6th PhileKhoob Mehr Cup Standard 2025 Group B (Rating U1750)

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41 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 21 Oct 2025 in Arak, Iran. Top 10 Elo average was 1622, and top seed was Hossein Salimi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1744).

Hossein Salimi (🇮🇷 IRI, 1744) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Iman Gholami (6.0) and Sina Salami (5.5). Salimi shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Melika Naghdi (1484) beat Ali Zare (1707), a +223-point gap.

Location

🇮🇷Arak, Iran

Dates

18 Oct 2025 → 21 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇷Hossein Salimi1744

Avg top 10

1,622

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇷Iran×39

Top 3

🥇
Hossein Salimi
🇮🇷IRI·1744
6.0pts·1848perf+27.2
🥈
Iman Gholami
🇮🇷IRI·1560
6.0pts·1822perf+27.2
🥉
Sina Salami
🇮🇷IRI·1507
5.5pts·1752perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Salimi6Gholami6Salami5.5Sharafi5Ghalei5Arvan4.5— ex-leaders:Gholamiled R5, #10

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Salimi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Hossein Salimi beat Iman Gholami (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Hossein Salimi 3 wins (R5–R7)Iman Gholami 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Hossein Salimi	*	1	—	1
2Iman Gholami	0	*	—	—
3Sina Salami	—	—	*	—
4Arsha Sharafi	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Salimi, Hossein	1744	IRI	+10N	=29B	+21N	=17B	+5N	+2N	+4B	6.0	27.0	29.5	26.50	1848	+27.2
2	Gholami, Iman	1560	IRI	+19B	+33N	+9N	+7B	+8N	−1B	+13B	6.0	26.0	28.0	22.00	1822	+27.2
3	Salami, Sina	1507	IRI	+41N	=7B	=18N	+24B	=13B	+6N	+12B	5.5	23.5	23.5	17.50	1752	+65.6
4	Sharafi, Arsha	1562	IRI	+40N	−9B	+11N	+14B	+21N	+8B	−1N	5.0	25.5	26.0	16.00	1734	+35.2
5	Ghalei, Artin	1520	IRI	+39B	=6N	=24B	+25N	−1B	+10N	+11B	5.0	24.5	26.0	16.25	1675	+29.6
6	Arvan, Rayan	1649	IRI	+22N	=5B	+29N	−8N	+18B	−3B	+20N	4.5	25.0	27.5	15.50	1612	-11.6
7	Zare, Ali	1707	IRI	+25B	=3N	+20B	−2N	+29B	−12N	+31B	4.5	24.5	27.0	14.25	1622	-13.8
8	Kenari, Arshia	1486	IRI	+35B	+18N	+17N	+6B	−2B	−4N	−9N	4.0	26.5	28.5	13.50	1672	+52.0
9	Sharifi Neyestany, Ali	0	IRI	F	+4N	−2B	−12N	+25B	+18N	+8B	4.0	25.5	25.5	15.50	1562	0.0
10	Sotoude Nia, Saeed	1460	IRI	−1B	=19N	+15B	=26N	+24N	−5B	+27N	4.0	24.5	27.5	13.25	1477	-0.8
11	Khanboloki, Parsa	0	IRI	−12B	+36N	−4B	+37N	+16N	+14B	−5N	4.0	24.0	25.5	11.50	1513	0.0
12	Naghdi, Melika	1484	IRI	+11N	−17B	+33N	+9B	F	+7B	−3N	4.0	23.5	23.5	14.50	1493	+0.8
13	Nasrollahi, Iliya	1581	IRI	+36B	=20N	+30B	F	=3N	+17B	−2N	4.0	23.0	23.0	12.50	1544	-8.0
14	Zaki, Shahrad	1474	IRI	−24B	+40N	+38B	−4N	+15B	−11N	+30B	4.0	20.0	20.5	8.50	760	-15.2
15	Mohammadi Hoseini, Reza	0	IRI	−20B	+32B	−10N	+33B	−14N	+34N	+26B	4.0	19.0	21.0	9.50	1411	0.0
16	Naghdi, Pourya	1565	IRI	−33B	+23N	−34B	+41N	−11B	+19N	+25B	4.0	18.0	18.0	10.00	1440	-13.6
17	Momeni Golshad, Mohamadreza	1638	IRI	+34B	+12N	−8B	=1N	+22B	−13N	F	3.5	25.0	27.0	12.50	1582	-15.2
