1st Beautiful Mind Chess School tournament Standard Cup
Open SwissStandard
39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 10 Sept 2025 to 12 Sept 2025 in Ahwaz, Iran. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1896, and top seed was Alireza Bosagh Zadeh (🇮🇷 IRI, FM, 2264).
Alireza Bosagh Zadeh (🇮🇷 IRI, FM, 2264) won with 9.0/9, ahead of Mohammad Mehdi Ghorbani (7.0) and Alireza Zamani (6.5). Bosagh Zadeh won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Milad Davoodi (1725) beat Mohammad Mehdi Ghorbani (2109), a +384-point gap.
Location
🇮🇷Ahwaz, Iran
Dates
10 Sept 2025 → 12 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇷Iran×37
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsFM Alireza Bosagh Zadeh led from R5; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
17
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3
2
1
1
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R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
FM Alireza Bosagh Zadeh never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Alireza Bosagh Zadeh beat Mohammad Mehdi Ghorbani (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
FM Alireza Bosagh Zadeh 9 wins (R1–R9)Mohammad Mehdi Ghorbani 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)Alireza Zamani 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAlireza Bosagh Zadeh | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Mohammad Mehdi Ghorbani | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Alireza Zamani | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Mostafa Sayahi | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosagh Zadeh, AlirezaFM | 2264 | IRI | +4B | +16N | +5B | +3N | +7B | +2N | +6B | +14N | +8B | 9.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 50.00 | 2701 | +19.6 |
| 2 | Ghorbani, Mohammad Mehdi | 2109 | IRI | +24N | −10B | +15N | +17B | +3N | −1B | +5N | +7B | +4N | 7.0 | 46.5 | 50.0 | 36.00 | 2039 | -9.9 |
| 3 | Zamani, Alireza | 1904 | IRI | +20N | +8B | +10N | −1B | −2B | +18N | +28B | =4N | +6B | 6.5 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 30.50 | 1979 | +18.2 |
| 4 | Sayahi, Mostafa | 1661 | IRI | −1N | +19B | +25N | +10B | =21N | +26B | +7N | =3B | −2B | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.0 | 26.75 | 1930 | +118.0 |
| 5 | Taghizadeh, Pouria | 1821 | IRI | +25N | +17B | −1N | +24B | =14N | =7N | −2B | +9B | +20N | 6.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 25.25 | 1930 | +44.8 |
| 6 | Mayah Pour, Mohammad | 1746 | IRI | +39N | =15B | −26N | +33B | +9N | +14B | −1N | +16B | −3N | 5.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 17.75 | 1830 | +19.6 |
| 7 | Fathali Pour, Behnam | 1819 | IRI | +27B | +13N | +14N | +26B | −1N | =5B | −4B | −2N | =11N | 5.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 22.00 | 1868 | +8.6 |
| 8 | Hamidi, Ahmad | 1708 | IRI | +35B | −3N | =12B | =16N | +22B | −28N | +30N | +15B | −1N | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.0 | 17.25 | 1762 | +9.2 |
| 9 | Azarshin, Taha | 1638 | IRI | −14N | +38B | +16B | =13N | −6B | +10N | =11B | −5N | +23B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 18.50 | 1721 | +23.2 |
| 10 | Davoodi, Milad | 1725 | IRI | +32B | +2N | −3B | −4N | −20B | −9B | +36N | +31N | +22B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 1647 | -16.6 |
| 11 | Amini Sharif, Mohammad | 1661 | IRI | +29N | =26B | +21N | −14B | +30B | F | =9N | =13N | =7B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 19.25 | 1825 | +61.2 |
| 12 | Faramarzi, Amirali | 1547 | IRI | −21N | +36B | =8N | +15B | −26N | =30B | =18B | =23N | +24B | 5.0 | 32.0 | 32.5 | 16.75 | 1731 | +66.4 |
| 13 | Ahmadi, Sadegh | 1704 | IRI | +36N | −7B | +37N | =9B | F | F | +21N | =11B | +19N | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 14.50 | 1802 | +31.6 |
| 14 | Jahanbakhshi, Arman | 1915 | IRI | +9B | +18N | −7B | +11N | =5B | −6N | +20B | −1B | F | 4.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 21.50 | 1828 | -16.8 |
| 15 | Hamidi, Hasan | 1688 | IRI | +23B | =6N | −2B | −12N | +27B | +19N | −16B | −8N | +31B | 4.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 17.75 | 1608 | -18.0 |
| 16 | Khajehosseini, Mohammad Reza | 1731 | IRI | +38N | −1B | −9N | =8B | +33N | +25B | +15N | −6N | −17B | 4.5 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 12.00 | 1677 | -14.0 |
