Vassalam, Mohammad Taghi

Mohammad Taghi Vassalam, a 51-year-old Iranian player, is rated 1940. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent appearances: Ham peyman Standard Tournament Sabzevar and The First Standard Tournament Of The Tactic Chess Cup-Mashhad City Mordad 1404. Also played 24 rapid (including Mashhad Father Rapid Cup 12 Dey 1404) and 8 blitz events (including Mashhad Father Blitz 11 Dey 1404) recently. He took a 19-month break between Jan 2008 and Sep 2009. His peak of 2269 was reached at age 28 (Jan 2003, Iranian #21 at the time).