Question 1

How many FIDE-rated chess players are in Iran?

Accepted Answer

Iran has 11,255 active FIDE-rated chess players.

Question 2

How many Grandmasters are in Iran?

Accepted Answer

Iran has 17 FIDE Grandmasters (GM and WGM).

Question 3

How many International Masters are in Iran?

Accepted Answer

Iran has 24 FIDE International Masters (IM and WIM).

Question 4

How many FIDE Masters are in Iran?

Accepted Answer

Iran has 66 FIDE Masters (FM and WFM).

Question 5

How many titled players are in Iran?

Accepted Answer

Iran has 137 titled players in total (GMs, IMs, FMs and CMs).

Question 6

Who is the best chess player in Iran?

Accepted Answer

The highest-rated chess player from Iran is Maghsoodloo, Parham (GM), with a standard rating of 2720.

Question 7

What is the highest FIDE rating in Iran?

Accepted Answer

The highest standard FIDE rating in Iran is 2720, held by Maghsoodloo, Parham.

Question 8

What is the average rating of the top 10 chess players in Iran?

Accepted Answer

The average standard rating of the top 10 players in Iran is 2569.

Question 9

Where can I find Iran chess rankings?

Accepted Answer

Full Iran chess rankings, rating history and statistics are available on ChessStats at https://chessstats.app/federation/IRI.

#	Player	STD ↓	RPD	BLZ	+/-1m
1	Maghsoodloo, ParhamGM26a· 13p	2 720	2 666	2 625	+12
2	Tabatabaei, M. AminGM25a· 0p	2 700	2 593	2 563	0
3	Idani, PouyaGM31a· 14p	2 602	2 539	2 535	-13
4	Daneshvar, BardiyaGM20a· 9p	2 596	2 546	2 549	-1
5	Movahed, SinaGM16a· 9p	2 575	2 446	2 531	-21
6	Gholami Orimi, MahdiGM24a· 0p	2 530	2 483	2 523	0
7	Pourramezanali, AmirrezaGM34a· 0p	2 521	2 377	2 310	0
8	Mahdavi, RezaIM18a· 9p	2 490	2 471	2 424	0
9	Tahbaz, ArashIM26a· 0p	2 482	2 446	2 411	0
10	Gholami, AryanGM25a· 0p	2 478	2 410	2 403	0

Iran

Titled players — 137