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Ghafouri, Mohammad Javad

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FIDEFIDE 42528623· Male· Iran· Born in 2002

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Mohammad Javad Ghafouri, a 24-year-old Iranian player, is rated 1870 — just 7 short of his peak of 1877 (Nov 2024, age 22). He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 25 months (2022–2024). Recent appearances: Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 7-9 and Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 3-6. Also played 14 rapid events (including The Aftab Alborz Cup Father's Day Grand Prize, 13 Dey 1404) recently.

At junior level, he reached #30 and #40 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1870

Standard

Rpd1905·Blz1833

All-time high

1877

−7 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 22

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#55,831

#55,831 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
All-time peak 1877
at age 22 · −7 from today
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 22
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1780 → returned at 1877
Sep 2022
30th Iranian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1831
Feb 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
40th Iranian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1831
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Hossein Merikh 1,814
Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 7-9 · Sep 2025 · +8.4 Elo
Evolution
+19
1851 → 1870
Tournaments
2
3 games
Score
3/ 3100.0%
3W0D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 7-9
Team
Sep 20252/2#142586+16.8
Alborz Standard open league 1404 Round 3-6
Team
Aug 20251/1#552293+2.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsMohammad Izady
🇮🇷IRI·2205
+2 −14 =2
18 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsReza Sadeghi Givi
🇮🇷IRI·2044
+1 −16 =1
18 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsVandad Fakhrbakhsh
🇮🇷IRI·1807
+8 −8 =1
17 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsAli Ghobadibigvand
🇮🇷IRI·1817
+7 −6 =4
17 games·last met Feb 2020
View head-to-head →
vsBehrooz Razaghi
🇮🇷IRI·2212
+0 −14 =3
17 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings

/
Iran
#563
out of 9,027 players
Asia-Pacific
#6,595
in continent
World
#55,830
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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4
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5
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6
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8
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9
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10
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563🇮🇷Ghafouri, Mohammad Javad1,870
Asia-Pacific
1
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1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,733
9
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10
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6595🇮🇷Ghafouri, Mohammad Javad1,870
World
1
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2
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2
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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2,761
9
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9
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55830🇮🇷Ghafouri, Mohammad Javad1,870