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Pourkashiyan, Atousa

Pourkashiyan, Atousa

WGM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 12502014· Female· United States of America· Born in 1988

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Atousa Pourkashiyan, a 38-year-old American Woman Grandmaster, is rated 2238 and ranked 18th among American women, and in the top 3% worldwide. She has slipped back 53 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent appearance: 2025 US Women's Championship. She took a 32-month break between Mar 2020 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2374 was reached at age 23 (May 2011); she also reached American #99 in Jul 2015.

Competes for United States of America since Nov 2022. Competes as a woman since 2012. Awarded WGM in 2009 (age 21) and WIM in 2003 (age 15). At junior level, she reached #9, #6, #4 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2238

Standard

Rpd2225·Blz2226

All-time high

2374

−136 pts below
May 2011 · age 23

Activity

42

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#18

#18 · American women · of 432

Career timeline

24 entries
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 35
Jul 2023
2022
Switched federation: IRI → USA
at age 34
Nov 2022
2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2322 → returned at 2321
Mar 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2300
at age 29
Sep 2017
2016
1,000 career games
at age 28
Dec 2016
2015
Peak American rank: #99
at age 27 · rated 2370
Jul 2015

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Carissa YipIM 2,452
2025 US Women's Championship · Oct 2025 · +15.5 Elo
Evolution
-53
2291 → 2238
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
2/ 1118.2%
1W2D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCarissa YipIM2,452·2025 US Women's Championship·R1·+15.5
2.[D]vsAnna M. SargsyanIM2,369·2025 US Women's Championship·R8·+3.6
3.[D]vsJennifer YuFM2,256·2025 US Women's Championship·R10·+0.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMegan Althea ParaguaFM2,259·2025 US Women's Championship·R11·-9.4
2.[L]vsNazi PaikidzeIM2,297·2025 US Women's Championship·R2·-8.3
3.[L]vsAnna ZatonskihIM2,310·2025 US Women's Championship·R6·-8.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 US Women's Championship
Round-Robin
Oct 20252/11#122085-53.2
Worst Elo result: 2025 US Women's Championship (-53.2 Elo, finished #12).

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vsHoma Alavi
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vsIrine Kharisma SukandarIM
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12 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings

/
United States of America
#243
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#701
in continent
World
#6,344
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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243🇺🇸Pourkashiyan, Atousa2,238
Americas
1
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
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2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
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701🇺🇸Pourkashiyan, Atousa2,238
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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6344🇺🇸Pourkashiyan, Atousa2,238