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Damod, Sajjad
🇮🇷FIDE 32769806· Male· Iran· Born in 2008
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Sajjad Damod, a 18-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2037 — just 15 short of his peak of 2052 (Mar 2025, age 17) and ranked 20th among Iranian players under 18. He is progressing steadily with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2025 (Boys U18), Ham peyman Standard Tournament Sabzevar, and The First Standard Tournament Of The Tactic Chess Cup-Mashhad City Mordad 1404. Also played 7 rapid (including Mashhad Rapid 11 Ordibehesht 1405) and 4 blitz events (including Blitz Chess Tournament Ghadir Khorasan Razavi 1404) recently. He took a 26-month break between Sep 2019 and Dec 2021 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #14, #19, #55 and #94 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2037
Standard
Rpd2181·Blz1991
All-time high
2052
−15 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 17
Mar 2025 · age 17
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#20
#20 · Iranian players under 18 · of 387
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Oct 2025
14th Iranian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2052
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2052
at age 17 · −15 from today
Mar 2025
100 career games
at age 17
Mar 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Oct 2024
19th Iranian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1975
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+35
2002 → 2037
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
18.5/ 2768.5%
14W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEilia Gholinezhad1,815·The First Standard Tournament Of The Tactic Chess Cup-Mashhad City Mordad 1404·R6·-26.3
2.[L]vsMohammad Hosei Ghanbaralifarzad2,098·Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2025 (Boys U18)·R9·-16.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 2135 | +108.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #13 | 1954 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/8 | #76 | 1876 | -64.0 |
Worst Elo result: The First Standard Tournament Of The Tactic Chess Cup-Mashhad City Mordad 1404 (-64.0 Elo, finished #76).
Most-Played Opponents
vsMohammad Dana
🇮🇷IRI·1473
+12 −1 =1
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsJamal Zare
🇮🇷IRI·2036
+4 −1 =7
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsHamed Ramshini
🇮🇷IRI·1742
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMohammad Taghi Vassalam
🇮🇷IRI·1940
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSobhan ZahmatiFM
🇮🇷IRI·2123
+1 −9 =0
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Iran
#217
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,888
in continent
World
#22,325
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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