S2522½–½2021E46Iran-ch Final 20218.6
Ghaem Maghami,E2561Nikookar,M22391–02021C15Iran-ch Final 20218.7
Veisi,B2273Maghsoodloo,P26760–12021E06Iran-ch Final 20218.8
Maghsoodloo,P2676Hakemi,A23161–02021E43Iran-ch Final 20219.1
Nikookar,M2239Veisi,B22731–02021D38Iran-ch Final 20219.2
Mousavi,S2522Ghaem Maghami,E25611–02021D02Iran-ch Final 20219.3
Gholami Orimi,M2428Daghli,A2431½–½2021A56Iran-ch Final 20219.4
Jahedi,M2201Tabatabaei,M26290–12021B51Iran-ch Final 20219.5
Mosadeghpour,M2498Atakhan,A22941–02021C11Iran-ch Final 20219.6
Gholami,A2507Daneshvar,B2401½–½2021A11Iran-ch Final 20219.7
Idani,P2588Darini,P24321–02021B62Iran-ch Final 20219.8
Hakemi,A2316Darini,P24320–12021D71Iran-ch Final 202110.1
Daneshvar,B2401Idani,P25880–12021A04Iran-ch Final 202110.2
Atakhan,A2294Gholami,A2507½–½2021D02Iran-ch Final 202110.3
Tabatabaei,M2629Mosadeghpour,M24981–02021D90Iran-ch Final 202110.4
Daghli,A2431Jahedi,M22010–12021E46Iran-ch Final 202110.5
Ghaem Maghami,E2561Gholami Orimi,M24281–02021A05Iran-ch Final 202110.6
Veisi,B2273Mousavi,S25220–12021A40Iran-ch Final 202110.7
Maghsoodloo,P2676Nikookar,M22391–02021A80Iran-ch Final 202110.8
Nikookar,M2239Hakemi,A23160–12021E16Iran-ch Final 202111.1
Mousavi,S2522Maghsoodloo,P26760–12021D01Iran-ch Final 202111.2
Gholami Orimi,M2428Veisi,B22731–02021D45Iran-ch Final 202111.3
Jahedi,M2201Ghaem Maghami,E25610–12021B60Iran-ch Final 202111.4
Mosadeghpour,M2498Daghli,A24311–02021B32Iran-ch Final 202111.5
Gholami,A2507Tabatabaei,M2629½–½2021A06Iran-ch Final 202111.6
Idani,P2588Atakhan,A22941–02021B12Iran-ch Final 202111.7
Darini,P2432Daneshvar,B2401½–½2021B12Iran-ch Final 202111.8
Hakemi,A2316Daneshvar,B24010–12021E10Iran-ch Final 202112.1
Atakhan,A2294Darini,P24320–12021A50Iran-ch Final 202112.2
Tabatabaei,M2629Idani,P25880–12021D04Iran-ch Final 202112.3
Daghli,A2431Gholami,A25071–02021B40Iran-ch Final 202112.4
Ghaem Maghami,E2561Mosadeghpour,M2498½–½2021D35Iran-ch Final 202112.5
Veisi,B2273Jahedi,M22010–12021A05Iran-ch Final 202112.6
Maghsoodloo,P2676Gholami Orimi,M24281–02021E46Iran-ch Final 202112.7
Nikookar,M2239Mousavi,S25220–12021A40Iran-ch Final 202112.8
Mousavi,S2522Hakemi,A23160–12021A46Iran-ch Final 202113.1
Gholami Orimi,M2428Nikookar,M22391–02021A80Iran-ch Final 202113.2
Jahedi,M2201Maghsoodloo,P26760–12021B62Iran-ch Final 202113.3
Mosadeghpour,M2498Veisi,B2273½–½2021B21Iran-ch Final 202113.4
Gholami,A2507Ghaem Maghami,E25611–02021A45Iran-ch Final 202113.5
Idani,P2588Daghli,A24311–02021B31Iran-ch Final 202113.6
Darini,P2432Tabatabaei,M2629½–½2021B10Iran-ch Final 202113.7
Daneshvar,B2401Atakhan,A22941–02021C12Iran-ch Final 202113.8

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