8th Iranian Amateures Women Chess Championship 2025 (Under 2000)

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Sept 2025 to 08 Sept 2025 in Zanjan, Iran. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1610, and top seed was Mahsa Alavi (🇮🇷 IRI, WFM, 1970).

Mahsa Alavi (🇮🇷 IRI, WFM, 1970) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Parnia Fotouhi (7.5) and Helia Ansarifard (6.0). Alavi won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Aylin Ghaffarifar (1515) beat Asal Taheri (1673), a +158-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Zanjan, Iran

Dates

04 Sept 2025 → 08 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷WFMMahsa Alavi1970

Avg top 10

1,610

Participants

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×24

Top 3

🥇
WFMMahsa Alavi
🇮🇷IRI·1970
8.5pts·2026perf+11.0
🥈
Parnia Fotouhi
🇮🇷IRI·1661
7.5pts·1852perf+71.6
🥉
Helia Ansarifard
🇮🇷IRI·1537
6.0pts·1678perf+55.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WFM Mahsa Alavi led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Alavi8.5Fotouhi7.5Ghaffarifar6Poorvakili6Ansarifard6Rokhjavan6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

WFM Mahsa Alavi never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Mahsa Alavi drew with Parnia Fotouhi (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WFM Mahsa Alavi 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)Parnia Fotouhi 4 wins (R1–R4)Aylin Ghaffarifar 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1WFMMahsa Alavi	*	½	1	1
2Parnia Fotouhi	½	*	1	0
3Aylin Ghaffarifar	0	0	*	0
4Aysan Poorvakili	0	1	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alavi, MahsaWFM	1970	IRI	+14B	+4N	+8B	+7N	=2B	+3N	+11B	+5N	+6N	8.5	47.5	52.5	48.75	2026	+11.0
2	Fotouhi, Parnia	1661	IRI	+25B	+11N	+3B	+6N	=1N	+8B	−5B	+4N	+10B	7.5	48.0	51.0	40.75	1852	+71.6
3	Ansarifard, Helia	1537	IRI	+15N	+19B	−2N	+12B	+10N	−1B	−6N	+18B	+11N	6.0	46.5	50.5	28.50	1678	+55.2
4	Ghaffarifar, Aylin	1515	IRI	+17N	−1B	+18N	+26B	+7B	−5N	+10B	−2B	+12N	6.0	46.5	49.5	27.50	1696	+72.8
5	Poorvakili, Aysan	1565	IRI	+29N	=18B	+13N	−10B	+17N	+4B	+2N	−1B	=7N	6.0	46.5	49.0	30.50	1710	+56.8
6	Rokhjavan, Narges	1526	IRI	+27B	+23N	+10B	−2B	−8N	+16N	+3B	+13N	−1B	6.0	45.5	48.5	27.00	1660	+45.6
7	Zare Zadeh Shahrak, Leila	1587	IRI	+31B	+9N	+16B	−1B	−4N	+23N	=8B	=11N	=5B	5.5	44.5	46.0	23.25	1574	-4.8
8	Yousefi, Rayehe	1543	IRI	+26B	+30N	−1N	+14B	+6B	−2N	=7N	+16B	F	5.5	42.0	42.0	23.25	1655	+32.8
9	Bayat, Nazanin Zahra	1485	IRI	+28N	−7B	+15N	=16N	+24B	−11N	−13B	+17B	+22N	5.5	37.0	39.5	21.75	1446	-14.4
10	Taheri, Asal	1673	IRI	+12N	+13B	−6N	+5N	−3B	+15B	−4N	+19B	−2N	5.0	46.5	50.5	25.00	1527	-51.6
11	Asadi Kalam, Mahdis	1506	IRI	+20N	−2B	+29N	=17B	+30N	+9B	−1N	=7B	−3B	5.0	44.0	46.0	19.00	1491	-7.6
