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Movahed, Sina
GM🇮🇷FIDE 42520835· Male· Iran· Born in 2010
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Sina Movahed, a 16-year-old Iranian Grandmaster, is rated 2597 and ranked 1st among Iranian players under 16, and 161st worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aeroflot Open 2026, 40th European Club Cup (open), and 1st FUJAIRAH Global Chess Championships - Superstars. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #169 in Mar 2026 and has been in Iranian top 5 for 15 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2024 (age 14), IM in 2024 (age 14), and FM in 2022 (age 12). At junior level, he reached World #3 in U16, World #4 in U14, World #7 in U12, World #9 in U10 and World #2 in U8.
Current rating
2597
Standard
Rpd2446·Blz2524
All-time high
2597
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
61
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Iranian players under 16 · of 517
National top 5 since Jun 2025
National top 5 since Jun 2025
Career timeline
20 entries2026
15 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
longest streak 13 months · since Aug 2024
Jun 2026
Peak World rank: #169
at age 16 · rated 2596
Mar 2026
3rd U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2596
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 2596
at age 15 · −21 from today
Nov 2025
500 career games
at age 15
Jun 2025
2024
4th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2518
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+39
2558 → 2597
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlireza Bosagh ZadehFM
🇮🇷IRI·2302
+4 −6 =4
14 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsReza MahdaviIM
🇮🇷IRI·2494
+6 −4 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsZahra ParvinWFM
🇮🇷IRI·2075
+9 −1 =0
10 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsMohammad Hossein DarvishiCM
🇮🇷IRI·2300
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsHossein Memarzadeh
🇮🇷IRI·2048
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Jul 2022
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Rankings
/
Iran
#4
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#46
in continent
World
#161
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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