Ardabil Chess Championship 2025

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51 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 17 Oct 2025 in Ardabil, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1951, and top seed was Mehdi Darabadi Zare (🇮🇷 IRI, 2127).

Amirhossein Majidzadeh (🇮🇷 IRI, 2067) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Kian Mahdavi (6.0) and Habib Bekrami (6.0). Majidzadeh won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Amir Mehdi Ghahramani (1751) beat Farshad Khoeizadeh (2070), a +319-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Ardabil, Iran

Dates

14 Oct 2025 → 17 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Mehdi Darabadi Zare2127

Avg top 10

1,951

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×46

Top 3

🥇
Amirhossein Majidzadeh
🇮🇷IRI·2067
7.5pts·2289perf+55.6
🥈
Kian Mahdavi
🇮🇷IRI·1849
6.0pts·1972perf+40.0
🥉
Habib Bekrami
🇮🇷IRI·1960
6.0pts·1992perf+8.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Amirhossein Majidzadeh led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Majidzadeh7.5Najafi6Ghahramani6Bekrami6Mahdavi6Eydazha5.5

R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

Amirhossein Majidzadeh never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amirhossein Majidzadeh drew with Farhad Najafi (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Amirhossein Majidzadeh 7 wins (R1–R7)Farhad Najafi 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Amirhossein Majidzadeh	*	½	—	1
2Farhad Najafi	½	*	—	—
3Amir Mehdi Ghahramani	—	—	*	0
4Habib Bekrami	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Majidzadeh, Amirhossein	2067	IRI	+41B	+6N	+12B	+2N	+15B	+3N	+13B	=5N	7.5	37.0	39.5	36.50	2289	+55.6
2	Mahdavi, Kian	1849	IRI	+42N	+34B	+8N	−1B	=5N	+7B	+26N	=4B	6.0	37.0	39.5	26.00	1972	+40.0
3	Bekrami, Habib	1960	IRI	+49B	+16N	+45B	=15N	+4B	−1B	=8N	+9N	6.0	34.5	35.5	23.25	1992	+8.8
4	Ghahramani, Amir Mehdi	1751	IRI	+38B	+13N	=14B	+36B	−3N	+28N	+11B	=2N	6.0	32.5	35.5	24.25	2041	+106.0
5	Najafi, Farhad	1917	IRI	F	+46N	+37B	+16N	=2B	+20N	+12B	=1B	6.0	31.5	31.5	24.75	2000	+30.4
6	Eydazha, Sevil	1716	IRI	+24N	−1B	+39N	−8B	+27N	=14N	+16B	+17B	5.5	33.5	36.5	21.75	1830	+20.4
7	Vatankhah, Hamed	1706	IRI	−26B	+50N	+49B	+14N	=28B	−2N	+18B	+12N	5.5	27.5	28.5	17.25	1973	+27.6
8	Darabadi Zare, Mehdi	2127	IRI	+37B	+9N	−2B	+6N	=12B	+15N	=3B	F	5.0	36.0	39.0	23.25	1958	-42.4