12	Mousavi, Aysan	1402	IRI	−10B	+21N	+23B	−3N	+29B	−13N	+14B	+15N	−4B	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.00	1288	-26.8
13	Sharifpour, Parvaneh	1515	IRI	+21B	−10N	−5B	+32N	F	+12B	+9N	−6B	+16N	5.0	37.5	37.5	20.50	1511	-0.8
14	Pour Heydari, Mahshid	1425	IRI	−1N	+27B	+20N	−8N	−23B	+33B	−12N	+28N	+19B	5.0	36.0	37.0	14.50	1372	-7.2
15	Ghashami, Zahra	0	IRI	−3B	+24N	−9B	+34N	+28B	−10N	+23B	−12B	+20N	5.0	35.0	35.0	13.50	1263	0.0
16	Zahiri Azar, Nava	0	IRI	+24B	+22N	−7N	=9B	+18N	−6B	+26N	−8N	−13B	4.5	39.5	42.5	17.75	1413	-10.0
17	Moarefi, Fatemeh	1527	IRI	−4B	+31N	+22B	=11N	−5B	+30B	−19N	−9N	+24B	4.5	36.0	37.5	13.50	1307	-34.4
18	Nejati, Nazanin	1498	IRI	+32B	=5N	−4B	+19N	−16B	−26N	+28B	−3N	+30B	4.5	34.0	35.5	13.00	1359	-38.0
19	Shirkhani , Sabriyeh	1470	IRI	+34B	−3N	−26B	−18B	+20N	+29N	+17B	−10N	−14N	4.0	34.5	34.5	11.00	1287	-49.6
20	FIDE 536094030	0	—	−11B	+25N	−14B	−24N	−19B	+34N	+32N	+21B	−15B	4.0	31.0	31.0	8.50	666	0.0
21	Mirshekar, Kazhal	0	IRI	−13N	−12B	+25B	−23N	+34B	+24N	−22B	−20N	+31N	4.0	29.5	29.5	8.00	1330	0.0
22	FIDE 32721447	0	—	F	−16B	−17N	−28B	+25N	+31B	+21N	+30B	−9B	4.0	27.5	27.5	10.50	683	0.0
23	FIDE 536086177	0	—	F	−6B	−12N	+21B	+14N	−7B	−15N	=24N	+25B	3.5	37.0	37.0	13.75	1329	0.0
24	Haji Taghi, Zahra	1447	IRI	−16N	−15B	+27N	+20B	−9N	−21B	+33N	=23B	−17N	3.5	34.0	35.0	9.75	683	-54.0
25	Abbasi, Shayesteh	0	IRI	−2N	−20B	−21N	=31N	−22B	=27B	+34N	+33B	−23N	3.0	28.5	28.5	3.25	861	0.0
26	Geranmayeh, Parisa	0	IRI	−8N	+28B	+19N	−4N	F	+18B	−16B	F	F	3.0	27.0	27.0	11.00	1425	0.0
27	FIDE 536094013	0	—	−6N	−14N	−24B	F	−33B	=25N	+31B	=29N	+32B	3.0	24.0	24.0	5.75	668	0.0
28	FIDE 42762626	0	—	−9B	−26N	=31B	+22N	−15N	+32B	−18N	−14B	F	2.5	30.0	31.0	6.25	670	0.0
29	FIDE 536093998	0	—	−5B	+32N	−11B	+33N	−12N	−19B	−30N	=27B	F	2.5	27.5	27.5	4.00	689	0.0
30	Alizadeh, Roya	0	IRI	F	−8B	+34N	F	−11B	−17N	+29B	−22N	−18N	2.0	27.0	27.0	2.50	718	0.0
31	FIDE 536093980	0	—	−7N	−17B	=28N	=25B	=32B	−22N	−27N	F	−21B	1.5	28.0	28.0	3.50	757	0.0
32	FIDE 536045390	0	—	−18N	−29B	F	−13B	=31N	−28N	−20B	+34B	−27N	1.5	23.0	23.0	0.75	708	0.0
33	FIDE 536094048	0	—	F	F	F	−29B	+27N	−14N	−24B	−25N	F	1.0	21.5	21.5	3.00	636	0.0
34	FIDE 428067363	0	—	−19N	F	−30B	−15B	−21N	−20B	−25B	−32N	F	0.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	688	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ghaffarifar, AylinIRI
+72.8
6.0 pts · #3
2Fotouhi, ParniaIRI
+71.6
7.5 pts · #2
3Poorvakili, AysanIRI
+56.8
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Haji Taghi, ZahraIRI
-54.0
3.5 pts · #27
2Taheri, AsalIRI
-51.6
5.0 pts · #6
3Shirkhani , SabriyehIRI
-49.6
4.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R7+158 Elo gap
Ghaffarifar, Aylin1515 beat Taheri, Asal1673
R3+147 Elo gap
Rokhjavan, Narges1526 beat Taheri, Asal1673
R5+136 Elo gap
Ansarifard, Helia1537 beat Taheri, Asal1673