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Barzegar, Saeb
🇮🇷FIDE 12513237· Male· Iran· Born in 1998
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Saeb Barzegar, a 28-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2048 and sitting in the top 5% of Iranian players, and in the top 10% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 13-month break between Jul 2024 and Sep 2025. Recent appearance: The 1st Chess Tournament Summer Cup Sari and Sabzi Tierd (Standard-Rated). Also played 6 rapid (including IRCF Weekly Rapid Tournament 4 Ordibehesht 1405) and 3 blitz events (including khomeisi academy Rapid 8 Esfsnd 1404) recently. His peak of 2080 was reached at age 18 (Jul 2016).
At junior level, he reached #18, #14, #12, #16 and #16 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2048
Standard
Rpd2070·Blz2063
All-time high
2080
−32 pts below
Jul 2016 · age 18
Jul 2016 · age 18
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#200 · Iranian players · of 4,074
Career timeline
21 entries2024
63rd Iranian 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 2036
Jul 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2036 → returned at 2048
Jul 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 26
Jun 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 25
Dec 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Jul 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
Mar 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
The 1st Chess Tournament Summer Cup Sari and Sabzi Tierd (Standard-Rated)perf 2116 (+68) · 6/7 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+12
2036 → 2048
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
6/ 785.7%
5W2D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2116 | +11.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSeyed Jafar Khomeisi
🇮🇷IRI·2096
+6 −12 =8
26 games·last met May 2026
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vsMohammad Akbari GelvardiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2275
+5 −9 =5
19 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAli Asadi
🇮🇷IRI·2054
+8 −4 =6
18 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsAbdollah Naderi
🇮🇷IRI·2103
+6 −5 =6
17 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsSeyed Kian PoormosaviIM
🇮🇷IRI·2373
+3 −10 =2
15 games·last met Feb 2024
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Rankings
/
Iran
#200
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,748
in continent
World
#21,023
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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