9	Hossein khademi, Hadi	1760	IRI	+35N	−8B	+27N	−13N	+37B	+23B	+21N	−3B	5.0	30.5	33.5	18.00	1766	+0.4
10	Parsa, Mohammadhossein	1539	IRI	−31N	+24B	+21N	−45B	+29N	+36B	−14N	+26B	5.0	26.0	28.0	18.00	1706	+20.8
11	Khosravi hajivand, Heibat allah	1594	IRI	+21N	−36B	+38N	−12N	+41B	+45B	−4N	+37B	5.0	26.0	28.0	14.50	1683	+13.2
12	Salehpour, Nouraddin	1810	IRI	+46B	+20N	−1N	+11B	=8N	+22B	−5N	−7B	4.5	37.0	39.0	17.50	1789	-8.0
13	Khoeizadeh, Farshad	2070	IRI	+25N	−4B	+23N	+9B	+45N	=26B	−1N	F	4.5	35.0	37.0	16.75	1905	-18.6
14	Freidoonzadeh, Akbar	1876	IRI	+29N	=22B	=4N	−7B	+25N	=6B	+10B	−15N	4.5	34.5	38.0	20.25	1651	-37.6
15	Navidi, Masoud	1768	IRI	F	+39N	+28B	=3B	−1N	−8B	+22N	+14B	4.5	33.5	33.5	18.00	1960	+36.0
16	Ebrahimizare, Mohammadreza	1602	IRI	+51N	−3B	+29N	−5B	=31N	+33B	−6N	+21B	4.5	32.0	32.0	12.75	1064	-23.6
17	Abbasi, Sayman	1613	IRI	+48B	−28N	=18B	−26N	+19B	+30N	+20B	−6N	4.5	29.0	31.0	16.25	1742	+24.0
18	Asgari, Illya	0	IRI	−36N	+40B	=17N	+35B	−22N	+31B	−7N	+27B	4.5	27.5	30.5	15.75	1489	0.0
19	Ashrafi, Saber	1762	IRI	=33N	−23B	−25N	+40B	−17N	+24B	+44N	+35B	4.5	26.5	29.0	14.75	741	-46.6
20	Sadeghi, Nikan	1510	IRI	+44N	−12B	+31N	=32N	+30B	−5B	−17N	=22B	4.0	29.5	32.0	13.25	1499	-6.4
21	Simanoor, Tagi	0	IRI	−11B	+41N	−10B	+39B	+35N	+32N	−9B	−16N	4.0	29.5	32.0	12.50	1535	0.0
22	Fekri, Mehdi	1599	IRI	+43B	=14N	+30B	−28N	+18B	−12N	−15B	=20N	4.0	29.0	31.5	14.75	1549	-15.6
23	Alipour, Sina	1544	IRI	=30B	+19N	−13B	+33N	=32B	−9N	+29B	−25N	4.0	28.5	32.0	15.00	1589	+6.0
24	Ruzgari, Mohadeseh	0	IRI	−6B	−10N	+43B	−27B	+42N	−19N	+46B	+40B	4.0	26.5	28.5	10.00	809	0.0
25	Mirzaei, Sobhan	1466	IRI	−13B	−38N	+19B	+46N	−14B	+43N	F	+23B	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.00	1759	+52.0
26	Seifbablani, Mehdi	0	IRI	+7N	−32B	+34N	+17B	F	=13N	−2B	−10N	3.5	32.5	35.5	15.75	1721	0.0
27	Majidzadeh, Amirali	1418	IRI	−28B	+48N	−9B	+24N	−6B	+46N	=32B	−18N	3.5	28.0	30.0	9.75	1442	+1.2
28	Salari Far, Naghi	1976	IRI	+27N	+17B	−15N	+22B	=7N	−4B	F	F	3.5	28.0	28.0	14.75	1726	-64.4
29	Aghaei, Saeid	0	IRI	−14B	+43N	−16B	+47N	−10B	+34B	−23N	=31B	3.5	27.5	29.5	9.75	1375	0.0
30	Soleimani, Moslem	0	IRI	=23N	+33B	−22N	+34B	−20N	−17B	−35N	+42B	3.5	27.0	29.5	11.50	1407	0.0
31	Soleimanzadeh, Aziz	0	IRI	+10B	−45N	−20B	+49N	=16B	−18N	=34B	=29N	3.5	27.0	28.0	11.75	1514	0.0
32	Noorozi, Sina	1761	IRI	+50B	+26N	−36N	=20B	=23N	−21B	=27N	−33B	3.5	25.5	26.5	10.25	1495	-53.6
