Mari Ooriad, Pouya

Pouya Mari Ooriad, a 44-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2117 and sitting in the top 3% of Iranian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2nd Royal King Genaveh Standard Cup Bahman 1404, Kerman province first division chess league championship - 1404 Round 6-7, and Pars Cup-1404 Fars. Also played 6 rapid (including Bushehr Rapid Cup 15 Aban 1404) and 3 blitz events (including Shiraz Zehne Pouya Cup Blitz 4 Dey 1404) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2005–2007) and 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2283 was reached at age 29 (May 2011, Iranian #27 at the time).