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Momtahan, Hossein
🇮🇷FIDE 12567850· Male· Iran
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Hossein Momtahan, a Iranian player, is rated 1930. He is climbing fast, having gained +82 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent appearances: 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(B) and Fasa Standard Cup Tir 1404. Also played 11 rapid (including jam ghadir tehran rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(D)) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2018–2019), 27 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2078 was reached (Feb 2013).
Current rating
1930
Standard
Rpd2001·Blz1955
All-time high
2078
−148 pts below
Feb 2013
Feb 2013
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40,979
#40,979 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+96 Elo)
1795 → 1891
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
Aug 2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1818 → returned at 1854
Aug 2023
2019
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1943 → returned at 1940
Aug 2019
2018
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1961 → returned at 1943
Jun 2018
2015
100 career games
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+82
1848 → 1930
Tournaments
2
20 games
Score
16/ 2080.0%
15W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8.5/11 | #4 | 2023 | +34.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2075 | +48.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHamidreza TahmasebiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2375
+1 −18 =3
22 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsBehtash Salimifard
🇮🇷IRI·2179
+1 −17 =3
21 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMojtaba Safari Eskandari
🇮🇷IRI·1946
+7 −8 =4
19 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMahdi Khademi
🇮🇷IRI·2164
+6 −5 =6
17 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPouya Mari Ooriad
🇮🇷IRI·2117
+6 −8 =2
16 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
Iran
#392
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,852
in continent
World
#40,978
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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