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HZ
Heydari, Zahra
🇮🇷FIDE 12591220· Female· Iran· Born in 2005
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Zahra Heydari, a 21-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2006 — just 2 short of her peak of 2008 (Feb 2026, age 21) and ranked 21st among Iranian women. She is progressing steadily with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Tehran Pishgam Novin Fajr Standard Bahman 1404, Tehran Fajr Cup Standard 1404, and Jam samane sharif zadeh kerman. Also played 1 blitz event (including Pishgam Blitz Cup 27 Tir 1404) recently. She took a 63-month break between Mar 2020 and Jul 2025 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, she reached #32, #22, #12, #12, #3 and #42 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2006
Standard
Rpd1926·Blz1928
All-time high
2008
−2 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 21
Feb 2026 · age 21
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#21
#21 · Iranian women · of 481
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 2008
at age 21 · −2 from today
Feb 2026
2025
32nd Iranian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2002
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Aug 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2022
22nd Iranian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1976
Feb 2022
2021
12th Iranian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1976
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1997 → 2006
Tournaments
4
23 games
Score
18.5/ 2380.4%
18W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 4/5 | #59 | 2109 | -2.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 7/6 | #22 | 2501 | +5.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 5.5/6 | #34 | 2152 | +1.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/2 | #19 | 2280 | +3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsParnian GhomiWCM
🇨🇦CAN·2032
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2018
View head-to-head →
vsAnahita ZahedifarWIM
🇮🇷IRI·2183
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsAli Pilvaieh
🇮🇷IRI·1975
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsRoham Sekhavatmandi
🇮🇷IRI·1795
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsNikoo Abbaspoorrad
🇮🇷IRI·1864
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings
/
Iran
#256
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,331
in continent
World
#26,565
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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