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Nazari, Arad
IM🇮🇷FIDE 12577324· Male· Iran· Born in 2004
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Arad Nazari, a 22-year-old Iranian International Master, is rated 2418 — just 7 short of his peak of 2425 (Feb 2025, age 21) and ranked 18th among Iranian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 21 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group A, VI elllobregat Open Group A, and 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships - Masters. Also played 5 rapid (including 1st Abyek Rapid Cup 1404) and 10 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached Iranian #18 in Sep 2022.
Awarded IM in 2022 (age 18) and FM in 2020 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #83 in U20, World #60 in U18, World #57 in U16, World #62 in U12 and #3 and #15 nationally in U14 and U10.
Current rating
2418
Standard
Rpd2277·Blz2343
All-time high
2425
−7 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 21
Feb 2025 · age 21
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#18
#18 · Iranian players · of 4,074
Career timeline
27 entries2025
All-time peak 2425
at age 21 · −7 from today
Feb 2025
2024
83rd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2401
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 20
Sep 2024
2022
IM title awardedIM
at age 18 · 2022 2nd FIDE Council
Dec 2022
Peak Iranian rank: #18
at age 18 · rated 2410
Sep 2022
60th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2410
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
2405 → 2418
Tournaments
5
45 games
Score
25/ 4555.6%
16W18D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6.5/10 | #25 | 2309 | -6.7 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 7/10 | #12 | 2577 | +24.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #143 | 2320 | -8.9 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #56 | 2463 | +7.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/8 | #57 | 2371 | -4.1 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAli RastbodFM
🇮🇷IRI·2308
+11 −32 =11
54 games·last met May 2026
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vsMahan RamezaniFM
🇮🇷IRI·2280
+12 −12 =17
41 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsBenyamin BabaniyaCM
🇮🇷IRI·2100
+12 −17 =11
40 games·last met May 2026
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vsMani Jahedi
🇮🇷IRI·2231
+9 −12 =14
35 games·last met May 2026
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vsArash DaghliIM
🇮🇷IRI·2429
+4 −20 =7
31 games·last met Aug 2023
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Rankings
/
Iran
#18
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#310
in continent
World
#1,383
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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