Top 65+ Standard Chess Players in Iran 🇮🇷
139 65+ active players in Iran by Standard rating. #1 Esmail Safarzadeh leads with 2,203 — 223 pts ahead of Hossein Aryanejad (1,980). This month's standout moves (top 50): Ashour Kohansall led all gainers at +20 pts, while Mir Mahmood Alavi saw the steepest fall at -1 pts.
RECENT IRAN #1 · 2021 → 2026
12 distinct leaders across 19 years
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20212022202420252026
- MiraghaJan 2021 → Dec 20211y
- DeljouJan 2022 → Jan 20221mo
- RezaeiFeb 2022 → Jan 20231y
- AryanejadFeb 2023 → Feb 20231mo
- RezaeiMar 2023 → Feb 20241y
- AryanejadMar 2024 → Aug 20246mo
- DeljouSep 2024 → Sep 20251y
- AryanejadOct 2025 → Nov 20252mo
- SafarzadehDec 2025 → Jun 20267mo
Rezaei2y · 2 reignsDeljou1y · 2 reignsMiragha1yAryanejad9mo · 3 reignsSafarzadeh7mo
Avg. top 10
Standard · Active · 65+ · vs 1 month
1,843-28
Avg. top 100
Standard · Active · 65+ · vs 1 month
1,603-10
Active players
Active · 65+ · vs 1 month
139-6
Rankings
Standard · Active · vs 1 month · 65+
# | Player | Standard↓ | Rapid | Blitz | Δ 1M | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1▲79 | Safarzadeh, EsmailFM · 73 yrsFollow Esmail SafarzadehTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2203 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
2▲295 | Aryanejad, HosseinIM · 68 yrsFollow Hossein AryanejadTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1980 | 2105 | 2066 | 0 | 0 |
3▲387 | Deljou, Rahim · 69 yrsFollow Rahim DeljouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1932 | 1864 | 1813 | 0 | 0 |
4▲802 | Sabouri, Farrokh · 66 yrsFollow Farrokh SabouriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1806 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
5▲893 | Akhavan Rad, AliAsghar · 67 yrsFollow AliAsghar Akhavan RadTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1789 | 1710 | 1944 | 0 | 0 |
6▲957 | Anousheh, Mohammad Ali · 71 yrsFollow Mohammad Ali AnoushehTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1776 | 1813 | — | 0 | 0 |
7▲1015 | Fazeli, Mohammad Ali · 66 yrsFollow Mohammad Ali FazeliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1765 | 1799 | 1776 | 0 | 0 |
8▲1145 | Barati, Mahmoud · 65 yrsFollow Mahmoud BaratiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1739 | 1662 | 1709 | 0 | 0 |
9▲1249 | Golshani, Hossein · 66 yrsFollow Hossein GolshaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1722 | — | 1697 | 0 | 0 |
10▲1280 | Fardbehbahani, Behnam · 71 yrsFollow Behnam FardbehbahaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1716 | 1833 | 1685 | 0 | 0 |
11▲1305 | Taghipoor, Habibollah · 67 yrsFollow Habibollah TaghipoorTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1711 | 1832 | — | 0 | 0 |
12▲1348 | Tajfirooz, Behrouz · 68 yrsFollow Behrouz TajfiroozTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1706 | 1708 | 1646 | 0 | 0 |
13▲1350 | Gholamshahi, Gholam · 70 yrsFollow Gholam GholamshahiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1706 | 1700 | — | 0 | 0 |
14▲1503 | Kohansall, Ashour · 69 yrsFollow Ashour KohansallTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1704 | 1767 | 1760 | +20 | 6 |
15▲1439 | Rahmani, Behrouz · 77 yrsFollow Behrouz RahmaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1693 | 1514 | — | 0 | 0 |
16▲1526 | Edalati, Behzad · 70 yrsFollow Behzad EdalatiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1680 | 1706 | 1599 | 0 | 0 |
17▲1767 | Zafarmand, Mohsen · 67 yrsFollow Mohsen ZafarmandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1648 | 1659 | — | 0 | 0 |
18▲1818 | Mirsaeedi, Farhad · 73 yrsFollow Farhad MirsaeediTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1641 | 1526 | — | 0 | 0 |
19▲1829 | Afshari, Mehdi · 71 yrsFollow Mehdi AfshariTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1639 | 1633 | 1606 | 0 | 0 |
20▲1870 | Pour Eskandar, Aliakbar · 74 yrsFollow Aliakbar Pour EskandarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1635 | 1653 | 1708 | 0 | 0 |
21▲1932 | Ebrahimi, Reza · 73 yrsFollow Reza EbrahimiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1626 | 1528 | — | 0 | 0 |
22▲2005 | Abbasi, Hamid · 72 yrsFollow Hamid AbbasiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1616 | 1584 | 1592 | 0 | 0 |
23▲2013 | Nadi, Behrooz · 66 yrsFollow Behrooz NadiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1613 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
24▲2049 | Alizadeh, Valiollah · 69 yrsFollow Valiollah AlizadehTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1609 | 1600 | 1569 | 0 | 0 |
25▲2196 | Haji Habib Zadeh, Abbasali · 67 yrsFollow Abbasali Haji Habib ZadehTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1592 | 1547 | 1692 | 0 | 0 |
