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Iranian Youth Chess Championship 2025 (Girls U16)

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Sept 2025 to 20 Sept 2025 in Mashhad, Iran. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1811, and top seed was Asal Ebrahimi Rashti (🇮🇷 IRI, 2019).

Asal Ebrahimi Rashti (🇮🇷 IRI, 2019) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mahsa Alavi (7.0) and Maedeh Yousefian (7.0). Ebrahimi Rashti took the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Setayesh Heydari (1564) beat Hasti Taj Dini (1717), a +153-point gap.

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
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,811
Participants
24
Titled players · 3
WIM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R8; 4 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
4
1
2
1
1
4
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Alavi takes leadEbrahimi Rashti takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE18 Sept

WFM Mahsa Alavi takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 7.0/9. Ebrahimi Rashti takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Asal Ebrahimi Rashti drew with WFM Maedeh Yousefian (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Asal Ebrahimi Rashti*
½
½
1
2WFMMaedeh Yousefian
½
*
½
1
3WFMMahsa Alavi
½
½
*
0
4WIMNiyousha Mohamadi
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ebrahimi Rashti, Asal2019IRI+5B=15N+7B+4N=2B=3B+6N+16N=8B7.043.546.535.501995-1.1
2Alavi, MahsaWFM1970IRI+21B+11N+9B=3B=1N+5B+8N4N+7B7.043.545.531.501974+11.8
3Yousefian, MaedehWFM1912IRI+18N+8B+4B=2N+15B=1N=7B=9N+5B7.043.046.034.501975+33.8
4Mohamadi, NiyoushaWIM1974IRI+13N+16B3N1B+22N+9B+5N+2B+11N7.041.542.528.501954+3.2
5Heydari, Setayesh1564IRI1N+20B+16N+10B+7B2N4B+17N3N5.043.045.017.001745+42.8
6Abdollahi, Tanaz1678IRI+19B7N+21B11N+13B+15N1B8N+14B5.034.036.016.001663-8.0
7Taj Dini, Hasti1717IRI+10N+6B1N+9B5N+16B=3N11B2N4.544.047.020.501729-4.0
8Ostovari, Tarannom1693IRI+17B3N+13B15NF+11N2B+6B=1N4.540.542.519.501782+32.0
9Sharif Mashhadi, Hasti1648IRIF+23B2N7N+19B4N+17B=3B+12N4.539.040.014.001713+11.2
10FIDE 53608171007B+19N=17B5N14B12N+24B+22N+20B4.526.026.07.007860.0
11Majidi, Armita1686IRI+24N2B+12N+6B16N8BF+7N4B4.038.538.513.501665-9.2
12Zahed, Atena0IRIF+14N11B21N18B+10B+20N+19N9B4.029.031.013.0013200.0
13Neyestani, Arshida1505IRI4B+22N8N+18B6N+14BFF+24N4.027.527.58.001574+11.6
14Shaban, Raha1467IRI23N12B=18N=20B+10N13N+22B+24B6N4.024.524.58.001277-34.4
15Zare, Nazanin Zahra1704IRI+20N=1B+23N+8B3N6BFFF3.530.530.511.001803+23.6
16Garousian, Vania1707IRI+22B4N5B+17N+11B7NF1BF3.035.535.58.001552-40.8
17Khorasani, Elena0IRI8N=18B=10N16B+20N+19B9N5BF3.029.029.08.2512510.0
18Fallah Faz, Reyhaneh1487IRI3B=17N=14B13N+12N+22BFFF3.023.023.08.501351-22.8
19Rezaei, Narges0IRI6N10B=20N+24B9N17NF12B+22B2.524.024.02.008620.0
20Ghorbani, Yasna0IRI15B5N=19B=14N17B+24N12BF10N2.026.526.53.2513060.0
21Shahpar Toosi, Ala1505IRI2N+24B6N+12BFFFFF2.020.520.54.00991-14.0
22Gamour Bandari, Vania0IRI16N13B+24NF4B18N14N10B19N1.029.029.00.008310.0
23Divani, Anisa1729IRI+14B9N15BFFFFFF1.013.013.04.001484-38.0
24Mashverati, Zahra0IRI11B21N22B19NF20B10N14N13B0.024.024.00.007430.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets