Iranian Cadet Chess Championship 2025 (Girls U8)
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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Sept 2025 to 20 Sept 2025 in Mashhad, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1328, and top seed was Hana Rahimnejadnajarkolaei (🇮🇷 IRI, 1561).
Mahdis Asadi Kalam (🇮🇷 IRI, 1506) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Narges Rokhjavan (7.0) and Elsana Faghih Shojaei (7.0). Asadi Kalam won solo starting round 6.
Location
🇮🇷Mashhad, Iran
Dates
14 Sept 2025 → 20 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsMahdis Asadi Kalam led from R6; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
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R6–R9 · LEAD HELD
Mahdis Asadi Kalam never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Mahdis Asadi Kalam beat Narges Rokhjavan (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Mahdis Asadi Kalam 9 wins (R1–R9)Narges Rokhjavan 4 wins (R4–R7)Elsana Faghih Shojaei 4 wins (R6–R9)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mahdis Asadi Kalam | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Narges Rokhjavan | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Elsana Faghih Shojaei | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Negin Foroughi | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asadi Kalam, Mahdis | 1506 | IRI | +19B | +20N | +33B | +7N | +9B | +4N | +6B | +2N | +8N | 9.0 | 47.5 | 49.5 | 49.50 | 2279 | +75.2 |
| 2 | Rokhjavan, Narges | 1526 | IRI | +27N | +13B | −15N | +31B | +3N | +14B | +10N | −1B | +4B | 7.0 | 48.0 | 51.5 | 37.50 | 1729 | +48.4 |
| 3 | Faghih Shojaei, Elsana | 1432 | IRI | +26B | −4N | +28B | +33N | −2B | +20N | +9B | +13N | +6B | 7.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 32.50 | 748 | -24.8 |
| 4 | Rahimnejadnajarkolaei, Hana | 1561 | IRI | +18N | +3B | +8N | +15B | +16N | −1B | =5N | +17B | −2N | 6.5 | 50.5 | 55.5 | 36.25 | 1465 | -21.6 |
| 5 | Foroughi, Negin | 0 | IRI | +?N | −10B | +25N | +?B | +7B | +9N | =4B | −6N | +12B | 6.5 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 24.75 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Esmaeili, Fargol | 0 | IRI | +?N | =16B | =17N | +11B | +15N | +13B | −1N | +5B | −3N | 6.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 28.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Shakeripour, Nilofar | 1441 | IRI | +22N | +31B | +11N | −1B | −5N | +15B | +16N | −8B | +17N | 6.0 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 29.00 | 661 | -33.2 |
| 8 | Mahroo, Negar | 1421 | IRI | +28B | +24N | −4B | −20N | +12B | +26B | +11N | +7N | −1B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 29.50 | 1473 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Tarat, Dayana | 0 | IRI | +?N | +14B | +10N | +17B | −1N | −5B | −3N | +?B | +16N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 21.00 | 1470 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Alghaje, Helma | 1540 | IRI | +23B | +5N | −9B | −16N | +28B | +31N | −2B | +15N | +21B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 46.5 | 28.50 | 731 | -20.4 |
| 11 | Zare, Nila | 0 | IRI | +?B | +?N | −7B | −6N | +19B | +18N | −8B | +?N | +22B | 6.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.50 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Foroughi, Negar | 1423 | IRI | +32N | −15B | +22N | =13B | −8N | +30B | +21B | +14N | −5N | 5.5 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 23.75 | 1425 | +0.4 |
| 13 | Jalilpour, Sevil | 0 | IRI | +21B | −2N | +24B | =12N | +20B | −6N | +?N | −3B | +?N | 5.5 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 16.75 | 1181 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Changizi, Anahita | 1428 | IRI | +29B | −9N | +18B | +19N | +21B | −2N | −17B | −12B | +25N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 23.00 | 677 | -34.8 |
| 15 | Samareh Moradi, Melina | 0 | IRI | +?B | +12N | +2B | −4N | −6B | −7N | +?B | −10B | +27N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 16.50 | 1420 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Validabadi, Lena | 0 | IRI | +?B | =6N | +?N | +10B | −4B | =17N | −7B | +19N | −9B | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 16.50 | 1377 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 42798990 | 0 | — | +?B | +30N | =6B | −9N | +?B | =16B | +14N | −4N | −7B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 14.00 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Khamseh, Maleka | 0 | IRI | −4B | +26N | −14N | +?B | +?N | −11B | +24B | −21N | +28B | 5.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 12.00 | 697 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 536041718 | 0 | — | −1N | +?B | +?N | −14B | −11N | +25B | +26N | −16B | +?N | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 8.00 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 536086509 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | +?N | +8B | −13N | −3B | −?N | +?B | +30B | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.50 | 1318 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 536086177 | 0 | — | −13N | +27B | +?N | +?B | −14N | +?B | −12N | +18B | −10N | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 9.00 | 664 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Moradi, Mehregan | 0 | IRI | −7B | +?N | −12B | =30N | +?N | −?B | +23N | +31B | −11N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 9.75 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Khodaparast, Nirvana | 0 | IRI | −10N | −?B | +?B | =24N | −30B | +33N | −22B | +26B | +31N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 11.50 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Torabi Shaloghafari, Asena | 0 | IRI | +?N | −8B | −13N | =23B | =?N | +27B | −18N | −25B | +32N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.25 | 620 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 536075175 | 0 | — | −30B | +?N | −5B | −?N | +?B | −19N | +29B | +24N | −14B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 8.00 | 629 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Shiezade, Samar | 0 | IRI | −3N | −18B | +?B | +?N | +?B | −8N | −19B | −23N | +?N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 0.00 | 614 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 536045390 | 0 | — | −2B | −21N | −?B | +?N | +?B | −24N | +32B | +?N | −15B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 3.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Nejati, Naria | 0 | IRI | −8N | +?B | −3N | +?B | −10N | −?N | +?B | +?B | −18N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 0.00 | 656 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 536091375 | 0 | — | −14N | −?B | +?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | −25N | +?B | +?N | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 629 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Azimizadeh, Niki | 0 | IRI | +25N | −17B | −31N | =22B | +23N | −12N | +?B | −?B | −20N | 3.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 10.75 | 623 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 536056561 | 0 | — | +?B | −7N | +30B | −2N | +?B | −10B | =?N | −22N | −23B | 3.5 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 3.50 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 536033014 | 0 | — | −12B | −?N | +?B | −?N | +?N | −?B | −27N | +?N | −24B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 623 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 536056707 | 0 | — | +?N | +?B | −1N | −3B | −?N | −23B | −?N | −?B | F | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Asadi Kalam, MahdisIRI+75.29.0 pts · #1
- 2Rokhjavan, NargesIRI+48.47.0 pts · #2
- 3Mahroo, NegarIRI+10.86.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Changizi, AnahitaIRI-34.85.0 pts · #32
- 2Shakeripour, NilofarIRI-33.26.0 pts · #17
- 3Faghih Shojaei, ElsanaIRI-24.87.0 pts · #14