26▲2387 | Teymouri, Abbas GholiFM · 78 yrsFollow Abbas Gholi TeymouriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1573 | 1548 | 1654 | 0 | 0 |
27▲2505 | Amirpour, Gholamreza · 72 yrsFollow Gholamreza AmirpourTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1561 | 1598 | 1578 | 0 | 0 |
28▲2571 | Shayani, Mohammad Ali · 67 yrsFollow Mohammad Ali ShayaniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1554 | 1565 | 1585 | 0 | 0 |
29▲2657 | Mohajer Pour, Mehran · 67 yrsFollow Mehran Mohajer PourTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1546 | 1548 | 1580 | 0 | 0 |
30▲2673 | Rasi, Seyed Mohammad · 84 yrsFollow Seyed Mohammad RasiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1544 | — | 1464 | 0 | 0 |
31▲2692 | Ghalambaz, Abdolkarim · 74 yrsFollow Abdolkarim GhalambazTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1543 | 1640 | 1791 | 0 | 0 |
32▲2689 | Siahvashi, Saeid · 67 yrsFollow Saeid SiahvashiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1543 | 1435 | 1444 | 0 | 0 |
33▲2723 | Alavi, Mir Mahmood · 75 yrsFollow Mir Mahmood AlaviTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1539 | 1498 | 1528 | −1 | 6 |
34▲2802 | Mashayekhan, Masoud · 68 yrsFollow Masoud MashayekhanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1533 | 1493 | 1666 | 0 | 0 |
35▲2912 | Shabgard, Fraidon · 68 yrsFollow Fraidon ShabgardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1521 | 1428 | — | 0 | 0 |
36▲2925 | Sadeghi, Abdollah · 69 yrsFollow Abdollah SadeghiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1519 | 1499 | 1529 | 0 | 0 |
37▲2925 | Azizi Tafreshi, Ali Akbar · 69 yrsFollow Ali Akbar Azizi TafreshiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1519 | 1622 | 1696 | 0 | 0 |
38▲3029 | Kaveiyan, Abdolkarim · 75 yrsFollow Abdolkarim KaveiyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1509 | 1413 | 1507 | 0 | 0 |
39▲3077 | Kazemi, Rahmanberdi · 69 yrsFollow Rahmanberdi KazemiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1506 | 1499 | 1650 | +1 | 6 |
40▲3074 | Bajouvand, Abdolrahman · 77 yrsFollow Abdolrahman BajouvandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1505 | 1434 | — | 0 | 0 |
41▲3101 | Sajadi, Nematollah · 70 yrsFollow Nematollah SajadiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1503 | 1602 | 1514 | 0 | 0 |
42▲3174 | Monemi, Jafar · 71 yrsFollow Jafar MonemiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1497 | 1616 | 1530 | 0 | 0 |
43▲3203 | Badiozaman, Mina · 80 yrsFollow Mina BadiozamanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1495 | 1581 | — | 0 | 0 |
44▲3211 | Amiri, Hadi · 70 yrsFollow Hadi AmiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1494 | 1484 | 1653 | 0 | 0 |
45▲3221 | Moarefi, Fatemeh · 67 yrsFollow Fatemeh MoarefiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1493 | 1480 | 1576 | 0 | 0 |
46▲3229 | Farmand, Mehrdad · 68 yrsFollow Mehrdad FarmandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1492 | 1406 | — | 0 | 0 |
47▲3270 | Razavi, Mohammad sadegh · 67 yrsFollow Mohammad sadegh RazaviTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1488 | 1511 | — | 0 | 0 |
48▲3315 | Bafandeh, Mohammad · 72 yrsFollow Mohammad BafandehTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1485 | 1508 | — | 0 | 0 |
49▲3371 | Fateminasab, Seyyed Esmail · 71 yrsFollow Seyyed Esmail FateminasabTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1480 | — | 1453 | 0 | 0 |
50▲3445 | Mobin, Hoseinali · 74 yrsFollow Hoseinali MobinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 1472 | 1611 | — | 0 | 0 |
Rating distribution
Standard · Active · 65+
12-month evolution
Standard · Active · 65+
Titled players — 3
Active · 65+ · vs 1 month
Open
IM1
33%
FM2
67%
Women
AGE PYRAMID · IRAN ACTIVE PLAYERS
Active players by age band · Open vs Women
Open
Women
0U200
020-340
035-490
050-640
5665+0
56 open players0 women players
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|---|---|---|
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| 16 | 🇮🇷IranFollow IranTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 1,843 |
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| Federation | Avg top 10 | |
|---|---|---|
1· | 🇩🇪GermanyFollow GermanyTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,420 |
2· | 🇷🇺RussiaFollow RussiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,409 |
3· | 🇬🇧EnglandFollow EnglandTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,386 |
4· | 🇺🇸United StatesFollow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,371 |
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| 78 | 🇮🇷IranFollow IranTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 1,843 |