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.
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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.Be3 g6 16.Qd2 Bg7 17.Nh2 Ne6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 c5 20.d5 Nd4 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Nf3 Nd7 23.Nxd4 Qb6 24.Rad1 Rac8 25.Bb1 Rc4 26.Nge2 a5 27.b3 Rc7 28.Qd3 Ba6 29.Nc6 b4 30.Qg3 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Ne5 32.Bd3 Nxc6 33.dxc6 Qxc6 34.Bc4 Be5 35.Qd3 Qb6 36.g3 Kg7 37.Kg2 Rd8 38.f4 Bf6 39.Qf3 a4 40.Rd5 axb3 41.axb3 Bc3 42.e5 Ra7 43.Rb5 Qd4 44.Rd5 Qb6 45.e6 fxe6 46.Rxe6 Ra2+ 47.Re2 Qa7 48.h4 Re8 49.Rxa2 Qxa2+ 50.Kh3 Qb1 51.Rd1 Qf5+ 52.Kg2 Qc2+ 53.Kh3 Qf5+ 54.Qg4 Re3 55.Qxf5 gxf5 56.Rxd6 Be1 57.Rd7+ Kg6 58.h5+ Kxh5 59.Rg7 Kh6 60.Rg5 Rf3 61.Be6 Re3 62.Bc4 Rf3 63.Bf7 Re3 64.Kg2 Re7 65.Rxf5 Kg7 66.Bc4 Re3 67.g4 Rg3+ 68.Kf1 Bd2 69.Rg5+ Kf6 70.Kf2 Rh3 71.Rf5+ Kg7 72.Rg5+ Kf6 73.Rd5 Bc3 74.Rd7 h5 75.g5+ Kf5 76.Rf7+ Ke4 77.g6 Bd4+ 78.Kg2 Rh4 79.Be2 Rxf4 80.Bf3+ Ke3 81.Re7+ Kd3 82.g7 Bxg7 83.Rxg7 Kc3 84.Bd5 h4 85.Rf7 Rd4 86.Rf3+ Kb2 87.Bc4 Kc2 88.Kf2 Kd2 89.Kf1 Rg4 90.Be6 Re4 91.Bc4 Rg4 92.Kf2 Rd4 93.Rf5 Re4 94.Kf3 Re3+ 95.Kg4 h3 96.Rh5 Re4+ 97.Kxh3 Kc3 98.Kg2 Rf4 99.Rh3+ Kb2 100.Rf3 Re4 101.Kf2 Ka3 102.Re3 Rh4 103.Ke2 Rh2+ 104.Kd3 Rh1 105.Kd4 Rd1+ 106.Kc5 Rd8 107.Re6 Rc8+ 108.Kb5 Rb8+ 109.Rb6 1–0
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Daghli,A | 2431 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | 1–0 | 2021 | C94 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.1 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | ½–½ | 2021 | D82 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.2 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | 0–1 | 2021 | D85 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.3 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | ½–½ | 2021 | B12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.4 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Darini,P | 2432 | 0–1 | 2021 | D85 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.5 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Idani,P | 2588 | ½–½ | 2021 | C47 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.6 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Gholami,A | 2507 | ½–½ | 2021 | A40 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.7 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | 1–0 | 2021 | C43 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 3.8 |
Hakemi,A | 2316 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | 1–0 | 2021 | D97 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.1 |
Gholami,A | 2507 | Jahedi,M | 2201 | 1–0 | 2021 | E22 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.2 |
Idani,P | 2588 | Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | 1–0 | 2021 | C72 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.3 |
Darini,P | 2432 | Mousavi,S | 2522 | ½–½ | 2021 | C45 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.4 |
Daneshvar,B | 2401 | Nikookar,M | 2239 | 1–0 | 2021 | A04 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.5 |
Atakhan,A | 2294 | Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | 0–1 | 2021 | E06 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.6 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | Veisi,B | 2273 | 1–0 | 2021 | B51 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.7 |
Daghli,A | 2431 | Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | ½–½ | 2021 | B90 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 4.8 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | 1–0 | 2021 | E11 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.1 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Daghli,A | 2431 | 0–1 | 2021 | A42 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.2 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | 1–0 | 2021 | E46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.3 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | ½–½ | 2021 | D85 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.4 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | 1–0 | 2021 | B13 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.5 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Darini,P | 2432 | ½–½ | 2021 | D70 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.6 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Idani,P | 2588 | 0–1 | 2021 | B47 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.7 |
Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | Gholami,A | 2507 | ½–½ | 2021 | A04 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 5.8 |
Hakemi,A | 2316 | Gholami,A | 2507 | 0–1 | 2021 | E06 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.1 |
Idani,P | 2588 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | 1–0 | 2021 | C84 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.2 |
Darini,P | 2432 | Jahedi,M | 2201 | 1–0 | 2021 | B27 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.3 |
Daneshvar,B | 2401 | Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | ½–½ | 2021 | A13 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.4 |
Atakhan,A | 2294 | Mousavi,S | 2522 | ½–½ | 2021 | A46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.5 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | Nikookar,M | 2239 | 0–1 | 2021 | A81 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.6 |
Daghli,A | 2431 | Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | 0–1 | 2021 | B32 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.7 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Veisi,B | 2273 | 1–0 | 2021 | A46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 6.8 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | ½–½ | 2021 | A17 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.1 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | 1–0 | 2021 | E42 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.2 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Daghli,A | 2431 | 0–1 | 2021 | A67 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.3 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | 1–0 | 2021 | A13 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.4 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | | 2021 | D12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.5 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | 0–1 | 2021 | B10 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.6 |
Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | Darini,P | 2432 | 1–0 | 2021 | B13 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.7 |
Gholami,A | 2507 | Idani,P | 2588 | ½–½ | 2021 | B40 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 7.8 |
Hakemi,A | 2316 | Idani,P | 2588 | 0–1 | 2021 | A56 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.1 |
Darini,P | 2432 | Gholami,A | 2507 | ½–½ | 2021 | B31 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.2 |
Daneshvar,B | 2401 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | 0–1 | 2021 | A05 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.3 |
Atakhan,A | 2294 | Jahedi,M | 2201 | 1–0 | 2021 | B12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.4 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | 1–0 | 2021 | C65 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.5 |
Daghli,A | 2431 | Mousavi,S | 2522 | ½–½ | 2021 | E46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.6 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Nikookar,M | 2239 | 1–0 | 2021 | C15 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.7 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | 0–1 | 2021 | E06 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 8.8 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | 1–0 | 2021 | E43 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.1 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Veisi,B | 2273 | 1–0 | 2021 | D38 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.2 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | 1–0 | 2021 | D02 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.3 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Daghli,A | 2431 | ½–½ | 2021 | A56 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.4 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | 0–1 | 2021 | B51 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.5 |
Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | 1–0 | 2021 | C11 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.6 |
Gholami,A | 2507 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | ½–½ | 2021 | A11 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.7 |
Idani,P | 2588 | Darini,P | 2432 | 1–0 | 2021 | B62 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 9.8 |
Hakemi,A | 2316 | Darini,P | 2432 | 0–1 | 2021 | D71 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.1 |
Daneshvar,B | 2401 | Idani,P | 2588 | 0–1 | 2021 | A04 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.2 |
Atakhan,A | 2294 | Gholami,A | 2507 | ½–½ | 2021 | D02 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.3 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | 1–0 | 2021 | D90 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.4 |
Daghli,A | 2431 | Jahedi,M | 2201 | 0–1 | 2021 | E46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.5 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | 1–0 | 2021 | A05 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.6 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Mousavi,S | 2522 | 0–1 | 2021 | A40 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.7 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Nikookar,M | 2239 | 1–0 | 2021 | A80 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 10.8 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | 0–1 | 2021 | E16 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.1 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | 0–1 | 2021 | D01 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.2 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Veisi,B | 2273 | 1–0 | 2021 | D45 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.3 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | 0–1 | 2021 | B60 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.4 |
Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | Daghli,A | 2431 | 1–0 | 2021 | B32 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.5 |
Gholami,A | 2507 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | ½–½ | 2021 | A06 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.6 |
Idani,P | 2588 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | 1–0 | 2021 | B12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.7 |
Darini,P | 2432 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | ½–½ | 2021 | B12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 11.8 |
Hakemi,A | 2316 | Daneshvar,B | 2401 | 0–1 | 2021 | E10 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.1 |
Atakhan,A | 2294 | Darini,P | 2432 | 0–1 | 2021 | A50 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.2 |
Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | Idani,P | 2588 | 0–1 | 2021 | D04 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.3 |
Daghli,A | 2431 | Gholami,A | 2507 | 1–0 | 2021 | B40 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.4 |
Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | ½–½ | 2021 | D35 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.5 |
Veisi,B | 2273 | Jahedi,M | 2201 | 0–1 | 2021 | A05 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.6 |
Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | 1–0 | 2021 | E46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.7 |
Nikookar,M | 2239 | Mousavi,S | 2522 | 0–1 | 2021 | A40 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 12.8 |
Mousavi,S | 2522 | Hakemi,A | 2316 | 0–1 | 2021 | A46 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.1 |
Gholami Orimi,M | 2428 | Nikookar,M | 2239 | 1–0 | 2021 | A80 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.2 |
Jahedi,M | 2201 | Maghsoodloo,P | 2676 | 0–1 | 2021 | B62 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.3 |
Mosadeghpour,M | 2498 | Veisi,B | 2273 | ½–½ | 2021 | B21 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.4 |
Gholami,A | 2507 | Ghaem Maghami,E | 2561 | 1–0 | 2021 | A45 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.5 |
Idani,P | 2588 | Daghli,A | 2431 | 1–0 | 2021 | B31 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.6 |
Darini,P | 2432 | Tabatabaei,M | 2629 | ½–½ | 2021 | B10 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.7 |
Daneshvar,B | 2401 | Atakhan,A | 2294 | 1–0 | 2021 | C12 | Iran-ch Final 2021 | 13.8 |
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