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Salimifard, Behtash
🇮🇷FIDE 12526630· Male· Iran· Born in 1994
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Behtash Salimifard, a 32-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2179 and sitting in the top 2% of Iranian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 2 years. 24 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Shiraz Daneshjoo Cup Standard Azar 1404, Kerman province first division chess league championship - 1404 Round 6-7, and Pars Cup-1404 Fars. Also played 7 rapid (including Bushehr Rapid Cup 15 Aban 1404) and 2 blitz events (including Shiraz Zehne Pouya Cup Blitz 4 Dey 1404) recently. His peak of 2232 was reached at age 26 (Feb 2020); he also reached Iranian #42 in Mar 2022.
At junior level, he reached #7, #9 and #12 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2179
Standard
Rpd2250·Blz2201
All-time high
2232
−53 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 26
Feb 2020 · age 26
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#88 · Iranian players · of 4,074
Career timeline
19 entries2025
500 career games
at age 31
Apr 2025
2022
Peak Iranian rank: #42
at age 28 · rated 2225
Mar 2022
2020
All-time peak 2232
at age 26 · −53 from today
Feb 2020
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2232 → returned at 2225
Feb 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
May 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 23
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
2176 → 2179
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
19/ 2479.2%
16W6D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAnousha MahdianWIM2,071·Kerman province first division chess league championship - 1404 Round 3-5·R4·+6.6
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2134 | +3.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #76 | 1406 | -19.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8.5/10 | #2 | 2145 | +8.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3/2 | #14 | 2680 | +8.6 |
Worst Elo result: Kerman province first division chess league championship - 1404 Round 6-7 (-19.2 Elo, finished #76).
Most-Played Opponents
vsHamidreza TahmasebiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2375
+12 −22 =3
37 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsPouya Mari Ooriad
🇮🇷IRI·2117
+11 −7 =3
21 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsHossein Momtahan
🇮🇷IRI·1930
+17 −1 =3
21 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDavood Vahdatian
🇮🇷IRI·1995
+9 −5 =6
20 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsRasool Vaziri
🇮🇷IRI·2109
+11 −1 =6
18 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Iran
#88
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,453
in continent
World
#9,341
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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