Tehran chess championship boy -8
29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 24 Aug 2025 to 29 Aug 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1358, and top seed was Kaveh Mahdian (🇮🇷 IRI, 1591).
Mohammad Sadegh Safaei (🇮🇷 IRI, 1570) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Seyed Parsa Asaadi Firouzabadi (6.0) and Elshan Mikaeili (6.0). Safaei won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Elshan Mikaeili (1474) beat Kaveh Mahdian (1591), a +117-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 6.0/7. Safaei takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).
Elshan Mikaeili lost to Mohammad Sadegh Safaei (Black).
Elshan Mikaeili 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mohammad Sadegh Safaei 4 wins (R1–R4)Seyed Parsa Asaadi Firouzabadi 6 wins (R1–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elshan Mikaeili | * | 0 | 1 | — |
| 2Mohammad Sadegh Safaei | 1 | * | 0 | — |
| 3Seyed Parsa Asaadi Firouzabadi | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Amirmorteza Sadeghipoor | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safaei, Mohammad Sadegh | 1570 | IRI | +13N | +17B | +4N | +3B | −2N | +9B | +6N | 6.0 | 29.5 | 33.0 | 27.00 | 1717 | +28.0 |
| 2 | Asaadi Firouzabadi, Seyed Parsa | 1584 | IRI | +25B | +11N | +7B | +10N | +1B | +8N | −3B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 31.0 | 25.00 | 1687 | +20.4 |
| 3 | Mikaeili, Elshan | 1474 | IRI | +15N | +24B | +9B | −1N | +19B | +12N | +2N | 6.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 23.50 | 1754 | +59.2 |
| 4 | Torabzade Jahromi, Hossein | 1411 | IRI | +22B | +20N | −1B | +16N | −6B | +?N | +11B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 13.50 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sadeghipoor, Amirmorteza | 0 | IRI | +?N | −10B | +26N | −11N | +?B | +13B | +17N | 5.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.50 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Hajizadeh, Mohammadparsa | 1493 | IRI | +29N | +16B | =8N | −9B | +4N | +18B | −1B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 15.75 | 761 | -32.4 |
| 7 | Shirzad K, Hootan | 1427 | IRI | +28N | +21B | −2N | −8B | +22N | +20B | =16N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 12.75 | 784 | -11.6 |
| 8 | Zohoori, Emad | 0 | IRI | F | +?N | =6B | +7N | +10B | −2B | +9N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 14.75 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mahdian, Kaveh | 1591 | IRI | +26N | +18B | −3N | +6N | +14B | −1N | −8B | 4.0 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 14.00 | 1390 | -24.8 |
| 10 | Roshan, Radvin | 1493 | IRI | +27B | +5N | +14B | −2B | −8N | F | +23N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 14.00 | 784 | -15.2 |
| 11 | Eskandari, Ali | 0 | IRI | +?N | −2B | +21N | +5B | −12N | +19B | −4N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 11.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sani, Shahryar | 1536 | IRI | −16B | +19N | +27B | +22N | +11B | −3B | F | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 12.00 | 674 | -23.6 |
| 13 | Karimi, Amir Sadra | 0 | IRI | −1B | +?N | +20B | −19N | +?B | −5N | +21B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Aliakbari, Aban | 0 | IRI | +?N | +?B | −10N | +15B | −9N | +21B | F | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 7.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Nazari, Karen | 0 | IRI | −3B | +?N | +?B | −14N | −20B | +?N | +19N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Karimi, Yazdan | 0 | IRI | +12N | −6N | +?B | −4B | +?N | F | =7B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 6.25 | 1485 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ezzati, Benyamin | 0 | IRI | +?N | −1N | +?B | =?B | −18N | +24B | −5B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 428081480 | 0 | — | +?B | −9N | =24N | +?B | +17B | −6N | −?B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.75 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Zoghi, Karen | 0 | IRI | +?N | −12B | +29N | +13B | −3N | −11N | −15B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 5.50 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Sheikh Hasani, Arvin | 0 | IRI | +?N | −4B | −13N | +25B | +15N | −7N | −?B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 6.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 536082996 | 0 | — | +?B | −7N | −11B | +?N | +27B | −14N | −13N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 536082961 | 0 | — | −4N | +?B | +?N | −12B | −7B | −?N | +25B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Shaghaghi, Amirhossein | 0 | IRI | −?B | −26B | −?N | +?N | +?B | +25N | −10B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 536082953 | 0 | — | F | −3N | =18B | +?B | −?N | −17N | +26B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.75 | 674 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 536082937 | 0 | — | −2N | −?B | +?B | −20N | +?N | −23B | −22N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 536082929 | 0 | — | −9B | +23N | −5B | −?N | +?B | −?N | −24N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 3.00 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Moradi Madadlou, Parsa | 0 | IRI | −10N | +?B | −12N | +?B | −21N | −?B | −?N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 428096142 | 0 | — | −7B | −?B | +?N | −?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 626 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 536082945 | 0 | — | −6B | +?N | −19B | −?N | −?N | −?B | =?B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mikaeili, ElshanIRI+59.26.0 pts · #2
- 2Safaei, Mohammad SadeghIRI+28.06.0 pts · #3
- 3Asaadi Firouzabadi, Seyed ParsaIRI+20.46.0 pts · #4
- 1Hajizadeh, MohammadparsaIRI-32.44.5 pts · #7
- 2Mahdian, KavehIRI-24.84.0 pts · #6
- 3Sani, ShahryarIRI-23.64.0 pts · #14
- R3+117 Elo gap
- R7+110 Elo gap