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Gholami, Aryan
GM🇮🇷FIDE 12513342· Male· Iran· Born in 2001
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Aryan Gholami, a 25-year-old Iranian Grandmaster, is rated 2462 and ranked 12th among Iranian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈74/year long-term). Recent appearances: 9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A and Turkiye Chess First League - 2025. His peak of 2554 was reached at age 18 (Oct 2019, World #427 at the time); he spent 23 months in Iranian top 5.
Awarded GM in 2020 (age 19), IM in 2016 (age 15), and FM in 2010 (age 9). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U12 and U8, World #16 in U20, World #9 in U18, World #10 in U16, World #8 in U14 and World #10 in U10.
Current rating
2462
Standard
Rpd2410·Blz2403
All-time high
2554
−92 pts below
Oct 2019 · age 18
Oct 2019 · age 18
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#12
#12 · Iranian players · of 4,074
23 months in National top 5 (2019–2023)
23 months in National top 5 (2019–2023)
Career timeline
25 entries2023
23 months in national top 5
since May 2019
Jan 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Jul 2022
2020
GM title awardedGM
at age 19 · 90th FIDE Congress 2019
Mar 2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2507 → returned at 2513
Feb 2020
16th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2541
Jan 2020
2019
Peak World rank: #427
at age 18 · rated 2554
Oct 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - Aperf 2547 (+69) · 6.5/9 · #3
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
2449 → 2462
Tournaments
5
46 games
Score
29/ 4663.0%
18W22D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVugar RasulovGM2,525·9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A·R4·+5.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMikhail UlybinGM2,349·9th Mersin Metropolitan Municipality International Open Chess Tournament - A·R2·-6.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 6/9 | #3 | 2492 | +3.6 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #4 | 2365 | -11.5 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 7/10 | #2 | 2456 | -2.0 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #5 | 2426 | -5.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2547 | +9.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSeyed Khalil MousaviGM
🇮🇷IRI·2474
+4 −8 =9
21 games·last met Apr 2021
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vsEhsan Ghaem MaghamiGM
🇮🇷IRI·2441
+2 −6 =10
18 games·last met Apr 2021
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vsMahdi Gholami OrimiGM
🇮🇷IRI·2530
+7 −4 =6
17 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsM. Amin TabatabaeiGM
🇮🇷IRI·2714
+3 −7 =7
17 games·last met Apr 2021
View head-to-head →
vsMasoud MosadeghpourGM
🇮🇷IRI·2416
+5 −4 =7
16 games·last met Apr 2021
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Rankings
/
Iran
#12
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#209
in continent
World
#893
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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