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Baneshi, Mahan
🇮🇷FIDE 12562220· Male· Iran· Born in 2004
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Mahan Baneshi, a 22-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2156 — just 17 short of his peak of 2173 (Apr 2019, age 15) and sitting in the top 2% of Iranian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 69-month break between Jan 2020 and Nov 2025 (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 3 rapid events (including LARESTAN NILI MALL RAPID CHESSCHAMPIONSHIP 2025) recently. He reached Iranian #82 in Dec 2021.
At junior level, he reached World #69 in U10 and #10, #8, #5 and #6 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2156
Standard
Rpd2118·Blz2036
All-time high
2173
−17 pts below
Apr 2019 · age 15
Apr 2019 · age 15
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 2%
#98 · Iranian players · of 4,074
Career timeline
20 entries2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2021
Peak Iranian rank: #82
at age 17 · rated 2156
Dec 2021
10th Iranian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2156
Mar 2021
2020
Inactive for 69 months
paused at 2156 → returned at 2159
Jan 2020
2019
500 career games
at age 15
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 15
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
2156 → 2156
Tournaments
3
6 games
Score
5/ 683.3%
5W0D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #13 | 2648 | +7.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #50 | 2911 | -11.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2349 | +3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHamidreza TahmasebiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2375
+3 −12 =0
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMojtaba Safari Eskandari
🇮🇷IRI·1946
+2 −8 =3
13 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsHosein Khosravanian
🇮🇷IRI·1968
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2018
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vsParsa Namdarigharghani
🇮🇷IRI·1968
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPouya Mari Ooriad
🇮🇷IRI·2117
+3 −6 =1
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Iran
#98
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,612
in continent
World
#10,850
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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