| 17 | Abyat, Alireza | 1693 | IRI | +31B | −5N | +22B | −2N | −28N | =29B | +25N | F | +16N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 37.5 | 16.50 | 1754 | +14.8 |
| 18 | Kohansall, Ashour | 1719 | IRI | +33N | −14B | −20N | +29B | +24N | −3B | =12N | −19B | +25N | 4.5 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 14.00 | 1608 | -24.0 |
| 19 | Zeraat, Noorollah | 1567 | IRI | =28B | −4N | −27B | +35N | +23B | −15B | +24N | +18N | −13B | 4.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 14.75 | 1583 | +2.0 |
| 20 | Savari, Ahmad | 1602 | IRI | −3B | +35N | +18B | −30N | +10N | +21B | −14N | F | −5B | 4.0 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 14.50 | 1763 | +26.8 |
| 21 | Ajeli, Saeed | 1774 | IRI | +12B | =34N | −11B | +27N | =4B | −20N | −13B | −22N | +35N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 13.25 | 1534 | -52.2 |
| 22 | Jarideh, Mohammad Sam | 1492 | IRI | −26N | +29B | −17N | +31B | −8N | =24B | =27N | +21B | −10N | 4.0 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 13.50 | 1540 | +6.0 |
| 23 | Tajik, Rohan | 0 | IRI | −15N | +39B | −24N | =25B | −19N | +36B | +29N | =12B | −9N | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 7.75 | 1447 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Baharipour, Norooz | 1659 | IRI | −2B | +32N | +23B | −5N | −18B | =22N | −19B | +27B | −12N | 3.5 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 12.00 | 1516 | -32.6 |
| 25 | Dakhil Zadeh, Jamal | 1585 | IRI | −5B | +31N | −4B | =23N | +32B | −16N | −17B | +29N | −18B | 3.5 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 10.50 | 1405 | -25.0 |
| 26 | Shakibaei Yekta, Ouriya | 1742 | IRI | +22B | =11N | +6B | −7N | +12B | −4N | F | F | F | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 17.00 | 1716 | -5.6 |
| 27 | Joudi Zadeh, Asal | 1585 | IRI | −7N | =33B | +19N | −21B | −15N | =31B | =22B | −24N | +36N | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 9.25 | 1478 | -21.0 |
| 28 | Dehghani, Mehrdad | 1776 | IRI | =19N | −30B | F | +32N | +17B | +8B | −3N | F | F | 3.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 14.25 | 1747 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Zallaghi, Satin | 0 | IRI | −11B | −22N | +35B | −18N | +36B | =17N | −23B | −25B | =32N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 5.00 | 1330 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Hamidi, Mohsen | 1828 | IRI | =37B | +28N | −34B | +20B | −11N | =12N | −8B | F | F | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 10.25 | 1604 | -82.4 |
| 31 | Maadani, Hamid | 0 | IRI | −17N | −25B | +38N | −22N | =35B | =27N | +32B | −10B | −15N | 3.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 4.75 | 1445 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Rafinezhad, Behnam | 1438 | IRI | −10N | −24B | +36N | −28B | −25N | +35B | −31N | F | =29B | 2.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 3.00 | 886 | -16.2 |
| 33 | Behvandpour, Amirhosein | 1432 | IRI | −18B | =27N | +39B | −6N | −16B | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.75 | 1516 | +16.0 |
| 34 | Sheini dashtgol, Arash | 1693 | IRI | F | =21B | +30N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1995 | +28.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 428061969 | 0 | — | −8N | −20B | −29N | −19B | =31N | −32N | F | =36B | −21B | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 1.75 | 819 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 42722756 | 0 | — | −13B | −12N | −32B | F | −29N | −23N | −10B | =35N | −27B | 0.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 0.50 | 800 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Sheini, Shideh | 1590 | IRI | =30N | F | −13B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1573 | -2.0 |
| 38 | Makvandi, Freidoun | 1460 | IRI | −16B | −9N | −31B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 888 | -8.6 |
| 39 | Sadriyan, Radmehr | 1538 | IRI | −6B | −23N | −33N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 789 | -35.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sayahi, MostafaIRI+118.06.0 pts · #4
- 2Faramarzi, AmiraliIRI+66.45.0 pts · #16
- 3Amini Sharif, MohammadIRI+61.25.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Hamidi, MohsenIRI-82.43.0 pts · #22
- 2Ajeli, SaeedIRI-52.24.0 pts · #21
- 3Sadriyan, RadmehrIRI-35.60.0 pts · #36
Biggest upsets
- R2+384 Elo gap
- R8+282 Elo gap
- R6+172 Elo gap