18	Rostami, Ahoora	1594	IRI	+27N	−8B	=3B	+19N	−6N	−9B	+35N	3.5	24.5	26.5	11.25	1424	-37.6
19	Darvishi, Reza	0	IRI	−2N	=10B	+23N	−18B	+35N	−16B	+39N	3.5	23.0	24.5	9.00	1225	0.0
20	Hasani, Amir Hosein	1470	IRI	+15N	=13B	−7N	F	+34B	+26N	−6B	3.5	22.0	22.0	11.00	1587	+30.4
21	Mahmoodi, Mohammadtaha	1464	IRI	+38N	+26N	−1B	F	−4B	=30N	+24B	3.5	21.0	21.0	8.75	1501	+4.8
22	Parsa Moghadam, Yazdan	1434	IRI	−6B	+39N	=26B	+34N	−17N	−31B	+33N	3.5	17.5	19.0	7.00	1431	-1.6
23	Niazi, Barsam	0	IRI	=37N	−16B	−19B	+36N	+38B	+29N	F	3.5	17.0	18.5	6.75	1527	0.0
24	Mirzaei, Arsen	0	IRI	+14N	=31B	=5N	−3N	−10B	+32B	−21N	3.0	24.5	27.0	10.25	1385	0.0
25	Bakhshi, Ali Asghar	1454	IRI	−7N	+28B	+31N	−5B	−9N	+33B	−16N	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.50	1411	-8.8
26	Hosein Abadi, Mohamad	1570	IRI	+32N	−21B	=22N	=10B	+27N	−20B	−15N	3.0	21.5	24.0	9.25	1377	-53.6
27	Asadi, Mohammadtaha	1405	IRI	−18B	−35N	+40B	+30N	−26B	+37N	−10B	3.0	16.5	17.0	4.50	1333	-14.0
28	Esmaeili, Ali	0	IRI	−29B	−25N	+36B	−31N	−37B	+41N	+34B	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	1262	0.0
29	Bohluoli, Nirvana	1549	IRI	+28N	=1N	−6B	+35B	−7N	−23B	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	8.00	1428	-16.4
30	Ghadbeigi, Barad	0	IRI	F	+37B	−13N	−27B	+32N	=21B	−14N	2.5	18.5	18.5	5.75	1329	0.0
31	Sharifi, Helma	1614	IRI	F	=24N	−25B	+28B	F	+22N	−7N	2.5	17.0	17.0	8.00	1407	-32.8
32	Asadi, Mohammadyasin	0	IRI	−26B	−15N	+39B	=38N	−30B	−24N	+40B	2.5	15.5	16.0	2.75	772	0.0
33	Ashraf Koochak, Parsa	0	IRI	+16N	−2B	−12B	−15N	+41B	−25N	−22B	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.00	1259	0.0
34	Saghebi, Sevin	1426	IRI	−17N	+41B	+16N	−22B	−20N	−15B	−28N	2.0	21.5	21.5	4.00	1334	-18.8
35	Ghasemi, Mahan	0	IRI	−8N	+27B	F	−29N	−19B	+36N	−18B	2.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	1315	0.0
36	Ansari Kia, Masih	0	IRI	−13N	−11B	−28N	−23B	+40N	−35B	+41B	2.0	17.0	17.0	0.50	780	0.0
37	Zolfaghari, Amirali	1470	IRI	=23B	−30N	F	−11B	+28N	−27B	−38N	1.5	17.5	17.5	4.75	605	-23.6
38	Shakeri, Farhan	0	IRI	−21B	F	−14N	=32B	−23N	−39B	+37B	1.5	16.5	16.5	2.75	1343	0.0
39	FIDE 536094080	0	—	−5N	−22B	−32N	=40B	F	+38N	−19B	1.5	16.5	16.5	1.75	683	0.0
40	Bayatani, Atousa	0	IRI	−4B	−14B	−27N	=39N	−36B	F	−32N	0.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	680	0.0
41	FIDE 536094102	0	—	−3B	−34N	F	−16B	−33N	−28B	−36N	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	699	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Salami, SinaIRI
+65.6
5.5 pts · #5
2Kenari, ArshiaIRI
+52.0
4.0 pts · #8
3Sharafi, ArshaIRI
+35.2
5.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Hosein Abadi, MohamadIRI
-53.6
3.0 pts · #16
2Rostami, AhooraIRI
-37.6
3.5 pts · #20
3Sharifi, HelmaIRI
-32.8
2.5 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R6+223 Elo gap
Naghdi, Melika1484 beat Zare, Ali1707
R4+163 Elo gap
Kenari, Arshia1486 beat Arvan, Rayan1649
R3+160 Elo gap
Bakhshi, Ali Asghar1454 beat Sharifi, Helma1614