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Pour Agha Bala, Amirreza
IM🇮🇷FIDE 12572896· Male· Iran· Born in 2004
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Amirreza Pour Agha Bala, a 22-year-old Iranian International Master, is rated 2449 and ranked 15th among Iranian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2449 and 2506 over the past 2 years. 42 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include East Azerbaijan Province Super League 1404 Round 7, East Azerbaijan Province Super League 1404 Round 1-6, and 2nd Betav International Open Chess Tournament - A. Also played 5 rapid (including Iran Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 18th Avicenna International Chess Tournament 2025 -(D)) recently. His peak of 2523 was reached at age 19 (Jun 2023, Iranian #5 at the time); he spent 33 months in Iranian top 10.
Awarded IM in 2025 (age 21). At junior level, he reached World #20 in U20, World #20 in U18, World #18 in U16, World #29 in U14 and #7 and #8 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
2449
Standard
Rpd2392·Blz2427
All-time high
2523
−74 pts below
Jun 2023 · age 19
Jun 2023 · age 19
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#15
#15 · Iranian players · of 4,074
33 months in National top 10 (2022–2025)
33 months in National top 10 (2022–2025)
Career timeline
21 entries2025
33 months in national top 10
longest streak 33 months · since Nov 2022
Jul 2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 21 · 2022 2nd FIDE Council
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 20
Aug 2024
2023
Peak Iranian rank: #5
at age 19 · rated 2523
Jun 2023
20th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2523
Jun 2023
All-time peak 2523
at age 19 · −70 from today
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-30
2479 → 2449
Tournaments
7
51 games
Score
36.5/ 5171.6%
29W15D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHandszar OdeevGM2,253·Cubuk Municipality 10th International Open Chess Tournament - A·R1·-7.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 5/9 | #5 | 2420 | -3.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2760 | +0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 5.5/6 | #2 | 2244 | +2.9 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2387 | -3.3 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/8 | #16 | 2290 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #3 | 2270 | -13.7 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #16 | 2431 | +0.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNima HosseinzadehFM
🇮🇷IRI·2199
+12 −10 =9
31 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsHamidreza Ebrahimi HerabFM
🇮🇷IRI·2354
+13 −7 =6
26 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSahebali AtanejhadFM
🇮🇷IRI·2057
+16 −4 =3
23 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAfshin MoghaddamianCM
🇮🇷IRI·2126
+11 −3 =5
19 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsSina Saemi
🇮🇷IRI·1920
+14 −0 =0
14 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
/
Iran
#15
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#235
in continent
World
#1,025
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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