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Kalantari, Mohammad Saleh
🇮🇷FIDE 36772429· Male· Iran· Born in 2008
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Mohammad Saleh Kalantari, a 18-year-old Iranian player, is rated 2188 — his current career high and ranked 10th among Iranian players under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +166 Elo over the past 12 months. 78 rated games in the past year (≈71/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Shahid reza Karimi Standard Cup 1405, Tehran Pishgam Novin Fajr Standard Bahman 1404, and Tehran Fajr Cup Standard 1404. Also played 13 rapid (including IRCF Rapid 21 Azar 1404) and 15 blitz events (including jam ghadir tehran blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12 and #17 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2188
Standard
Rpd2157·Blz2205
All-time high
2188
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
76
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Iranian players under 18 · of 387
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak Iranian rank: #86
at age 18 · rated 2188
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2188
at age 18
Jun 2026
12th Iranian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2138
Mar 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
6-month rising streak
+51 Elo
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+167
2021 → 2188
Tournaments
12
80 games
Score
72/ 8090.0%
68W8D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 8/8 | #1 | 2434 | +26.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 5/5 | #2 | 2542 | +22.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 11/11 | #2 | 2452 | +48.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 9/5 | #21 | 2464 | +31.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3.5/2 | #6 | 2365 | -13.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMani Parham Asl
🇮🇷IRI·2154
+7 −19 =28
54 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAmir Taha Abdolahi
🇮🇷IRI·1934
+26 −3 =4
33 games·last met May 2026
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vsArman Keshishi
🇮🇷IRI·2166
+10 −7 =3
20 games·last met May 2026
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vsHosein Kazemi
🇮🇷IRI·1716
+8 −4 =7
19 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAli Mousivand
🇮🇷IRI·2074
+4 −7 =5
16 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Iran
#86
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#1,388
in continent
World
#8,828
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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