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Ghafourian, Amir Ali
CM🇮🇷FIDE 12533831· Male· Iran· Born in 1999
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Amir Ali Ghafourian, a 27-year-old Iranian Candidate Master, is rated 2136 and sitting in the top 3% of Iranian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 26-month break between Dec 2019 and Mar 2022 (COVID-19 included). Recent standard appearances include Tehran Men's Chess League 1404 Round 6-9, Tehran Men's Chess League 1404 Round 3-5, and Tehran Men's Chess League 1404 Round 1-2. Also played 5 rapid (including jam ghadir tehran rapid) and 2 blitz events (including jam ghadir tehran blitz) recently. His peak of 2195 was reached at age 23 (May 2022, Iranian #51 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 25). At junior level, he reached #15, #11, #10, #18 and #25 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2136
Standard
Rpd2139·Blz2047
All-time high
2195
−59 pts below
May 2022 · age 23
May 2022 · age 23
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#117 · Iranian players · of 4,074
Career timeline
20 entries2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 25
Jan 2024
2022
All-time peak 2195
at age 23 · −59 from today
May 2022
Peak Iranian rank: #51
at age 23 · rated 2176
Apr 2022
2019
15th Iranian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2165
Dec 2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2165 → returned at 2176
Dec 2019
500 career games
at age 20
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+25
2111 → 2136
Tournaments
3
6 games
Score
6/ 6100.0%
6W0D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/2 | #15 | 2574 | +8.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #7 | 2792 | +14.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #19 | 2567 | +2.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsReza Sadeghi Givi
🇮🇷IRI·2044
+26 −11 =6
43 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsMeisam Abed
🇮🇷IRI·1912
+23 −16 =3
42 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsBehrooz Razaghi
🇮🇷IRI·2212
+12 −17 =10
39 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsAmir Hosein KashefiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2169
+11 −19 =8
38 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsOmid NorooziIM
🇮🇷IRI·2252
+9 −22 =4
35 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Iran
#117
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,785
in continent
World
#12,342
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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