33	Majlesara, Moharram	0	IRI	=19B	−30N	F	−23B	+39N	−16N	+41B	+32N	3.5	25.5	25.5	11.25	1605	0.0
34	Alidoost, Benyamin	1512	IRI	+47B	−2N	−26B	−30N	+50B	−29N	=31N	+44B	3.5	24.5	25.5	7.25	1049	-4.8
35	Nouri, Mohammad Hussein	0	IRI	−9B	=?N	+47B	−18N	−21B	+49N	+30B	−19N	3.5	24.5	24.5	6.50	1457	0.0
36	Khodeshzadeh, Vahdat	1854	IRI	+18B	+11N	+32B	−4N	F	−10N	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1661	-19.0
37	Niapour, Farhan	1479	IRI	−8N	+51B	−5N	+42B	−9N	+38B	F	−11N	3.0	29.5	29.5	5.50	978	-26.4
38	Poursalehi, Amirhasan	0	IRI	−4N	+25B	−11B	−41N	+47B	−37N	+39N	F	3.0	25.5	25.5	9.00	1397	0.0
39	Jafarzadeh, Hamidreza	1406	IRI	+40N	−15B	−6B	−21N	−33B	+47N	−38B	+51N	3.0	25.5	25.5	5.00	942	-9.6
40	Vosoughi, Amir	0	IRI	−39B	−18N	+50B	−19N	−46B	+48N	+47B	−24N	3.0	22.0	23.0	5.00	782	0.0
41	Balayi Orojali Lo, Somayyeh	1440	IRI	−1N	−21B	+51N	+38B	−11N	=44B	−33N	−43B	2.5	28.0	28.0	4.25	917	-14.8
42	Aslanzadeh, Nayyer	0	IRI	−2B	−47N	+48B	−37N	−24B	+50N	=43B	−30N	2.5	23.0	24.0	4.25	864	0.0
43	Sheikhrahimi, Maryam	0	IRI	−22N	−29B	−24N	F	+49B	−25B	=42N	+41N	2.5	21.5	21.5	4.75	1376	0.0
44	Valizadeh, Zoha	0	IRI	−20B	−49N	−46B	+48N	+51B	=41N	−19B	−34N	2.5	19.5	19.5	3.25	1235	0.0
45	Basharkhah, Shapour	1763	IRI	F	+31B	−3N	+10N	−13B	−11N	F	F	2.0	28.0	28.0	8.50	1598	-17.8
46	FIDE 562013815	0	—	−12N	−5B	+44N	−25B	+40N	−27B	−24N	−48B	2.0	27.5	29.5	5.50	853	0.0
47	FIDE 562013874	0	—	−34N	+42B	−35N	−29B	−38N	−39B	−40N	+50B	2.0	22.0	23.0	3.50	657	0.0
48	Sheikhjabbari, Arman	0	IRI	−17N	−27B	−42N	−44B	F	−40B	+50N	+46N	2.0	19.0	19.0	3.00	716	0.0
49	FIDE 562013807	0	—	−3N	+44B	−7N	−31B	−43N	−35B	F	F	1.0	23.5	23.5	2.50	1033	0.0
50	FIDE 562013831	0	—	−32N	−7B	−40N	+51B	−34N	−42B	−48B	−47N	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	860	0.0
51	FIDE 536003115	0	—	−16B	−37N	−41B	−50N	−44N	F	F	−39B	0.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	681	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ghahramani, Amir MehdiIRI
+106.0
6.0 pts · #3
2Majidzadeh, AmirhosseinIRI
+55.6
7.5 pts · #1
3Mirzaei, SobhanIRI
+52.0
4.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Salari Far, NaghiIRI
-64.4
3.5 pts · #10
2Noorozi, SinaIRI
-53.6
3.5 pts · #24
3Ashrafi, SaberIRI
-46.6
4.5 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R2+319 Elo gap
Ghahramani, Amir Mehdi1751 beat Khoeizadeh, Farshad2070
R6+315 Elo gap
Parsa, Mohammadhossein1539 beat Khodeshzadeh, Vahdat1854
R3+296 Elo gap
Mirzaei, Sobhan1466 beat Ashrafi, Saber1762